AdventureFit check
Is Ugly worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Puzzle-platformer fans who want room-by-room challenges tied to a narrative
- Players who enjoy experimenting with environmental puzzles and alternate solutions
- Players seeking a dark fairytale story with boss encounters and hidden areas
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for open-world exploration may find the room-based progression restrictive.
- Those seeking a combat-focused game may find the emphasis on puzzles and platforming too prominent.
- Players who do not want to search hidden rooms may miss the route to the alternate ending.
Our take on Ugly
The page foregrounds a tragic mystery and a mirror-based puzzle mechanic, but the story is delivered piece by piece through puzzle rooms. The alternate ending also depends on finding every hidden room, so reaching the main ending does not reveal all of the game’s secrets.
What is Ugly?
Explore a dark fairytale setting through puzzle rooms inside a tormented nobleman’s mind.
A mirror creates a shadow reflection that can swap places with the protagonist, opening routes and providing a way to solve puzzles. Rooms combine logic and skill, and some puzzles have multiple solutions. Large bosses provide further challenges alongside the rooms. Hidden spaces contain secrets and clues about the protagonist’s past, while solving rooms reveals parts of the story. Completing every puzzle room leads to an interactive ending; finding and solving all hidden rooms can unlock an alternate ending. The game’s structure ties its puzzles to narrative progress, with each room presenting a new challenge and another piece of the story.
How Ugly plays
- 01Swappable reflection
- The shadow double can exchange positions with the protagonist to solve puzzles and reach new areas.
- 02Multiple puzzle solutions
- Some rooms allow different approaches, so playthroughs can vary.
- 03Hidden-room ending
- Finding every secret room is required to pursue the alternate ending after completing the puzzle rooms.
- 04Story through puzzles
- Solving rooms reveals further pieces of the nobleman’s past.
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Ugly: platforms & release
Is Ugly worth it?
It is worth it if: puzzle-platformer fans who want room-by-room challenges tied to a narrative. Skip it if: players looking for open-world exploration may find the room-based progression restrictive.
Where can I download Ugly?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Ugly's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Ugly on?
Windows only.
