RUN: The world in-between

I made this game. So obviously I have some feelings for it. But honestly, I think it's good. People around me tells me it's good. And I trust them! That is why I can proudly recommend this game! Have fun.

RUN: The world in-between, developed by Team RUN and published by Team RUN alongside PID Games and Flying Oak Games, is a fast-paced platformer that builds its entire identity around speed, repetition, and mastery. It places players in a surreal, fragmented world where movement is constant and hesitation is punished, creating an experience that feels less like a traditional level-based platformer and more like a continuous test of reflexes and adaptability. From the very beginning, the game makes its intentions clear: this is a challenge-driven experience that expects failure, rewards persistence, and gradually teaches players how to move with precision under pressure. At the center of the gameplay is a tight and responsive movement system designed to encourage fluid motion. Jumping, dashing, and quick directional adjustments form the backbone of traversal, and the game constantly pushes players to string these actions together without breaking momentum. Unlike platformers that allow for cautious progression, RUN: The world in-between thrives on forward motion. Players are often pursued by an encroaching force that eliminates any temptation to slow down, reinforcing the idea that …

There's about ten levels worth of content, and they are great levels. The controls are fun and the music is great. But it's masquerading as a longer game by stitching together different chunks of these ten levels in different formations over and over again. It isn't using procedural generation, it's using a random number generator to do this. I'm not even sure if there's any rules in place to make sure the sections flow into each other well. I'd love this if it was a short game that takes a few hours long with no procedural generation and the chunks were stitched together in a fun order. As it stands, it gets boring very quickly. The same piece of a level will show up about 20-30 times every 20 minutes of play time. After every death my controller vibrates mildly for far too long, which is just annoying and a waste of my battery, it doesn't seem there is a way to turn off rumble in the game itself, but I suppose it's possible via steam's input settings.

I never thought a procedural generated precision platformer could work, but this is great

After completing Nightmare Mode, I felt it was only fitting to post a review. It's a fast-paced platformer with fun obstacles, a simple yet beautiful art style, and a great soundtrack. You will have a pretty enjoyable time if you plan on finishing only on the lower difficulties. Unfortunately, the game's flaws become more apparent in the later stages. Imagine the final screen of Celeste's C Side, but with the Farewell difficulty and procedural generation. This makes learning the obstacles one of the most frustrating platformer experiences I have had. The game could easily resolve this issue by adding a seeded speedrun mode once the difficulty is unlocked. Instead, the game requires you to beat that difficulty to unlock the practice/quality-of-life feature. This ruins the casual playthrough experience for a more casual audience. As someone else put it, Celeste is a challenging game that wants you to overcome it. This game is the complete opposite: it prides itself on being difficult by making the learning process longer and harder than necessary.

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