Love Eternal
February 19, 2026
Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out - or live in Shelter forever more.
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76.7
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"Mastering each carefully-designed room within the eerie campaign of LOVE ETERNAL will keep you on edge and it&s;s one very rewarding game. 🏚️"
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70.0
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85.0
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80.0
"Love Eternal is an experience that lingers, with a story that can be interpreted in many ways depending on your own views. It&s;s both unnerving and tough, which will appeal to those who enjoy the challenge of precision platformers, but …"
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80.0
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92.0
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86.0
"LOVE ETERNAL juggles the task of delivering a harrowing, razor-sharp platformer with a moody, haunting narrative. Its bite-sized length constantly makes an impact, striving to be one of the most unique games you will play."
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60.0
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40.0
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30.0
"Two separate cores of equally engaging but shallow gameplay, and a fascinating but frugal narrative, competing to see which wears the player down first."
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70.0
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90.0
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50.0
"LOVE ETERNAL surprises with its simplicity: two buttons, one core mechanic, tight and responsive precision platforming, a challenging but fair difficulty curve, and a strong, stylish presentation with a surreal, melancholic tone—no classic horror scares, but an eerie, artsy experience …"
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40.0
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40.0
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40.0
"As a platformer-meets-horror game, Love Eternal is equal parts aggravating and enlightening. The story is opaque, with an ending that had me scratching my head, and yet I found myself wildly engrossed. The platforming is woefully undercooked, but a mid-game …"
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70.0
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85.0
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80.0
"LOVE ETERNAL is strange, avant-garde, and downright hard, but it never feels cheap or unfair in its challenge. Its experimental storytelling is eerie and engaging, and the controls of the game are buttery-smooth and precise, making for platforming that’s as …"
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76.0
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82.0
Story
88.0
"As a platformer, it&s;s easy to understand, though the unpredictable momentum of movement unfortunately keeps it from feeling as precise as genre enthusiasts will surely prefer. Still, it&s;s one of those "play in one sitting" type of games that you …"
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70.0
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60.0
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30.0
"Love Eternal is a game that will hit with certain people who enjoy these types of games where they can get through the levels the fastest or go through the entire game without dying. Unfortunately, I am not one of …"
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68.0
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72.0
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70.0
"While the narrative didn’t grab us, the brilliant presentation and moreish challenge did. It may make us curse more than a few times as we die yet again, but the challenge was ultimately enjoyable enough to want to continue on …"
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30.0
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65.0
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60.0
"LOVE ETERNAL wasn&s;t the varied platformer I was looking for, as expected. The story also forms a thin thread through the somewhat generic and standard gameplay, which can become a bit monotonous after a while. This game is for the …"
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85.0
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70.0
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65.0
"The platforming elements of Love Eternal are delightfully frustrating fun with a limited set of mechanics put to creative and clean use. Multiple levels had me holding my breath, gritting my teeth, and cursing the wayward god who founded the …"
Read original review"An odd and somewhat terrifying backstory paired with some brutal gravity-inverting platforming"
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65.0
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80.0
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70.0
"Ysbryd Games y brlka nos proponen una aventura de terror posológica con saltos muy desafiantes."
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55.0
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65.0
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55.0
"Love Eternal is a solid platformer filled with puzzles and some psychological horror elements that make it feel like its own Greek myth. However, it isn&s;t able to set itself apart from other games in the genre to make it …"
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85.0
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88.0
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92.0
"LOVE ETERNAL is a truly unique platformer that perfects its core mechanics and building upon them creates a very special horror atmosphere. Players will find themselves in repeatedly jaw-dropping situations at the constant barrage of twists and turns. Toby Alden …"
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70.0
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80.0
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95.0
"It&s;s not every day a game has such a profound emotional effect on me, and even less so with pixel art platformers. But Love Eternal is one of the weirdest games I&s;ve ever played, and in all the most complimentary …"
Read original review""Unique and Thrilling" Love Eternal offers a unique psychological platforming experience, blending precise controls, innovative challenges, and a mysterious narrative that draws players into a dark and meticulously detailed world. The hand-drawn graphics and sound design enhance immersion, while the …"
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75.0
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90.0
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85.0
"Love Eternal is a remarkably tight precision platformer with exhilaratingly joyful movement mechanics. It also has a fascinating and disturbing story to tell about loneliness and our desperate need for love. The unconventional telling of this tale – the subverting …"
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70.0
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95.0
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85.0
"LOVE ETERNAL is a brilliant, bizarre anomaly. It takes a genre defined by raw mechanical skill and injects it with a deeply cerebral, psychological horror narrative. The result is an experience that feels like three different games stapled together—a challenging …"
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