Gravity-defying open-world adventure game

Youropa is a premium adventure game for PC by a developer who goes by the name frecle. It’s a puzzle-platformer title that tells the story of a quirky character that has awoken to a fragmented world. In it, players will have to restore it to its former state and recover their memories.

Similar to other puzzle adventure games like It Takes Two or Portal 2, Youropa boasts a vast and intricate world to explore. It also employs a unique gravity mechanic that helps characters move around its 360° space, solve puzzles, and overcome its various platforming challenges.

Upside down

The game takes place in the titular Youropa, a floating city in the sky, fragmented and torn apart. In it, you play as You, short for Youropean, a small humanoid with suction cups for appendages. You mysteriously wake up trapped in a tree, with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. You must now explore a world that has literally been flipped upside down.

Given your unique physical characteristics, you’re able to defy gravity and walk up any walls and pretty much any surface that your suction cups will adhere to. This ability will come in handy as you tackle a world that is constantly changing with threats that come in the form of platforming challenges, hostile creatures, and hazardous environments. All of this, while dealing with shifting perspectives that test your perception.

What’s more, you will be unlocking more than 450 building blocks that you can use to expand the landscape in any way you want or even create your own world that is unique to you. Due to the nature of the game, its changing perspectives and viewpoints might make the experience a little uncomfortable for some players, potentially causing nausea and dizziness—your mileage may vary.

Watch your step

If you’re into puzzle platformers, Youropa is one of the more unique, interesting, and intricately-designed ones out there. Its vast 360° world offers a unique experience that will take you on a rollercoaster ride in literally every direction, together with your quirky, yet charming humanoid character, Youropean. It’s fun, it’s dizzying, and well worth checking out. It’s recommended. However, just watch out for feelings of dizziness.