Mewgenics' developers made one of my favourite hardcore platformers, and you can grab it right now for less than $4

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Edmund McMillen) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter PC Gamer Get the PC Gamer Newsletter Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? Every Friday GamesRadar+ Your weekly update on everything you could ever want to know about the games you already love, games we know you’re going to love in the near future, and tales from the communities that surround them. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter The End is Nigh is effectively an unofficial sequel to Super Meat Boy: it’s a reflex-oriented platformer with quick deaths, quick respawns and very dark humour. Protagonist Ash “flops his way through a future of pain and suffering” in search of a friend whose body parts are spread around a spike-filled hellscape. Collectibles are tumours.I think The End is Nigh is better than Super Meat Boy, and while that might be controversial for some, I doubt anyone would argue it’s not better than Super Meat Boy Forever, an autorunner primarily designed for phones. The cartoon darkness of The End is Nigh is more appealing than Meat Boy’s referential, jokey presentation, and I think the level design is more interesting too.For some reason The End is Nigh got nowhere near as much love as Super Meat Boy, probably because it’s not called Super Meat Boy 2 (Edmund McMillen split from Team Meat in 2017 and didn’t work on Super Meat Boy Forever). I guess it’s true that it doesn’t do a whole lot to differentiate itself from its predecessor beyond the darker atmosphere: there are still retro-themed cartridges to collect, and player ghosts still exist to remind you of every aborted attempt at a level. On the other hand it’s far less linear, with some light metroidvania trappings. Related articles Mewgenics review: The creator of The Binding of Isaac has transcended his own past work with this sprawling, ridiculous, and endlessly surprising roguelike The best platformers on PC The best indie games on PC It’s definitely a game made by the creator of The Binding Of Isaac. More specifically, this is the first game McMillen made with Tyler Glaiel, the other half of the duo responsible for Mewgenics. I think it’s pretty obvious when you compare the two.If you haven’t tried it, now’s definitely the time: The End is Nigh is $3.74 on Steam at the moment. I’d highly recommend you do, because it’s one of the best action platformers I’ve played, and the presentation can be genuinely, oddly moving at times. It also features Steam Workshop support, so if you do 100% it (and few will), there’s always new community-made stuff to play.Best platformers on PC: Press jum