Fit check
Is Leap Year worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Platformer fans who prefer short exploration-focused games
- Players who enjoy uncovering secrets and hidden routes
- Players seeking a compact hand-drawn adventure with collectible goals
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a long campaign may find about 2 hours of playtime too brief
- Players looking for large, open-ended worlds may find the 40+ rooms and compact setting limited
- Players wanting combat-heavy action may find the focus on discovery and platforming too restrained
Our take on Leap Year
Rather than centering a platformer on combat or extended progression, Leap Year makes understanding its secrets the key to opening new areas. Its compact structure, calendar-page collection, and knowledge-based exploration replace the genre’s more familiar emphasis on length and constant action.
What is Leap Year?
Leap Year is a platformer centered on exploration, knowledge, and discovery.
Players move through a small, hand-drawn world containing concealed routes and secrets. Understanding those secrets opens access to additional areas, where calendar pages can be collected. The game offers about 2 hours of playtime across 40+ rooms, with 6 audio tracks and 12 Steam achievements. Dancing friends also appear during the journey.
How Leap Year plays
- 01Hidden Route Exploration
- Discovering the world’s secrets reveals paths into additional areas.
- 02Calendar Page Collection
- The main collection goal is to find every page belonging to the calendar.
- 03Compact Campaign
- The game contains 40+ rooms and about 2 hours of playtime.
- 04Achievement Support
- The Steam version includes 12 achievements.
- 05Six Audio Tracks
- The game includes 6 audio tracks for its exploration.
Leap Year compared to similar games
Leap Year focuses on compact platforming, hidden paths, and learning secrets to access new areas, while Jusant centers on climbing a tall tower, managing climbing tools and stamina, and uncovering an older civilization. Sundered: Eldritch Edition is a chaotic metroidvania, whereas Leap Year presents a shorter exploration structure across 40+ rooms.
Leap Year: platforms & release
Is Leap Year worth it?
It is worth it if: platformer fans who prefer short exploration-focused games. Skip it if: players seeking a long campaign may find about 2 hours of playtime too brief.
Where can I download Leap Year?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Leap Year's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Leap Year on?
Windows only.
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