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Gimmick! Special Edition

Gimmick! Special Edition

Save the day as a star-shooting, platform-bouncing cutie pie in Gimmick! Special Edition. SUNSOFT's beloved physics-based action platformer finally bursts onto current platforms enriched with a rewind feature, a time attack mode, online leaderboards, and modern extras.

Released Jul 6, 2023 Developer CITY CONNECTION Publisher Clear River Games Platforms Windows ActionPlatformerRetroOld School2D Platformer
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-05-15)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

78.4%positive97 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Fun game, but it's kind of a gimmick.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“u can probably play this for free but this is a good port for sure :) has a speedrun mode and an easier mode as well! if ONLY there was a level maker omggggggg i'd give the devs all the head for that idec if they're all ancient and wrinkly now”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Gimmick! is my second favorite Famicom game (alas, we live in a world where Super Mario Bros. 3 exists) and includes one of the greatest soundtracks of all time, which I say with zero exaggeration... but $15 is FELONIOUS for what is essentially a gussied up ROM with some…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

25achievements
10.2%median completion
5.1%rarest: The day we welcomed you into our home
20.0% of players 19.2% of players 18.4% of players 18.4% of players 16.4% of players 15.3% of players 13.6% of players 12.9% of players 11.8% of players 11.4% of players 11.0% of players 10.7% of players 10.2% of players 8.5% of players 7.4% of players 7.3% of players 7.2% of players 6.8% of players 6.8% of players 6.7% of players 6.4% of players 6.3% of players 5.5% of players 5.5% of players 5.1% of players 20.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
20.0%SCORE 10000 Over — Broke the 10000 SCORE
19.2%SCORE 30000 Over — Broke the 30000 SCORE
18.4%Morning glory — Got the hidden item in stage 1.
Rarest badges of honor
5.1%The day we welcomed you into our home — Unlocked all the achievements.
5.5%True End — True End achieved.
5.5%Last Battle — Stage 7 cleared.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 01, 2025
Get your (ice)skates on: we're on sale & on deck!

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Feb 28, 2025
OMEGA 6 The Triangle Stars is OUT NOW

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Feb 25, 2025
Win an epic OMEGA 6 The Triangle Stars bundle!

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Feb 13, 2025
DARK HORSE AND LEGENDARY GAME DESIGNER TAKAYA IMAMURA BRINGS THE COLORFUL CAST OF OMEGA 6 THE TRIANGLE STARS TO ENGLISH MANGA FANS

https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/45245741/f87e1fcc723e9cfa2c6a3c53321117bd9f1388fd.png Imamura's adventure "Omega 6" manga is available in English for the first time! Based on the upcoming p

Feb 13, 2025
Happy Birthday, Toaplan! Snow Bros. Wonderland is on sale!

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAction
Player tagsAction · Platformer · Retro · Old School · 2D Platformer · Pixel Graphics · 1990's · Side Scroller · Fantasy · Puzzle-Platformer · Cartoon · 2D (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese
ControllerFull support
Achievements25
Official sitehttps://www.bitwavegames.com/games/gimmick-special-edition
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Storage: 500 MB available space