Fit check
Is Furwind worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Classic platformer fans who want colorful pixel-art levels
- Players who enjoy demanding movement through traps and hazards
- Action-adventure players who want ability upgrades and boss battles
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a relaxed platformer may find the traps, risks, and enemy encounters demanding
- Players wanting open-ended exploration may find the episode-based level structure more directed
- Players looking for a climbing-focused or puzzle-focused adventure may prefer a different gameplay emphasis
Our take on Furwind
Furwind gives up broad activity variety to focus on classic platforming, hazards, powers, upgrades, and boss encounters. Its episode-based structure also favors directed level progression over open-ended exploration.
What is Furwind?
Furwind is a pixel-art action-platformer about a young fox facing a darkness that has invaded the forest.
The game is divided into episodes with colorful levels to explore. Players move through dangerous areas containing traps and other hazards, use powers to reach inaccessible places, heal wounds, and fire at enemies. A mystic shop allows upgrades to abilities and power-ups. The adventure also includes battles against bosses that are damaging the forest. An atmospheric soundtrack and environmental sound effects accompany the platforming, exploration, and combat. The structure centers on navigating levels, managing hazards, using abilities, fighting enemies, and progressing through encounters with major opponents.
How Furwind plays
- 01Ability Upgrades
- Korvo’s Mystic Shop provides upgrades for Furwind’s power-ups and abilities.
- 02Fox Powers
- Furwind can use powers to reach inaccessible areas, heal wounds, and fire at enemies.
- 03Episode-Based Levels
- The adventure is divided into episodes containing colorful areas to explore.
- 04Environmental Hazards
- Dangerous sections contain traps and other risks that test movement through the levels.
- 05Boss Battles
- Furwind confronts frightening bosses that are destroying the forest.
Furwind compared to similar games
Furwind centers on pixel-art platforming with traps, powers, upgrades, enemy encounters, and bosses. SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER is described as a runner with shooting elements, while Sundered: Eldritch Edition is described as a metroidvania. Both alternatives place their action in different structures from Furwind’s episode-based platforming.
Furwind: platforms & release
Is Furwind worth it?
It is worth it if: classic platformer fans who want colorful pixel-art levels. Skip it if: players seeking a relaxed platformer may find the traps, risks, and enemy encounters demanding.
Where can I download Furwind?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Furwind's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Furwind on?
Windows only.
