1001 Spikes on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Discover the lost treasures of Ukampa in South America as Aban Hawkins searches for his estranged father, world-famous archeaologist, Jim Hawkins. Aban Hawkins races into the frozen tundra of the antarctic, undiscovered temple ruins and the vast caverns of South America in search of his father and the legendary treasure rumored to lie...

1001 Spikes is a precision platformer, platformer and indie game developed and published by Nicalis and Inc..
Released on June 03rd 2014 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 735 reviews of which 606 were positive and 129 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 8 / 7 / Vista / XP
  • Processor: Core 2 Duo
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel: GMA 950 and up, ATI/AMD: X-Series 300 and up, Radeon-Series 9600 and up, Nvidia GeForce 6000 and up
  • Storage: 256 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: 10.8
  • Processor: Core 2 Duo
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel: GMA 950 and up, ATI/AMD: X-Series 300 and up, Radeon - Series 9600 and up. Nvidia: Geforce 6000 and up.
  • Storage: 256 MB available space

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March 2025
pretty fun, very challenging but rewarding difficulty is high but the gameplay and controls are tight the design of the levels make very clear what danger is in front of you, so is very fair at giving you most if not all of the tools necessary to succeed.
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Feb. 2025
Punishing game, but a lot of fun if you like a challenge. Great level design and controls are very responsive.
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Dec. 2024
WARNING: YOU MIGHT NEED TO INSTALL OPENAL32 FOR THE GAME TO RUN (I did at the very least) Absolutely astounding. Easily some of the best level design ever made. Some precision/masocore platformers have a tendency to focus to much on memorization and not enough on execution, but 1001 Spikes strikes the balance perfectly. The first time you die to something you laugh at not expecting it. The 20th time you yell at yourself for knowing it was coming but still falling for it anyways. The game also is packed with side content that is pretty fun and a good amount of unlockable content. SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT Bruh what do you mean the temple is the first half of the game. SPOILERS ABOVE THIS POINT
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Sept. 2024
Felky Fun Meter |-------|---| Pretty fun! As a Boshy enjoyer I liked this game :D
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April 2024
I give this game a rank B- (70-75%) Nice game - try if you are interested See my profile for more details about my reviews. The game is objectively very well made. Picture a mix between Super Meat Boy, La Mulana, Shovel Knight, and all those tributes to Nes era platformers. I mean, even the very first Mario. Neat pixels, impeccable and unforgiving gameplay, harsh and nasty level design... in that sense, the game is not for casuals. It is for gamers, hardcore gamers, you will die and repeat. Many surprise deaths at every corner. I, sadly, as a tired dad who gets more joy from his brain than his fingers, have no time to move forward in this game, but I completely see the appeal and the qualities - once again, for what it wants to achieve, 1001 Spikes is VERY well crafted. If you like that idea, this one is a classic. Hem & Watch is live on [url=https://www.twitch.tv/hemandwatch]Twitch , reviews on [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36483989/]Steam , chat on [url=https://discord.gg/hXpRe7Z]Discord
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1001 Spikes
7.8
606
129
Online players
1
Developer
Nicalis, Inc.
Publisher
Nicalis, Inc.
Release 03 Jun 2014
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