Channel your inner Donkey Kong Country with the demo for this 2025 pixel platformer

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Given the sheer quantity of games releasing on Steam these days, having a neat little elevator pitch for your game can be vital in helping it stand out. For example, if I get an email saying a game is like "Obra Dinn meets such and such" or "Into The Breach but a deckbuilder", that's like personal catnip to me, and can be a handy indicator of whether I should investigate further - maybe watch a gameplay trailer for it, say, or see if it's got a demo. Case in point: this is exactly how I stumbled upon the upcoming Donkey Kong Country-esque platformer Windswept last week, although instead of an email, I saw it on the growing "Your game is too much like..." thread over on Xwitter - which is definitely worth a browse if you have very niche interests in need of a good scratch.

Indeed, sometimes a game doesn't have to be "X meets Y". It can just be "really, really like X", which is exactly what the (slightly unwieldy) thread of quote Xweets of "Your game is too much like..." is all about. There are plenty more I want to check out when I get a moment, too, such as Dungeon Drafters (as a too much like Slay The Spire-like), Berserk Boy (too much like Mega Man), and Cataclismo (which says it's too much like the battle of Helm's Deep). Yes please and thank you.

For now, though: Windswept, which is being made by Australian developers WeatherFell. It's not coming out until 2025 according to its Steam page, but this Donkey Kong Country-esque platformer already looks and feels very polished indeed based on its current Steam demo. In it, you play a very cute duck and turtle duo as they hop, skip and slide through a storm-torn forest. In true DKC-style, each animal has their own strengths and weaknesses for tackling the myriad of