These devs have been building the perfect platformer for 22 years, and the Steam apocalypse won't stop them now: "Video games have always been about a small team of sickos doing something"

August 8, 2026 - 18:50

Some games just will not quit. Metanet Software has been polishing the same core idea since 2003, and they are not about to let a little thing like the Steam marketplace collapsing stop them now. The team behind the N series has spent over two decades building what they call the perfect platformer, and their latest release, N Plus Infinity Times Two, is the culmination of that obsession.

The game is a pure distillation of momentum, precision, and brutal difficulty. You play as a tiny ninja who can run, jump, and wall-jump through increasingly impossible levels. There is no story, no power-ups, no fluff. Just you, the physics, and a timer that never stops judging you. It is the kind of game that makes you feel like a genius one second and a fool the next.

What keeps the team going after all these years? According to the developers, it is a simple love for the craft. They describe their approach as a small group of people who are just sick enough to keep tweaking a single jump arc for months. They point out that video games have always been about a small team of sickos doing something they believe in, and that spirit is what carries them through the noise of the modern industry.

The recent chaos on Steam, where storefronts are flooded with AI slop and asset flips, has not scared them. If anything, it has made their work more valuable. They argue that players are starving for something with a human hand behind it, something that feels tested and cared for. They are not chasing trends or trying to ride a genre wave. They are just making the game they have always wanted to play.

N Plus Infinity Times Two is out now, and it is a reminder that some projects are not about the launch day. They are about the long haul. And after 22 years, Metanet is still running.