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Race through demanding 2D obstacle maps, mastering jumps and a grappling hook alone or with teammates who can rescue you.
Released 17 Aug 2020
Swing Through Hazardous Maps
Help Teammates With Weapons
Race For Worldwide Records
Want to play the hardest cooperative 2D platformer ever? Want to finish no map ever? Want to be in pain for hours and cry, getting nothing in return? Come play DDNet with a large community of other sufferers!
Developed by DDNet Team · Published by DDNet Team
DDNet is a 2D precision platformer about navigating obstacle-course maps as a player-controlled character. You can tackle maps solo or alongside other players, with cooperation central to many challenges.
Movement relies on accurate jumps and grappling-hook swings through hazards. Weapons have specialized uses, including helping teammates, so players coordinate their movement and timing to get through difficult sections.
Thousands of community-made maps offer varied challenges and difficulty levels, and an editor lets players create maps. Players can work toward completing courses and improving times for worldwide rankings; the game also includes modes such as racing and combat.
Players who enjoy DDNet often praise its demanding movement, the satisfaction of gradually mastering difficult maps, and the variety of community-made courses. Cooperation is another recurring highlight: some reviewers describe patient players teaching newcomers and teammates helping each other finish maps. Experiences with the community vary, however, with other reviewers reporting insults, blocking, or disruption, and many note that the difficulty can be frustrating.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Players | 1–64 |
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| Multiplayer | DDNet is primarily an online cooperative multiplayer game centered on team-based platforming across custom maps. The official description states support for up to 64 players and official connected servers worldwide. The provided information also indicates LAN co-op, cross-platform multiplayer, competitive rankings, and additional multiplayer modes including PvP-oriented modes. |
| Multiplayer & mods | The game is open source and moddable. Players can build custom maps in the included editor, the community adds new maps regularly, and reviews describe multiple custom game modes and the ability to run your own server. |
| Controller required | No |
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| Website | Official website |
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