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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 0.80€ on Eneba.

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

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April 2026
Overall, I liked the game, but there are a few issues to keep in mind. The first part naturally blends puzzles with platforming and shooting; however, as the game progresses, the platforming becomes predominant and feels quite boring. While the game does a great job of presenting the story early on, after a while it is almost forgotten. After a long (too long?) series of combat and platforming sessions, the plot suddenly rushes to a close. In particular, the ending feels a bit rushed. I’d give it a 7 out of 10. Good, but not great.
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March 2026
A hidden gem. This is a cinematique 2d platformer, a genre which was more popular in the 90s with games like Prince of Persia, Another World, Flashback and Heart of Darkness. In The Way, you play as Major Tom, yes, that's his name. Just in the first scene you get your recently deceased wife out of her tomb and carry her to your home. You can't let go of her and the rest of the game is about finding a temple of life to resurrect her. It's not a super interesting plot, but it serves its purpose. The game features two endings which are just splash screens showing what happened. It's a beautiful pixel art game. The first proper level takes place at night in a big military base, but later one you will visit alien worlds. Anything gets you instakilled but fortunately checkpoints are quite generous. The game mixes platforming, combat and puzzle solving. There's a bit of stealth, particularly in the first mission, until you get your first weapon. Around mid game, you start to gain new tools to solve puzzles and dispatch enemies. Regarding puzzles, this is probably the most interesting aspect. They are quite challenging, like evening the energy levels of different sources by moving a battery back and forth, or moving a cart of ore through a facility to destroy a robot. Most of the times, there's no hints on what to do, you have to figure it out. A particular puzzle which requires you to make a long sequence of inputs is deviously designed with a twist that requires lateral thinking to even understand what's going on. On the sound department, the soundtrack fits the atmosphere perfectly. Expect sounds that reminds of Vangelis or futuristic science fiction. Bosses are quite fun and challenging. There are only a handful of them, you generally can beat them in the first or second attempt, but they offer a lot of variety as none of them require you to just shoot blindly. Now, the worst aspect of this game is that for some reason you only have one save slot and no cloud saving. If you want to play the game in another computer you need to copy the savefile like old times. If you want to start a new game, you better make a manual backup of your save first. There's also no manual save, your progress is just automatically saved after some progress. Another small complaint I have, is the inclusion of 2 enemies just at the end of the game, that are somehow homages to LucasArts games, that make no sense at all. This is not a point and click adventure, and the tension and atmosphere was always very serious. They would have been ok as an easter egg. It's a wonderful game that somehow got mostly forgotten. Definitely recommended.
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Oct. 2025
Don't let the playtime fool you - i just ended up playing it through on console instead since I do more gaming there and got it on deep sale. This is a dope game if you like cinematic platformers, kinda sad and melancholy though.
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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.
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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.
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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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