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(I decided to start a series where I do quickish little reviews of games where I have more space to write so I can elaborate more than our curator page.)

Downwell is a Rouge-Like vertical dungeon crawler that takes notes from other great games such as The Binding of Isaac and Spelunky (especially the freeware version) where you play as Jim (Did totally not make that name up.) Jim has a problem. He wants to descend this massive well but he can't do it alone. So Jim contacts his best friend GUNBOOTS!! Jim and Gunboots then descend the well together. Jokes aside Downwell is a solid Rouge-Like which incorparates Spelunky's cave system and various mechanics and mixes it with Isaac's items and throws in plenty of it's own mechanics to spice it up. What I mean by vertical dungeon crawler is a game that has Spelunky-like caves but in a vertical format so you do not know what is next and gravity just takes control. Your gunboots allow you to hover/"fly" and also kill the varied enemies. There also seems to be an Isaac "vibe" which is probably why I'm using the term dungeon crawler for a game that is not one though feels atmospherically similair.

Overall Downwell is a solid game which is only $2.99 and has also an excellent color pallette(s) and soundtrack along with solid gameplay. An overall 8.7/10.