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I like challenging retro platformers a lot, and I tend to replay ones I've fallen for frequently. Infernax hits me right where I live. Like "Hollow Knight", it wears its retro Metroidvania influences on its sleeves. Unlike "Hollow Knight", Infernax isn't a 60 hour marathon to the end, but instead packs a retro game length paired with its difficulty. Like "Shovel Knight", Infernax augments its short main campaign by packing the game full of reasons to return to it. Unlike "Shovel Knight", these 'other things' aren't extra campaigns and modes, but new ways to replay this one, with several endings to find, and new playable characters to uncover. In this tale of three indie knights, Infernax stands above the rest, when it comes to crafting a game you'll be unable to put down until you've squeezed every last bit of nectar from it. Frankly, it's a masterpiece, and any fan of retro platformers and metroidvanias owes it to themselves to play this game. And replay it, several times.