World Splitter review: Unique 2D puzzle platforming fun on the PS4 and Switch

This 2D puzzle platformer is great fun and stands out from the crowd with it’s unique twin-stick gameplay.

World Splitter involves using the two controllers on the Nintendo Switch, or your PS4 joypad, to move both character and world around the screen at the same time.

The task on each level is simple – get your hero from one end of the screen to the other while collecting some missing critters dotted around the landscape.

But there are two worlds to flit between, and neither one gives you an easy crossing point.

So that leaves you running, jumping and world splitting between the two landscapes as you try to figure out a do-able trek without falling to your death or being squashed by a wall.

It sounds easy but in practice is incredibly difficult.

Twisting the world around on its axis with the right stick while with the left you edge your character forward, up platforms, down half-one-world, half-the-other to pass a chasm is harder than it looks.

And you’ll find yourself dying quite a lot as you slowly feel your way through ever more difficult levels as you progress.

It’s great fun and addictive and the graphics, while simple, are colourful, making the game stand out from the crowd.

The brain twisting gimmick of the world splitting feels fresh and the need for a decent bit of dexterity keeps you on your toes from the off.

Publisher Bumble3ee Interactive and developer NeoBird Games have done well to craft a title that’s fairly unique in gaming.

But it’s design and menu layout does feel like a jazzed-up freebie mobile phone game at points and, at £18, I’m not sure there’s enough variety of game here to justify the cost.

Perhaps a built-in level designer would help if there were an update or future sequel.

Local co-op is a nice addition for those wanting to play with a pal though, and that gives you 10 extra levels on top of the 60 stages in the main game.

If you’re looking for something different, a bit like a touchscreen mobile game, but one that is unique and will test your puzzle skills, give it a go.

VERDICT 4/5