Nekuia

Nekuia is a 2D platformer from Blue Gate that puts speed and jump precision at the center of everything. There is no hand-holding here. The game asks you to move fast, read the environment quickly, and nail your inputs, and it does not apologize when you fail. If you have played punishing indie platformers where the level layout is itself a kind of language, this speaks that same dialect. The core loop leans hard into speedrun sensibility. Levels are built to reward players who learn their geometry, find the cleanest line through, and shave seconds off their runs. The reflex demands are real - not artificially inflated through cheap deaths, but genuinely tied to the pacing of movement. When it clicks, there is a satisfying rhythm to it, the kind that makes you replay a section not because you have to but because you want a cleaner pass. That is the mark of a platformer that understands its own appeal. Where Nekuia stumbles is in communicating its intentions to the player upfront. The opening sections can feel abrupt, context-thin, and a little rough around the edges visually. For a game that rewards mastery, the early curve could do more to ease players into the movement vocabulary before demanding precision. With only 25 Steam reviews and a mixed reception, it is clear this one slipped under almost every radar when it released, and the lack of polish in spots reflects a small production with limited resources rather than a lack of care. That said, there is something genuinely handcrafted about the way the challenge is structured. Blue Gate made something specific here, not a sprawling open world, not a story-heavy adventure dressed up as a platformer. Nekuia knows what it is: a tight, intense test of platforming skill with speedrun hooks baked in from the start. If you are the kind of player who chases completion times, who enjoys replaying a two-minute stretch until it feels perfect, this small game has more to offer than its obscurity suggests. It is not a long experience, and its rough presentation will put some people off before they reach the parts worth staying for. But for players hunting underplayed indie platformers with genuine mechanical intent, Nekuia is worth a patient look. Kai, Scout Team