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Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan

87% positive of 64 Steam reviews

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Released
2019
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation

Made by CollectorVision Games.

About the game

In this pixel-perfect homage to the classic action platformers, you play as Sydney Hunter - an explorer who gets trapped inside a Mayan pyramid while he's out exploring!

Tagged by players

  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Platformer
  • Metroidvania
  • Retro
  • Old School
  • 2D Platformer
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Difficult
  • Comedy
  • Multiple Endings
  • Arcade

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Positive

What players say

  • Recommended
    Sydney Hunter (not to be confused with Sydney Sweeney or Sidney Zitbag) is the archaeologist from a series of homebrew games for older gaming systems. "Curse of the Mayan" is the first one that has been made for digital download, it's much bigger and more elaborated than these ones, but still with the same retro sensibilities. Basically it's a metroidvania-esque platformer where you are in this hub world (a Mayan…

    11 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Unbelievably bad/unfunny writing (participation trophy "joke" on cheevos, gluten free "joke" on the first npc, etc.)--can't just ignore NPCs outright as some are necessary for progression. Graphically doesn't obey its own pixel grid, some smaller-than-pixel-sized particles and weirdly scaled objects. Sounds plagiarized from Konami games. Bosses are Mega Man sprite edits and have fixed patterns that don't even make…

    1.1 h played when written. 26 found it helpful.

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