Fit check
Is Final Exam worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Action players who want side-scrolling combat with character progression
- Friend groups seeking online or local cooperative play
- Score chasers who enjoy combo-based competition and stage exploration
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for a quiet or slow-paced experience may find the monster combat and survival focus too intense.
- Players who prefer tightly linear stages may not enjoy branching levels with exploration and varied objectives.
- Solo players seeking a role-playing game with extensive party management may find the progression scope limited.
Our take on Final Exam
Its defining structure is a 2.5D side-scroller that combines branching stage exploration with cooperative play for up to four online players or two local players.
What is Final Exam?
Final Exam is a 2.
5D side-scrolling action game about four friends who encounter monstrous creatures in a ghost town on the way to their former high school. Play alone or join cooperative sessions with up to four online players or two local players. Stages contain varied objectives and branching routes, with exploration tied to experience and character progression. Players select a character, discover weapons, improve skills, and gain special moves and powers. Combat includes combo scoring and high-score competition with friends. The game focuses on surviving groups of monsters while completing objectives across non-linear levels.
How Final Exam plays
- 01Cooperative multiplayer
- Sessions support up to four players online or two players sharing local play.
- 02Character progression
- Experience, new weapons, skill improvements, special moves, and powers support advancement through the stages.
- 03Non-linear stages
- Levels include alternate routes, exploration, and varied objectives rather than a single fixed path.
- 04Combo scoring
- Combat combos contribute to high-score competition with friends.
Final Exam compared to similar games
Final Exam combines side-scrolling combat, branching stages, character progression, and cooperative play. Sundered: Eldritch Edition is a chaotic metroidvania, while SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER centers on runner gameplay with shooting elements. Abyssus focuses on multiplayer shooting through hand-crafted levels in a roguelite structure.
Final Exam: platforms & release
Is Final Exam worth it?
It is worth it if: action players who want side-scrolling combat with character progression. Skip it if: players looking for a quiet or slow-paced experience may find the monster combat and survival focus too intense.
Where can I download Final Exam?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Final Exam's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Final Exam on?
Windows only.
