The Way (video game)

The Way is a 2D cinematic platform game released for Microsoft Windows in 2016 and Nintendo Switch in 2019. It was developed by Puzzling Dream and published by PlayWay. It tells the story of a space explorer who is unable to accept the death of his wife. Finding ancient writings on eternal existence during one of his last expeditions, he returns to the site in search of a way to bring her back to life.[1]

The Way
Developer(s)Puzzling Dream
Publisher(s)PlayWay
Ultimate Games
Programmer(s)Blaise Sanecki
Artist(s)Paul Matysik
Writer(s)Blaise Sanecki
Composer(s)Panu Talus
Platform(s)Windows, Switch
ReleaseWindows
  • WW: April 2016
Switch
  • WW: May 2, 2019
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

The player controls the character in a 2D platform game. There are both action-based challenges and puzzles to be solved.

Development

In May 2014, developers started a Kickstarter campaign to fund the game. The campaign reached its goal with 1,566 backers, pledging over CA$20,000. Versions were planned for iOS, Android, OUYA, PlayStation, and Xbox, but in 2016 it was only released for Windows. A Switch version followed three years later, in May 2019, for the Nintendo eShop.

Reception

The Windows version has a 67 out of 100 score ("mixed or average") at Metacritic based on 14 critic reviews.[2]

References
  1. "PlayWay - PlayWay". playway.com. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  2. "The Way". Metacritic. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
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