20 Reviews:
mushcat
Rating based on 100%
The gimmick is very fun and creative. However the puzzles are a bit too hard.
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The gimmick is very fun and creative. However the puzzles are a bit too hard.
Rating: 9.5 95
Difficulty: 63 63
Jan 2, 2024
XCVBFWDSC
Good gimmick, relaxing to play until the last two saves where it becomes much harder suddenly.
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Rating: 8.6 86
Difficulty: 68 68
Jan 1, 2024
PerliousFalcon
Rating based on the any%
Nice and chill gimmick orientated Needle. Made good use of the unique gimmick being used here, used both as a jump pad and a jump refresher. A few saves in the final tower climb did push my patience but still very solid.
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Nice and chill gimmick orientated Needle. Made good use of the unique gimmick being used here, used both as a jump pad and a jump refresher. A few saves in the final tower climb did push my patience but still very solid.
Rating: 7.7 77
Difficulty: 45 45
Apr 3, 2026
Jopagu
A fascinating game centered around a single gimmick. The gimmick has three parts: It bounces you from the top, then it turns into spikes for a bit, and also it's a jump refresher from the bottom. By including all three of these aspects, you now have fun bouncing (always one of the best gimmicks), timing based obstacles, and cool pathing using their one way nature. In addition, by combining it with simple movements and other modifiers, you have an entire game's worth of content. It's a really good demonstration of how far a few simple ideas can take a game.
Aside from the needle, there's puzzles and secrets. The puzzles were a cool idea, I just wish they leaned into it more - as is, they didn't feel very puzzley. The red one was cool, but the other two felt like instructions more than puzzles. They tell you pretty explicitly what to do. The needle screens and bonus "minigames" unlocked by them are awesome though, with some clever additions to the gimmick, and fun novel gameplay (the swap puzzle was great).
The secret hunting phase was cool, a neat way to make going through the screens again fun. The present screen unlocked for finishing them was great, one of my favorite needle screens in the game.
The final area was super awesome, it takes the cool aesthetic effects shown while secret hunting and ramps them up with a really neat effect on the kill blocks. The final boss was a lot of fun as well, splitting it into small phases made it pleasant to go through, and prevented any attack from being annoying.
Overall, a masterful exploration of a really clever gimmick; with a slew of additional content taking it even further. Highly recommended for fans of gimmick needle! The difficulty is very approachable, and it should be playable by intermediate players.
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Aside from the needle, there's puzzles and secrets. The puzzles were a cool idea, I just wish they leaned into it more - as is, they didn't feel very puzzley. The red one was cool, but the other two felt like instructions more than puzzles. They tell you pretty explicitly what to do. The needle screens and bonus "minigames" unlocked by them are awesome though, with some clever additions to the gimmick, and fun novel gameplay (the swap puzzle was great).
The secret hunting phase was cool, a neat way to make going through the screens again fun. The present screen unlocked for finishing them was great, one of my favorite needle screens in the game.
The final area was super awesome, it takes the cool aesthetic effects shown while secret hunting and ramps them up with a really neat effect on the kill blocks. The final boss was a lot of fun as well, splitting it into small phases made it pleasant to go through, and prevented any attack from being annoying.
Overall, a masterful exploration of a really clever gimmick; with a slew of additional content taking it even further. Highly recommended for fans of gimmick needle! The difficulty is very approachable, and it should be playable by intermediate players.
Rating: 9.5 95
Difficulty: 55 55
Jan 21, 2026
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