Downward: Enhanced Edition
Released Jul 2017
Downward is a first-person open-world parkour based platform adventure set in the medieval ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet Earth. Make your way through breath-taking landscapes, face ancient guardians and unravel the deep mystery that lies behind the disappearance of humanity.
70% positive · 566 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
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Evaluation
Downward originally launched in Early Access and graduated to a full 1.0 release on July 13, 2017. After several years of quiet, Caracal Games returned with a major overhaul: the Enhanced Edition launched on June 4, 2024 as a free update for existing owners. This update was comprehensive — it rebuilt nearly all 3D models and textures from scratch, restructured the skill tree, added new bosses, improved level design and performance dramatically, and included an epilogue chapter that expands the story's ending. The developers framed this as a definitive reimagining of the game, describing it as the result of six years of intermittent work. There are no unreleased DLC items listed on the store, no announced future content, no roadmap for additional updates, and no post-June 2024 developer communications. The Enhanced Edition appears to represent the completed, final form of the game.
Evidence
Enhanced Edition launched as a free update, featuring rebuilt assets, new bosses, restructured skill tree, performance overhauls, and a new story epilogue. Developers describe it as the culmination of six years of intermittent work.
Announcement of the Enhanced Edition releasing June 4, 2024, highlighting new graphics, optimization, and a new ending as the major additions.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Plug In Digital
Achievements
30
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
THE LAST JOURNEY BEGINS…
Downward will let you set off on humanity’s final adventure, to seek out an explanation for the apocalypse that changed the Earth as we know it.
Taking advantage of parkour techniques and of the mysterious power you are given, you will traverse astonishing and dangerous ruins of past civilizations, all to find the legendary artifacts meant to control the deadly calamities that came to this world.
You won’t be alone in this, but what can you do? This world is not for humans anymore…
PARKOUR
Experience challenging first-person parkour action throughout ruins of past, jump, slide, hang… Collect experience to upgrade your character’s stats and powers, and use it to your advantage combining them with your parkouring skills to face Ancient Guardians waking up, within one goal: end your journey.
EXPLORE & DISCOVER
Nothing is served on a platter, freely explore an open-world and enjoy breathtaking landscapes, to reach secret places, collect useful items and hidden treasures. Seek out for an explanation to the world changing around you and the reason humankind has been annihilated. The end of the story will depend on what path you took, the treasure you collected, and the way you explored this apocalyptic world….
THE COMING
When three stray planets mysteriously begin to orbit the Earth's atmosphere, it spells death, disaster, and the end of an era. Rising from this fall is beyond the question. The only way forward...
...is Downward.
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