Backworlds is an indie, released 20 February 2020 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Backworlds is
Backworlds was released in 2020. It was published by Skymap Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Backworlds is a multi-dimensional puzzle platform game in which you explore by painting. Solve environmental conundrums by using each world’s physical properties to your advantage, and use your own creativity to craft original solutions to the game’s puzzles.
How it plays
It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Backworlds holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 3 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Backworlds launched on 20 February 2020, within three weeks of Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Black Mesa, Dreams and Call of Duty: Warzone. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Black Mesa, Dreams, Call of Duty: Warzone.
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