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Timothy and the Tower of Mu

54% positive of 22 Steam reviews

Released: 2022
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Platforms: Steam

Made by Kibou Entertainment. Published by PLAYISM.

About the game

Ascend the tower to save your grandfather in this classic, hardcore action-platformer. The Tower of Mu is waiting for you... Push past each check point to the next awaiting challenge; dashing, jumping, and slinging your way up to the towers peak. Die. learn. Overcome.

Tagged by players

Dark Fantasy
Precision Platformer
Platformer
Difficult
Metroidvania
Cartoon
Side Scroller
Pixel Graphics
Exploration
2D Platformer
Old School
Retro

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What players say

Not recommended
This could have been a very fun NES-like throwback game if the shooting controls weren't so horrible. Firing the slingshot on the ground requires YOU to first manually come to a complete stop (as opposed to having shoot inputs making your character briefly stop moving as most games would). As if that weren't bad enough, trying to shoot at any time - whether on the ground or midair - is merely a suggestion. The game…
5.8 h played when written. 35 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
The pixel art and music work well for this game and it's pretty enjoyable however there are some problems that seriously detract from it. Jumping feels slightly floaty and slingshot shooting requires either being stationary or mid-air and has a delay that makes shooting consistently annoying. Drop rates for gold and cooking ingredients are pretty bad - presumably you cook recipes to give to various pigmen for…
13 h played when written. 21 found it helpful.
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