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Imperil

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57%Game Brain Score
replayability
graphics, story
87% User Score Based on 16 reviews

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Imperil is a single player action adventure game. It was developed by Polybit and was released on November 1, 2017. It received positive reviews from players.

"Imperil" is a ruthless retro inspired platformer with puzzles. The hero must save the land that has been corrupted by evil. Place platforms or shift the world around you, move objects with telekenesis or burn enemies with fire to best the many obstacles you come across.

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87%
Audience ScoreBased on 16 reviews
replayability1 positive mentions
graphics3 negative mentions

  • Engaging and atmospheric gameplay with strategy and survival elements.
  • Well-polished, cute, and short platformer with good variety and hidden secrets, offering satisfying and empowering challenges.
  • Free to play with replay value and a decent degree of customization, appealing especially to fans of the genre.
  • Technical issues including crashes, anti-virus warnings, and game freezes on completion that affect playability and progress saving.
  • Outdated and low-quality visuals with amateurish art and design, detracting from overall experience.
  • Complex and sometimes confusing progression, with some inaccessible areas and poor hitbox/combat implementation.
  • graphics
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics are widely criticized for being unoriginal and low-quality, with a heavily derivative "dark foreground" style reminiscent of Limbo and unattractive pixel art that many see as lazy or budget-driven. While some appreciate the concept and art style, the visuals are generally regarded as detracting from the overall experience.

    • “The developers unabashedly stole the 'dark foreground' art style from Microsoft's Limbo, and that's just the tip of the iceberg of creative bankruptcy here.”
    • “This game fails on the visuals because of the use of incredibly lazy, ugly pixelcrap.”
    • “Gaming is a visual medium, and it's a disservice to gamers when developers don't bother doing their jobs and creating contemporary, high quality visuals.”
  • story
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story concludes with the defeat of the final boss, but players encounter a frustrating issue where the game freezes on the "thanks for playing!" screen, preventing them from exiting or saving progress.

  • replayability
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is relatively short but offers strong replayability through numerous hidden secrets, encouraging multiple playthroughs to uncover everything.

    • “Short, but has replay value with lots of hidden secrets”
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Imperil is a action adventure game.

Imperil is available on PC, Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

Imperil was released on November 1, 2017.

Imperil was developed by Polybit.

Imperil has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Imperil for its replayability but disliked it for its graphics.

Imperil is a single player game.

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