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Janosik

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4.4/5

( 58 Reviews )

4.4

58 Reviews

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Janosik
Description
Janosik is a retro action-platformer metroidvania. It's fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets to discover while exploring its big and interconnected world. The game is completely FREE and with no microtransactions! Janosik's companions were captured by the evil Count Von Zur and...
Genre:
Action - Adventure - Metroidvania
Tags:
Adventure, Action, Indie, 2D, Platformer, show 5 more... Family Friendly, Cartoony, Puzzle Platformer, Metroidvania, Free Game
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4.4/5

( 58 Reviews )

4.4

58 Reviews

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Product details
2020, Onix Games, ...
System requirements
Windows 7/8.1/10, 720p: Intel Pentium Dual Core G620 / 1080p: Intel Core i3-2120 or higher, 1 GB RAM...
Time to beat
2 hMain
2 h Main + Sides
3 h Completionist
2.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Description
Janosik is a retro action-platformer metroidvania. It's fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets to discover while exploring its big and interconnected world.

The game is completely FREE and with no microtransactions!


Janosik's companions were captured by the evil Count Von Zur and it’s up to you to find and rescue them from the prison. Explore hand-drawn pixel art world, find secrets, jump over deadly obstacles, roll and attack enemies, collect gold coins and find upgrades.

Janosik will give you about 2 hours of single-player retro platforming fun.


Janosik was a legendary Slovak highlander rogue. According to the legend, he robbed nobles and gave the loot to the poor, just like Robin Hood. The game is based on popular legends in which Janosik had special magical items given to him (usually) by witches. Those items gave him superhuman strength, protected him from bullets, or gave him the ability to jump over the trees. In some legends, Janosik fights with supernatural beings.

We took inspiration from the legends both for this game and the upcoming Janosik 2, and highly recommend that you read more about this hero if you enjoyed playing our retro platformer.


Please note that the Slovakian language version is available in the game’s main menu.

© 2021 Retrovibe © 2021 Onix Games Janosik and the Janosik logo are trademarks of Onix Games. All rights reserved.

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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
2 hMain
2 h Main + Sides
3 h Completionist
2.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Action - Adventure - Metroidvania
Tags:
Adventure, Action, Indie, 2D, Platformer, show 5 more... Family Friendly, Cartoony, Puzzle Platformer, Metroidvania, Free Game
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 18.04), Mac OS X (10.15.3+)
Release date:
{{'2020-09-25T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Company:
Onix Games / Retrovibe
Size:
159 MB
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Game features
Cloud saves
Controller support
Single-player
Languages
English
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Español (AL)
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polski
audio
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Português do Brasil
audio
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slovenský
audio
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русский
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中文(简体)
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User reviews

Posted on: December 14, 2024

Ikethehero7

Verified owner

Games: 52 Reviews: 1

Quite good and also free

A fine little adventure platformer. A bit on the easy side, but I liked it nonetheless.

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Posted on: December 16, 2024

Jorge3596

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Games: 325 Reviews: 26

I´m buying Janosik 2 to pay for this

Excellent little simple game. I´m recommending both games to my friends so the dev gets some recognition.

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Posted on: January 12, 2025

LATESTACORONATA

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Games: 742 Reviews: 231

A blast from the... future?

Janosik is everything a lover of retrò metroidvania platform (with a pinch of interest towards Slovak mythology) could want (with some minor defect in some area. Nothing that bad, though). Plus, it's free! Really reccomended!

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Posted on: March 15, 2025

Stormsir

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Games: 180 Reviews: 1

very good platformer

A simple but engaging plataformer with a spicy difficulty.

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Posted on: March 29, 2025

CrudeSausage

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Games: 107 Reviews: 2

You can't complain about free

I was playing Dragon's Dogma when I decided to try this game out. It's much better than the game I was playing.

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