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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a blistering hardcore platformer with contrasting worlds.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“The game that almost died due to Nintendo, The Great Giana Sisters, has returned in Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams. Back in the 80s, The Great Giana Sisters came out on the Commodore 64 and became infamous for looking a little too similar to Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo…”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played“Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a modern revival of a classic platforming franchise, developed by Black Forest Games and published by HandyGames alongside the developer itself. Released in 2012, the game was designed to reintroduce the Giana Sisters series to a new generation…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“When I beat the last boss on this came, once I got to the credits, the screen went black. Since the game didn't automatically return to the title screen, I tried pressing buttons to try to advance, but the screen remained black, the credit music continued playing, and I could…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:56 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Side Scroller · Difficult · Platformer · Arcade · Female Protagonist · 2.5D · 2D · Controller · Action · Fantasy · Anime · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards |
| Languages | English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 25 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.project-giana.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum (or Recommended) OS *: Windows XP Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.8 GHz / AMD Athlon II X2 @ 2.8 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 3.3 GB Video Card: SM3.0 DX9.0c level hardware (Nvidia GeForce 6800, ATI X1800 XT or higher) DirectX®: 9 Additional: Keyboard