Fit check
Is Garlic worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Platformer fans who want demanding movement challenges
- Players who enjoy short room-based stages alongside larger platforming areas
- Action players interested in chaining dash movements
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a relaxed platformer rather than a hardcore climb with traps and enemies
- Players who prefer story-led exploration over repeated movement challenges and checkpoint-based progression
- Players looking for a multiplayer action game
Our take on Garlic
Rather than centering platforming on a conventional hero, Garlic frames the climb around an onion-headed protagonist pursuing a Cyber Goddess. Its structure also mixes compact single-screen challenges with larger stages and leaves room for dash-combo experimentation.
What is Garlic?
Garlic is a hardcore action platformer about an onion-headed boy climbing the Sacred Tower to meet the Cyber Goddess and seek a wish.
Movement centers on wall jumps, dashes, traps, enemies, and dash combinations across both single-screen challenges and larger stages. Checkpoints appear throughout the climb. The game uses simple core mechanics while allowing advanced movement by chaining dashes against walls, floors, and ceilings. Its story includes an unexpected problem involving the Cyber Goddess, while its platforming draws inspiration from Super Meat Boy, Celeste, and Gato Roboto.
How Garlic plays
- 01Wall-jump movement
- Vertical progress combines wall jumps with dashes across tower stages.
- 02Combo dash play
- Dashes can be chained against walls, floors, and ceilings for advanced movement.
- 03Mixed stage layouts
- Challenges include compact single-screen rooms as well as larger areas.
- 04Frequent checkpoints
- Checkpoints are placed throughout the climb.
- 05Hazards and enemies
- Stages contain traps, enemies, and moving background elements.
Garlic compared to similar games
Garlic focuses on hardcore platforming built around wall jumps, dashes, traps, enemies, and checkpointed stages. Jusant centers on climbing tools, stamina management, exploration, and a meditative journey, while Sundered: Eldritch Edition is described as a chaotic metroidvania with an expanded edition structure.
Garlic: platforms & release
Is Garlic worth it?
It is worth it if: platformer fans who want demanding movement challenges. Skip it if: players seeking a relaxed platformer rather than a hardcore climb with traps and enemies.
Where can I download Garlic?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Garlic's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Garlic on?
Windows only.
