Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition

About

Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition is a side-scrolling action puzzle game that mixes platforming with narrative driven exploration. Players control a scientist stranded on a hostile alien planet after a lab accident. The challenge lies in surviving dangerous environments while solving physics based puzzles to progress. Each level requires precise timing and spatial awareness as you avoid deadly creatures and environmental hazards. The updated version retains the original's tight controls and cinematic pacing while adding adjustable difficulty settings. The game's minimalist art style and atmospheric soundtrack have earned it a Metacritic score of 87. It remains a benchmark for its seamless blend of storytelling and mechanics despite being over 30 years old. Available on 12 platforms including mobile and handheld devices, it preserves the original 16-bit look as an option while offering sharper visuals. With 85% of players on Steam completing the game within 5 hours, its difficulty curve has aged well without feeling unfair.

Storyline

Another World chronicles the story of Lester Knight Chaykin a young scientist hurtled through space and time by a nuclear experiment that goes wrong. In an alien and inhospitable world, you will have to dodge, outwit, and overcome the host of alien monsters, while surviving an environment as deadly as your enemies. Only a perfect blend of logic and skill will get you past the deadly obstacles that lie in wait.