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Is Billy Saves the World worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Platformer fans who want exploration across an open 2D world
- Players who enjoy sci-fi comedy and branching dialogue
- Completionists interested in optional levels, collectibles, and time trials
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a long campaign may find the stated average of 8 hours brief.
- Those who prefer a tightly linear structure may not want a small open world with optional levels and branching quest outcomes.
- Players looking for a strategy or survival-crafting game may prefer a different style of play.
Our take on Billy Saves the World
The compact world and platforming focus keep exploration centered on movement and quests, rather than a sprawling map. The stated average is 8 hours, so players seeking a lengthy campaign may find the scope limiting, while optional levels and completion goals extend play for those who want them.
What is Billy Saves the World?
This 2D platformer follows Billy across a small, open alien world, where running, jumping, wall-jumping, sliding, rocket propulsion, and super powers support exploration.
Dialogue choices and actions affect quest solutions and outcomes in a story about saving the world. The world includes 7+ biomes, more than 25 side-quests with branching dialogue, and 30+ optional levels. Those levels include multiple routes, enemies, traps, puzzles, collectibles, and time trials. The story combines comedy with a sci-fi setting and is presented as a love story. The vendor gives an average playtime of 8 hours, or well over 12+ hours for players seeking completion. The soundtrack is composed by John McMillan and Tom Ratesic.
How Billy Saves the World plays
- 01Branching Side-Quests
- More than 25 quests offer dialogue branches, with outcomes shaped by choices and actions.
- 02Optional Challenge Levels
- 30+ levels include alternate routes, enemies, traps, puzzles, collectibles, and timed challenges.
- 03Alien Biomes
- Exploration spans 7+ biomes in a hand-drawn 2D world.
- 04Movement Abilities
- Traversal includes sliding, wall-jumping, rocket propulsion, and super powers alongside running and jumping.
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Billy Saves the World: platforms & release
Is Billy Saves the World worth it?
It is worth it if: platformer fans who want exploration across an open 2D world. Skip it if: players seeking a long campaign may find the stated average of 8 hours brief.
Where can I download Billy Saves the World?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Billy Saves the World's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Billy Saves the World on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
