City 13

About

City 13 is a fast paced 2D platformer with RPG and shooter elements. Players navigate crumbling cityscapes filled with traps and enemies using a mix of running, jumping, and weaponized abilities. Each level requires precise timing and adaptive strategies as you dodge environmental hazards and take down bosses with distinct attack patterns. The game layers progression systems like weapon upgrades and skill trees onto traditional platforming mechanics creating a challenge that evolves with your playstyle. The game's retro inspired visuals and relentless difficulty stand out alongside its 87 metacritic score. With 12 cities to explore and a dystopian narrative about survival in a fractured world it balances substance and style. Steam users highlight its tight controls and punishing yet fair design though some note the story remains oddly vague. At its heart it's a love letter to 90s platformers with modern polish that'll test your reflexes and patience.

Storyline

It is not known exactly when the earth was covered with a huge explosion, and no one will remember how 13 cities had formed on the ruins of the old pixel world, and how 12 of them fell again. There is only a reality in which City 13 is the home for all survivors. It doesn't matter if you are a human or a mutant, a sophisticated aristocrat or a ragged vagabond, good or bad, alive or dead... City 13 will be your home, whether you like it or not.