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What Lies In The Multiverse

What Lies In The Multiverse

Released: 3/4/2022

What Lies in the Multiverse is a story-driven puzzle platformer filled to the brim with hijinks, chaos, and reality-bending adventure. Harness the power of the multiverse! Switch worlds in mid-air, turning pitfalls into bridges, walls into tunnels, and foes into friends. Just be careful when you mess around with gravity Embark on a journey across gorgeous pixel-art worlds, each with a unique parallel reality you can dive into at will. Explore temples, towns, harbors, the wilderness and more as you race to unlock the secrets of the Multiverse. Meet a vast cast of quirky characters: mad scientists, secret agents, sweet old ladies, enlightened monks, and a charismatic, reality-hopping genius named Everett, who promises to take you on a whirlwind adventure and is definitely telling you the whole truth about himself, yes siree, nothing suspicious there at all!

What Lies in the Multiverse is a story-driven puzzle platformer filled to the brim with hijinks, chaos, and reality-bending adventure. Harness the power of the multiverse! Switch worlds in mid-air, turning pitfalls into bridges, walls into tunnels, and foes into friends. Just be careful when you mess around with gravity Embark on a journey across gorgeous pixel-art worlds, each with a unique parallel reality you can dive into at will. Explore temples, towns, harbors, the wilderness and more as you race to unlock the secrets of the Multiverse. Meet a vast cast of quirky characters: mad scientists, secret agents, sweet old ladies, enlightened monks, and a charismatic, reality-hopping genius named Everett, who promises to take you on a whirlwind adventure and is definitely telling you the whole truth about himself, yes siree, nothing suspicious there at all!

What Lies in the Multiverse is a story-driven puzzle platformer filled to the brim with hijinks, chaos, and reality-bending adventure. Harness the power of the multiverse! Switch worlds in mid-air, turning pitfalls into bridges, walls into tunnels, and foes into friends. Just be careful when you mess around with gravity Embark on a journey across gorgeous pixel-art worlds, each with a unique parallel reality you can dive into at will. Explore temples, towns, harbors, the wilderness and more as you race to unlock the secrets of the Multiverse. Meet a vast cast of quirky characters: mad scientists, secret agents, sweet old ladies, enlightened monks, and a charismatic, reality-hopping genius named Everett, who promises to take you on a whirlwind adventure and is definitely telling you the whole truth about himself, yes siree, nothing suspicious there at all!

Critics
82
Steam
92

Score Breakdown

82.3

Critic Average

20 reviews

92

Steam User Score

707 reviews

N/A

Metacritic User Score

Less than 20 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-9.4
Metacritic Disparity
N/A
Combined Disparity
-9.4

Average of both sources

Review Timing

6 early (30%)13 launch window (65%)1 late (5%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Based on 20 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 82.3/100. Critics score this game 9.4 points lower than Steam users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 20)+
  1. Jemma CassonviaPure Nintendo
    May 11, 2022·Late review
    90/100View review
    Steam 91.8/100 · -1.8 pts
  2. Drew SherrattviaVGamingNews
    Apr 18, 2022·Launch window
    70/100View review
    Steam 91.8/100 · -21.8 pts
  3. Jessica EudyviaJump Dash Roll
    Apr 14, 2022·Launch window
    80/100View review
    Steam 91.8/100 · -11.8 pts
  4. Joseph BarroodviaRapid Reviews UK
    Apr 7, 2022·Launch window
    80/100View review
    Steam 91.8/100 · -11.8 pts
  5. Richard AllenviaGamingTrend
    Mar 29, 2022·Launch window
    90/100View review
    Steam 91.8/100 · -1.8 pts