Squirm
Released Mar 2018
After a previous adventure, you and your rat friend stop for a snooze. When you wake up, the rat is gone and strange creatures have appeared across the land as if from out of nowhere! What has happened while you were asleep? Where is your rat friend?
95% positive · 175 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $2.99
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Evaluation
Squirm is a completed platformer that has received its final content update. The developer, Alex Carpenter, explicitly stated on April 17, 2020 that the Rainbow Nexus update would be the last content addition and that "Squirm is done." That final major update — the Rainbow Nexus DLC, adding 50 new levels and 2 new bosses — shipped on January 28, 2021. In August 2023, the developer further confirmed this closure, writing "I've decided to wrap up all the old stuff into one nice package... a fitting way to be finished with the old and on to the new," bundling the game's catalog on Itch.io as a capstone. Both DLC items listed on the store are released. No future content has been announced or teased for Squirm since 2021.
Evidence
Developer wraps up all old games into an Itch.io bundle, explicitly stating this is 'a fitting way to be finished with the old and on to the new.' Confirms the developer has moved on from Squirm.
The Rainbow Nexus update — described as 'THE FINAL update' — shipped, adding 50 new levels, 2 new bosses, new music, and cloud saves.
Content
2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Alex Carpenter
Achievements
69
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Welcome to the land of Squimlia!
After a previous adventure, you and your rat friend stop for a snooze. When you wake up, the rat is gone and strange creatures have appeared across the land as if from out of nowhere! What has happened while you were asleep? Where is your rat friend?
Get to the bottom of these mysteries by squirming your way through tons of trap-infested levels!
9 Varying Worlds, 6 Different Bosses, and so much more!
200+ levels of platforming madness
I hope you have tough legs because boy, are you gonna be jumping a lot. Well, you could always just not jump if you enjoy being impaled by spikes, scorched by fireballs, blasted by eyeballs, beaten by enemies, sucked into black holes, getting gunned down by cannons, etc. Hey look on the bright side, at least there are plenty of cool guys you can find down here on your adventure, you should try talking to them every now and then because you don’t have real friends!
Enjoy your stay!
Hey, it's not so bad down here once you realize the inevitability of your own death. But, despite the peril that lies just ahead, you feel something pushing you on, something calling to you. something about a rat... guess you'll just have to suck it up and find out for yourself!
Easter Eggs and Achievements!
All sorts of things catered for you lovely completionist type people out there!
50+ Achievements!
Many Easter Eggs!
After a previous adventure, you and your rat friend stop for a snooze. When you wake up, the rat is gone and strange creatures have appeared across the land as if from out of nowhere! What has happened while you were asleep? Where is your rat friend?
Get to the bottom of these mysteries by squirming your way through tons of trap-infested levels!
9 Varying Worlds, 6 Different Bosses, and so much more!
200+ levels of platforming madness
I hope you have tough legs because boy, are you gonna be jumping a lot. Well, you could always just not jump if you enjoy being impaled by spikes, scorched by fireballs, blasted by eyeballs, beaten by enemies, sucked into black holes, getting gunned down by cannons, etc. Hey look on the bright side, at least there are plenty of cool guys you can find down here on your adventure, you should try talking to them every now and then because you don’t have real friends!
Enjoy your stay!
Hey, it's not so bad down here once you realize the inevitability of your own death. But, despite the peril that lies just ahead, you feel something pushing you on, something calling to you. something about a rat... guess you'll just have to suck it up and find out for yourself!
Easter Eggs and Achievements!
All sorts of things catered for you lovely completionist type people out there!
50+ Achievements!
Many Easter Eggs!
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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