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TRY AGAIN

TRY AGAIN

You're Benny, a test character trapped in an unfinished game by a figure called The Designer. She's up against a deadline for her publisher which means it's your last day as a test character. Navigate the facility, dodge game-dev chaos and defy expectations to become the main character.

Released Jul 14, 2023 Developer the Rejects Platforms Windows IndiePlatformerAdventureStory RichSingleplayer
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

95.3%positive1,506 reviews
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“An ok 10 minutes experience. Gameplay Try Again is a very, very short, very on-rails action platformer. The gameplay is simple, essentially consisting of "press A when yellow" and "press B when red" and though I had some issues with inputs not being read correctly in some…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“=======《 Graphics 》======= ☐ Feels like real life ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Not great ☐ Better not stare too long ☐ MS-DOS =======《 Gameplay 》======= ☑ Really good ☐ Good ☐ It's gameplay, I guess ☐ Meh ☐ I'd rather watch paint dry ☐ Don't even try =======《 Audio 》======= ☐…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“TRY AGAIN is a free game, and personally, I believe that any free game deserves appreciation, at the very least for the effort put into making it. That said, the graphics, while simple, fit the atmosphere perfectly and manage to convey the right tone for the kind of experience…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2025-08 via SteamCharts.

38all-time peak
0 10 20 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 14 avg · Jul 2023

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Free To Play, Indie
Player tagsIndie · Platformer · Adventure · Story Rich · Singleplayer · 3D Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · Parkour · Action-Adventure · 2.5D · Funny · Action (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Full controller support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Simplified Chinese *
ControllerFull support
Official sitehttps://www.tryagainthegame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD FX-4350 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 570, 1 GB | AMD Radeon HD 7850, 2 GB Storage: 4 GB available space