ActionFit check
Is Gearend worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Action-platformer fans who want exploration alongside combat
- Players who prefer non-linear progression over a fixed sequence of stages
- Players who enjoy collecting equipment to alter movement and combat options
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who prefer fixed, linear progression rather than non-linear exploration
- Players seeking a multiplayer experience
Our take on Gearend
Rather than keeping platforming abilities fixed, Gearend ties movement and combat options to collected robot parts. Its non-linear facility exploration also departs from a strictly ordered level sequence, with the search for the site's past providing the journey's framing.
What is Gearend?
Gearend is a 2D action-platforming exploration game about Epsilon-98, a small robot also called Eps.
After being awakened by outside forces, Eps explores an abandoned robotics research facility to discover what happened to the site and its inhabitants. The facility is explored non-linearly, with capsules containing spare robot parts scattered through its remains. Collecting and equipping these parts adds abilities such as slashing, dashing, shooting, blocking, and flying, creating different options for movement and combat. Friendly robots encountered along the way may offer help. The game combines fast-paced platforming and fighting with exploration of a deteriorated research complex.
How Gearend plays
- 01Collectible robot parts
- Capsules hold equipment that adds abilities such as dashing, shooting, blocking, and flying.
- 02Non-linear exploration
- The research facility can be explored through non-linear progression.
- 03Friendly robots
- Other robots encountered during the journey may assist Eps.
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Gearend: platforms & release
Is Gearend worth it?
It is worth it if: action-platformer fans who want exploration alongside combat. Skip it if: players who prefer fixed, linear progression rather than non-linear exploration.
Where can I download Gearend?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Gearend's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Gearend on?
Windows and Linux.
