Fit check
Is Impossible Mission Revisited worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Retro platforming fans who want a timed infiltration challenge
- Players who enjoy navigating multi-room environments while avoiding enemies
- Classic-game enthusiasts interested in a remastered PC edition with an extra minigame
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a relaxed platformer may find the mission timer and time penalties restrictive
- Players looking for a broad range of objectives may find the password-collection mission narrow
- Players seeking cooperative or multiplayer gameplay may not find a suitable format here
Our take on Impossible Mission Revisited
The store emphasis on a famous retro voice line and classic status gives less prominence to the strict timer. Deaths and help usage consume mission time, so the experience is structured around pressure rather than leisurely exploration.
What is Impossible Mission Revisited?
Play as Agent 4125 while infiltrating Professor Elvin Atombender’s lair.
The game combines platforming with a timed search through 32 rooms. The objective is to collect pieces of a secret password and reach the main control room. Ninety robot guards stand in the way, and limited snooze codes can be used against them. The mission allows six hours in total. Each death removes 10 minutes, while using the portable computer’s help function costs another two minutes. This Steam version recreates the original game for current PCs and adds a hidden minigame. Its structure centers on navigating rooms, avoiding robots, assembling the password, and managing the remaining mission time.
How Impossible Mission Revisited plays
- 01Timed mission
- The six-hour limit drops by 10 minutes after each death and by two minutes when the help function is used.
- 02Robot encounters
- Ninety guards occupy the lair, and limited snooze codes can be used against them.
- 03Password collection
- Progress requires gathering password pieces before reaching the main control room.
- 04Hidden minigame
- The remastered edition includes an additional secret minigame.
Impossible Mission Revisited compared to similar games
Impossible Mission Revisited centers on timed platforming through 32 rooms, avoiding robots, and collecting password pieces. Polarity is also a single-player puzzle platformer, but its described objective is hacking through a secure database and progressing into a system core rather than completing a timed infiltration.
Impossible Mission Revisited: platforms & release
Is Impossible Mission Revisited worth it?
It is worth it if: retro platforming fans who want a timed infiltration challenge. Skip it if: players seeking a relaxed platformer may find the mission timer and time penalties restrictive.
Where can I download Impossible Mission Revisited?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Impossible Mission Revisited's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Impossible Mission Revisited on?
Windows only.
