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The Way

Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.

Released May 20, 2016Very Positive · 82% of 900ESRB T
ActionAdventureIndiePixel GraphicsPlatformerPuzzle Platformer
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Developer: Puzzling Dream
Publisher: PlayWay S.A.
The Way
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About The Way

Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World (A.K.A. Out of This World), Heart of Darkness and Flashback.

The Way

The Way tells a story about a member of space explorers team, who lost his beloved one and cannot accept her death. Finding ancient writings on eternal existence during one of his last expeditions makes him come back there in search of the meaning of life itself.

He will soon know that the planet has its own secrets and problems that he will need to face in order to get what he is looking for.

Game Features:

  • Immersing sci-fi story
  • Mind-bending puzzles
  • Unique alien planet to explore
  • Retro style rich with animations
  • Inspired by Éric Chahi's masterpieces

Story

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"The Way tells a story about a member of space explorers team, who lost his beloved one and cannot accept her death. Finding ancient writings on eternal existence during one of his last expeditions makes him come back there in search of the meaning of life itself. He will soon know that the planet has its own secrets and problems that he will need to face in order to get what he is looking for."

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Game details

Developers
Puzzling Dream
Publishers
PlayWay S.A., Ultimate Games S.A.
Release date
May 20, 2016
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, Pixel Graphics, Platformer, Puzzle Platformer, Sci-fi, 2D, Retro, Singleplayer, Atmospheric, Side Scroller, Puzzle, Story Rich, Difficult, Family Friendly, Relaxing, Great Soundtrack
Modes
Single-player
Steam features
29 achievements, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Themes
Action, Science fiction
Camera
Side view
Engine
Custom built engine

Languages

LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishSupportedNot supportedSupported
FrenchSupportedNot supportedSupported
ItalianSupportedNot supportedSupported
GermanSupportedNot supportedSupported
Spanish (Spain)SupportedNot supportedSupported
PolishSupportedNot supportedSupported
RussianSupportedNot supportedSupported
UkrainianSupportedNot supportedSupported
System requirements

Minimum

  • OS *: Windows XP SP3 / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 2048 MB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce 8600GT
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

Ratings

Steam reviews

Very Positive

82% of 900

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Metacritic

67

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IGDB critics

65

2 critic scores

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Age rating

ESRB T

About ESRB ratings

Steam Deck & Linux

ProtonDB: Early reports: Platinum (4 reports) See reports

Native Linux version

DLC & editions

Also on Steam

  • The Way - Soundtrack
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Release date: May 20, 2016

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