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Downside-Up key art showing a pixel-art platforming course.

Downside-Up

Gravity is your enemy. Speed is your friend.

Downside-Up is an arcade game that flips gravity on its head. Momentum carries you forward, a single input flips which way is down, and the only way through a course is to read it fast and commit faster.

Available on:
  • Web

Feature Highlights

  • Flip Gravity

    One input swaps which way is down — timing is everything.

  • Speed Runs

    Courses are built to be replayed and shaved down second by second.

  • Plays in the Browser

    No install, no account — open it and go.

Development Timeline

  1. Q3 2024PrototypeComplete
  2. Q1 2025Public betaComplete
  3. Q3 2026Speedrun leaderboardsComplete
  4. Q4 2026More levelsIn progress

Project Credits

Project Lead
Mike Wallace
Development
Ross Bryson
Studio
Orcwood Games

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Leaderboard

Best Downside-Up runs. Ranked by coins collected; time breaks ties.

Downside-Up best runs by coins collected, All time
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