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Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.

The Way is a adventure, indie and action game developed by Puzzling Dream and published by PlayWay S.A. and Ultimate Games S.A..
Released on May 20th 2016 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 8 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian.

It has received 1,265 reviews of which 1,053 were positive and 212 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.44€ on K4G.

The Steam community has classified The Way into these genres:

Adventure Indie Action Pixel Graphics Platformer Puzzle-Platformer 2D Sci-fi Retro Singleplayer Side Scroller Atmospheric Puzzle Story Rich Difficult Family Friendly Relaxing Great Soundtrack

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows XP SP3 / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent
Memory: 2048 MB RAM
Graphics: GeForce 8600GT
Storage: 1 GB available space

MacOS

OS: MacOS 10.7.5
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2048 MB RAM
Graphics: GeForce 8600GT
Storage: 1 GB available space

Linux

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent
Memory: 2048 MB RAM
Graphics: GeForce 8600GT
Storage: 1 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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July 2025

The game is good, and the puzzles are engaging—challenging but not overly difficult or illogical. However, bear in mind that I have not gone through the entire game yet. I agree with everyone who says the atmosphere feels very much like Another World. For me, the biggest downside is the controls. They feel somewhat clumsy, even compared to Another World, let alone Flashback. All in all, if you can get this game on sale, it is definitely worth a try.

July 2025

this game has very difficult platforming and dying will happen more than winning. this game is ONLY for the most patient and even then it's best to take a break and comeback. also some of the puzzles are absurdly confusing. and HARD. like you'll spend an hour or two figuring out HOW to do it. so play it if you REALLY want to but take it from me. ITS HARD. besides the awful puzzles and certain areas where its like pin point platforming or die....its a great game.

April 2025

Fun bit of nostalgia with the usual tedious nonsense that goes with old-school platform games. Timing and position have to be just right or you'll miss a jump and fall to your death. Again and again. Puzzles are fun, but not too hard. Music is great, story is average.

Oct. 2024

10/10. I cried multiple times. This is what a masterpiece of a game looks like. The story is beautiful, emotional, and strung through every moment of the game. The sci-fi genre is beautiful, the style, everything. I wish there were more like this. Reminds me a lot of epic sci-fi worlds like Hyperion or Foundation.

Sept. 2024

I rarely review games before completing them, most of the time even a review it´s the final step before unistalling tons of games for me, when I trully feel there´s nothing more to experience about it, that´s when I trully think my oppinion is informed enough to be shared. With The Way though I have to make an exception, cause I understood a long time ago that I will never complete it. The negative reviews are correct, this game is utterly frustrating, it has never being patched despite the multiple complains and probably never will, remaining as uncompleted for most players, specially since it lacks steam cloud and therefor unless you take your own messures, losing your progress is a posibility and you simply wouldn´t want to repeat any of the frustrating, difficult and time sensitive puzzles you may have manage to overcome allready. But why the positive rating then? Becuase this game is as beutiful and well design as frustrating. The art style is used masterfully alongside some really good designs for an alien world that is completely unique. The story is presented with such simplicity yet care that takes you back to your childhood games if you happen to be a little older, where the limitations of hardware and sofware would force devs to get creative on how to present a narrative. And it´s difficult not to get hooked precisely due to the puzzles being kind fo hardcore, the more you progress things escalate and there´s a point of no return where the game would have capture you enough to desire finishing it. It trully manage to pay a heck of a homage to the games it clearly draws inspiration like Flashback and Another World. Overall I think this puzzle action platformer needs to be experienced, again, the only drawback it´s the fact you may not be able to experience it entirely. There are a series of specific puzzle that have become notoriously infamous for the community, some are more doable with either patience or a guide and others less so depending on the type of player you are. But it´s also super cheap when it´s on sale, as I write this review it´s on a sale for 0,89, that´s a crazy bargain even if you don´t manage to complete it. I think I paid a similar price and have 7 hours registered, when I got stuck I decided to watch on youtube the rest of the game to see the ending and sucks I wasn´t able to get there but I did enjoy the story still even if I wasn´t making those final steps.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Way is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

The Way is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.

The Way received 1,053 positive votes out of a total of 1,265 achieving a rating of 7.94.

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The Way was developed by Puzzling Dream and published by PlayWay S.A. and Ultimate Games S.A..

The Way is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Way is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

The Way is playable and fully supported on Linux.

The Way is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for The Way. Explore additional content available for The Way on Steam.

The Way does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Way does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Way is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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