Upwell
About Upwell: Pixel-Art Platformer Climbing Seven Japanese Worlds
Upwell is a pixel-art platformer built around one relentless direction: up. Mochi, a soft rice-cake ball who has fallen from the Moon, must climb back home through seven distinct Japanese worlds — a mountain village, a silver mine, Mount Fuji, the sea, Tokyo, a concrete housing estate, and a TV tower — with a dark bonus forest waiting beyond. Fire, water, or snow rises from below throughout the journey, turning every level into a race against an encroaching floor. Along the way, Mochi stomps yokai, frees friends from cages, and hunts down hidden shops to spend collected coins.
How to Play Upwell
Each level ends at an exit at the top, and the goal is to reach it before the rising fire, water, or snow closes in. Jump off walls to gain height and land on enemies from above to stomp them — though hedgehogs cannot be stomped. Coins scattered through each level fund the hidden shops and also count toward earning three stars per level. Friends locked in cages can be freed as Mochi climbs.
Controls
- Drag (phone): Run
- Tap (phone): Jump
- Arrow keys (computer): Run
- Space (computer): Jump
- Mouse movement (computer): Run
- Mouse click (computer): Jump
- P (computer): Pause
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If the wall-jumping and upward momentum of Upwell appeal to you, Vector Parkour Run delivers a similar sense of relentless forward motion across rooftops and construction sites with tight timing at its core. For more coin-collecting action with a platformer edge, Coin Run keeps the collecting instinct alive through colorful levels and money-multiplying gates. Fans of tricky stage design will find plenty to outsmart in Tricky Doors, a platformer where 120 stages hide fake floors, reversed controls, and doors that run away. Upwell sits comfortably among the best arcade games on Playgama, and the platform games category holds many more climbers and runners worth exploring. The bouncy physics of Upwell's rice-cake hero also fit right in with the Bounce Games series for players who enjoy springy, momentum-driven movement.
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