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Is Gateways worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Puzzle-platformer fans who want traversal abilities to shape exploration
- Players who enjoy sprawling labyrinths with shortcuts and power-ups
- Platforming fans interested in size changes, wall movement, and time-based puzzles
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a combat-focused game rather than puzzle solving and environmental traversal
- Players who prefer short, linear stages instead of a sprawling labyrinthine map
- Players looking for a realistic visual style rather than a retro-styled 2D presentation
Our take on Gateways
The store copy gives prominent space to awards, the large setting, and unusual gateway abilities. The playable structure described is more specifically a puzzle-platforming adventure built around exploration, movement changes, shortcuts, and power-ups.
What is Gateways?
Gateways is a retro-styled 2D platformer set in a large laboratory.
Players explore a sprawling labyrinth and solve puzzles using gateway guns that enable instant travel across a room, size changes, wall and ceiling movement, and interaction with past echoes through time travel. New abilities open routes, unlock shortcuts, and lead to additional power-ups. The map connects different areas without loading screens. A help system can indicate whether a puzzle is solvable and show the solution being played out. The game presents its platforming adventure through gateway-based exploration, environmental puzzles, movement challenges, and the discovery of new abilities.
How Gateways plays
- 01Instant Room Travel
- Gateway technology lets players travel across a room instantly.
- 02Size Changes
- A resizing gateway gun allows passage through small spaces and can be used against large enemies.
- 03Past Echoes
- A time-travel gateway gun lets players interact with earlier echoes of themselves.
- 04Wall And Ceiling Travel
- A rotation gateway gun lets players move across walls and ceilings to reach new areas.
- 05Puzzle Help System
- The help system can indicate whether a puzzle is solvable and display its solution.
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IBLACKHOLESFor:VR players who want physical movement combined with explorationSkip if:Players seeking a combat-led game with frequent fighting rather than exploration and puzzles
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Sunburst StudioFor:Puzzle-game fans who want investigations built around time travelSkip if:Players seeking combat, character progression, or a large role-playing system
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Iconic GamesFor:Puzzle players who enjoy adapting to changing rulesSkip if:Players looking for straightforward movement may hit a wall when gravity changes become part of puzzle solvingPicked by overlapping fit notes and genres, not an editorial comparison.
Gateways: platforms & release
Is Gateways worth it?
It is worth it if: puzzle-platformer fans who want traversal abilities to shape exploration. Skip it if: players seeking a combat-focused game rather than puzzle solving and environmental traversal.
Where can I download Gateways?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Gateways's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Gateways on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
