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Spelunky
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As a brave, but fragile adventurer, explore dangerous procedurally-generated caves to collect treasure and gain better equipment, before dying horribly and starting all over again.
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"The Xbox Live Arcade update of Spelunky is as madly brilliant as it is maddeningly pitiless."
5 ★ (20)
4 ★ (19)
3 ★ (7)
2 ★ (0)
1 ★ (0)

Brutally Fun

I've played around 30 hours of Spelunky at this point. I am worlds better at it than I was when I first picked it up. But on my best run I still haven't even gotten to the final world yet. More often… Read more

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The Game of Death

Spelunky is pretty amazing. I die so often, but i keep coming back. I stay to long and ghost comes to kill me. Oh look i found a jet pack. I took a leap of faith into a pit of lava. I hate hired help.… Read more

Death has never been so much fun

Tough but fair. This is a game that rewards players who develop good habits (as anyone who's died for the nth time to a spider inside a pot can attest to...), and who like their sense of progress to c… Read more

A game of face palming and fist pumping

Spelunky is awesome... and terrible, but mostly awesome. Its a 2d platformer where timing your jumps may be the easiest thing you'll do. Imagine your Indiana Jones delving through caves, you want to t… Read more

Spelunky PC Review

Spelunky hates you. A lot. It isn't a friendly game and it isn't afraid to kill you over, and over again, until you learn the ins and outs... With this punishing platformer making it's way over to PC,… Read more

Spelunky Review (PC).

The high definition upgrade to the much loved randomly generated platformer finally hit the PC on August the 8th, having been available on consoles for a good while now. Bringing with it an exclusive… Read more

Spelunky Review (PC).

The high definition upgrade to the much loved randomly generated platformer finally hit the PC on August the 8th, having been available on consoles for a good while now. Bringing with it an exclusive… Read more

Death is Only the Beginning

If you had told me that one day I would love a game that will kill you at every possible turn, and that when these multitude of deaths would occur, I would laugh and start over, I would have called yo… Read more

Spelunky - Embrace Death, Rise Above It

This review is for the XBLA version of Spelunky. There is an extremely similar free version online, but this critique pertains to the specific changes made for the console release. Embrace Death and R… Read more

With fate guiding my every move into death.

Spelunky is a 2D platformer developed by Mossmouth for XBLA. In Spelunky, you take on the role a spelunker who stumbles upon a mysterious mine full of treasure and follows his adventure as he tries to… Read more

Bombs, Shotguns and fittingly, Death

Spelunky is not a forgiving game, at least not all of the time, but that is to be expected where random world generation is concerned and areas where enviromental hazards and health-sapping creatures… Read more

Dig Deeper Into Spelunky

The idea of another hard-as-nails indie platformer with a great aesthetic and a retro soundtrack might sound like the kiss of death to a number of gamers who already have played Super Meat Boy , VVVVV… Read more

Dr. Jones, Dr. Jones, Calling Dr. Jones

Mossmouth Studios has done what no other developer has done before with Spelunky: make a good Indiana Jones video game. This charming indie remake borrows heavily from Raiders of the Lost Ark’s pulpy… Read more

A remake worth a thousand playthroughs

Nobody can tell you how much I played the original Spelunky, and nobody can also tell you how much I sucked at it. Spelunky is a roguelike-platformer hybrid that successfully captures the Indiana Jone… Read more

Spelunky Review – Psychotic Enjoyment

I come to you as someone who has not been able to complete Spelunky. I’ve seen the Temple multiple times, but have been swiftly knocked on my ass before walking through that final door. I told myself… Read more

Many deaths await you in Spelunky

Death in video games is something that's very familiar to all gamers, even if survival is more prevalent than in the days of the coin-up classics. Dying (or 'dying') can often feel cheap and frustrate… Read more

I'm going deeper underground

Spelunky is an unusually game, but it’s a fantastic game that offers more than similar freely available games. The protagonist of this game is an unnamed Indiana Jones type who ventures underground in… Read more

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