Ludography
78/100
Players20 ratings
75/100
Critics2 reviews
More scores
Metacritic7 critic reviews
64/100
Metacritic usersuser score
65/100
GameFAQsTough-Unforgiving
3.63/5
Player reviews
84% positive1,255 reviews
Steam Deck
Verified
Runs on
Windows, Mac, Linux
Price
US$2.99

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2009 · Grip Games · Arcade · Indie

The Impossible Game

Timed Xbox exclusive

The super-addictive and very, very hard platform game finally arrives on Steam - it's quite possibly the world's hardest game! As well as five classic Impossible Game levels, this desktop version includes an EXCLUSIVE new Level Editor.

Released
2009
Platforms
AndroidLinuxPlayStation 3PlayStation PortablePlayStation VitaWindowsXbox 360iOSmacOS
Genres
ArcadeIndiePlatformerRhythm
Developers
Grip Games
Publishers
Grip Games
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action
Age ratings
ESRB E
Languages
English
Time to beat
2hmain story5hcompletionist

About

The Impossible Game is a 2009 one-button platform game developed and published by Fluke Games. The objective is to guide a cube over spikes and pits. The Windows, macOS and Linux port was developed by Grip Games. First released in 2009, for the Xbox 360 via the Xbox Live Indie Games, The Impossible Game received generally mixed reviews.

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Gameplay

The objective is to guide a cube over spikes and pits. There are 5 levels: Fire Aura, Original Level, Chaoz Fantasy, Heaven and Phazd. There are two modes: normal mode and practice mode. In normal mode, there are no checkpoint flags. If the player dies in this mode, the level will start over from the beginning.

In practice mode, checkpoints flags can be placed at any point in the level. If the player dies in this mode, the player will respawn at the most recently placed checkpoint flag. Each time a level is beaten, a medal is awarded depending on the way they beat it.

Development

The Impossible Game was developed and published by Fluke Games. The Impossible Game was released in late-2009 for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Indie Games. By November 2010, The Impossible Game was ported to iOS, and also received an Android release. The Windows, macOS and Linux port was developed by Grip Games.

Reception

The Impossible Game received generally mixed reviews. On Metacritic, the PC version received an aggregated score of 64. On GameRankings, it received 60% on Xbox 360, 67% on iOS, 87% on PSP, and 67% on PC. Eurogamer gave the Xbox 360 version a 6/10, stating that "it's monumentally frustrating, but also bafflingly addictive as you continually try to make precious progress".

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Xbox 36023 November 2009Worldwide
iOS24 April 2010Worldwide
Windows14 October 2010Worldwide · Worldwide 8 May 2014
Android5 December 2010Worldwide
PlayStation Portable6 September 2011North America · Europe 7 September 2011
PlayStation 36 September 2011North America · Europe 7 September 2011
PlayStation Vita15 February 2012North America
Linux8 May 2014Worldwide
macOS8 May 2014Worldwide

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