Faraway
Description
Faraway opens with your character waking inside a spaceship on an unfamiliar world, memories of arrival blurred beyond reach. The game's own warning says it plainly: this game is hard, very hard, best of luck. Your one goal is escape — to cross this dark, hostile planet and get home, because every corner of this place reminds you how faraway from it you truly are.
The game is a side-scrolling platformer built on simple but solid physics. You move with the arrow keys or WASD and jump across a gloomy landscape filled with obstacles, gaps, and hazards that punish sloppy timing. There is no combat to hide behind and no power-ups to save you; it is just you, your movement, and the level's patience-testing design.
Difficulty is the whole point here. Every step forward carries a chance of falling, and the game demands that you pick the right moment to move rather than charging ahead. Jumps that look routine will end runs, platforms will test your nerve, and progress is measured in small, hard-earned stretches of ground. The dark, beautiful environment keeps the mood heavy, which somehow makes each successful section feel like genuine survival.
The practical advice is exactly what the game itself suggests: be patient. Stop and watch a hazard's rhythm before committing to a jump. Treat every new obstacle as a puzzle to read, not a wall to rush. Short, controlled movements beat long, panicked ones, and dying to the same spot five times usually means you are moving too fast, not that the jump is impossible. Take breaks when frustration builds — this is a game that punishes angry play.
Faraway is aimed squarely at players who love punishing platformers and wear their deaths as badges of honor. If you enjoy atmospheric side-scrollers where victory has to be earned inch by inch, this dark little journey will keep you hooked until you finally find the way home.