Goblin and Coins II (I'm the author of this game) is a difficult 2D pixel-art platformer with a unique twist - after the player loses all lives and all continues, they end up in a challenging level called the Underworld, where they must assembly the Golden branch in order to resurrect with additional continues/lives.

Of course, the game can be made easier (or not - create your own challenge!) in many ways, including purchasing up to five upgrades in exchange for the collected coins (additional life, double jump (recommended first purchase), 99 continues, instant shrinking to gain access to crawl space tunnels, and seeing the invisible objects/levels) and using an "easier start" gameplay option in the settings menu (on by default).

Random gameplay video from a 3rd party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg0zazB_S9w

The game features:

• 25 handcrafted story levels,
• 5 boss arenas,
• upgrade store (no microtransactions of any kind, just coins collected in the game/levels),
• the Underworld,
• 5 hidden levels.
• can be finished without any upgrades - but not 100% explored
• There are some very light puzzles.
• Full controller support,
• works fine on SteamDeck.
• You can configure keyboard input, gameplay options and so on.

Projected gameplay time for an average gamer is ~3h for the campaign, with up to 7+ hrs for completionists. Your experience may vary ofc.

It is available to play in English, Serbian, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese-Brazil, Greek, Ukrainian, German and Turkish.

Save 10% ($4.99 > $4.49) this week https://store.steampowered.com/app/694990/Goblin_and_Coins_II/ OR if you already own Goblin and Coins from 2016, you can use the complete the set bundle to gain even bigger discount https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24672/Goblin_and_Coins_collection/