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Game2018
Impulsion
Developer Driving Force Games
Impulsion is a fast-paced first-person platformer designed to play with your nerves and reflexes! Make your way through 25 levels of increasing difficulty by manipulating physics to your advantage, shooting force fields to slow down or speed yourself up and the environment! From the Steam store page
184 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 25, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
81
LovedLoved
146 positive · 35 negative
95% range 74–86%
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| Steam reviews | 146 | 35 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
282 of 327 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 184 · most liked firstOne of the better parkour-esque games on steam at the moment. I'm pretty nuts for these speedy parkour games and this one is definitely in my top 3. Some levels were a challenge for me so if you are a casual player prepare to practice some levels quite a few times. As stated in other reviews, the voice acting and story is pretty lackluster but you can ignore it as the game itself is solid. A must-have for any competitive player that enjoys "parkour" games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you want to play this game at some point you will have this experience. You will reach a checkpoint, and in front of you is a series of jumps which is extremely difficult. Everything about it is exactly the same as a jump section you've already done 10 times except gradually it's been made to require more precision inch by inch. You try, you die and then hear a snip of an off the street voice actor insulting you as you mash the respawn button to cut it off and try again. Die > 'A vacuum…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First person puzzle platformer in the vein of Portal like games. You can shoot force fields which speeds up time or slow it down. You can utilize it to get pass certain obstacles. A lot of platforming and some reflex based skills are necessary. Gameplay is solid and offers something new. Each level have performance rating so getting that S rating might be difficult. Visuals are your typical lab testing facility, simple yet reliable. Voice acting is bearable. Music and sounds are ok. For such a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm usually decent at 3D platformers and shooters, but the controls / mechanics for this game just felt.. off.. They "mock" you every time you die, and you'll die, a lot. There's no option to turn it down or even off, and even if you mute it's still there in subtitles. I get that it's meant to be a fun kind of portal esque humor thing, but it just comes off as incredibly annoying, when you're already frustrated with yourself.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoyed my time playing Impulsion, and i'm not done yet, i will definetly keep coming back to it to improve my times. The gameplay is good, graphics are simple but great, overall the levels are well crafted. The soundtrack is quite good if you like dnb / electronic music. The game will take you few minutes to figure out how to play it well, but once you will have mastered it you will have a great time playing. Few things i don't like: Archie, the voice over announcer, he is so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I already reviewed the game but I figured I redo it. Should you get this game? Yes. Is it fun? Yes. Does it have flaws? Yes. What works: Combining fast-paced platforming with fast-paced aiming was brilliant. The best parts of my two favorite genres. The forcefield gun is really innovative and fresh, like portal, it's one of those mechanics where, when you play the game, you wonder why nobody had ever thought of it until now You control the pacing, if you want to rush in, die, and rush in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Impulsion is an odd game, that occupies quite the peculiar niche in terms of gaming. The first thing that is important to note before considering picking up Impulsion is that the game is NOT a puzzle game, despite it's aesthetic and game mechanics relating very similar to those of Portal and Antichamber, Impulsion functions more as a challenging first person shooter experience, in no way does this game involve solving puzzles. The second thing, Impulsion is crafted by hand, inside out, to be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →can't believe i was able to finish it... i really wanted to love this game i was expecting something like story about my uncle but i only got a box game the weapons are cool and controls are decent but that's just it you only jump into a series of levels doing the same things i am not gonna complain about how hard it was i have no knowledge of parkour games but this was not fun ... at least for me if only they went a bit more creative with the game theme...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First Person Sadism Impulsion is undoubtedly a game that will appeal to certain gamers, but even those it appeals to will find certain mechanics of this game to be hard pills to swallow. Impulsion is a first person speed running game. Your goal is always to get from one end of a level to the other as quickly as possible, but there is no penalty for going slowly other than a low grade, which makes the skill floor relatively low and the ceiling awfuly high. The gimmick that sets this game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For Portal fans with a degradation kink
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Congrats. This is the first time in my life that the writing and voice acting are so utterly annoying that they made me uninstall a game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An excellent 3D platformer that will test both your jumping and aiming ability. The game consists of 25 levels that steadily increase in difficulty, with the aim being to get to the end of the level as quickly as possible. You use a pair of guns that spawn force fields, one speeding up your movement and the other slowing you down. The basic of the game is - will you take risks and leap before you look? Or will you consider your movements more carefully? Your recklessness or lack thereof will…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What is it? In simple words, a 3d platfromer You just a simple task, get through the level and survive. Technial The graphics are very good. You wont find many tiny dietails. It is a fast paced platformer and the mechanics are quite well and visually addressed. The few sounds that are needed are of quality and the speaker and your characters voice are fitting. Game There is a story in the game, but as far as i am concerned it is only there to give a little meaning to my you play this game. It…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terribly uninspired and cringe inducing presentation(good god that dialogue and voice acting) but the gameplay can be fun and rewarding. I dunno. In a world where Portal exists why would anyone need this type of kinetic puzzle experience afterwards even if the gameplay is decent here. Would give it a mixed rating,but sadly the rating system is binary so I'll go with-not worth it for most people/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yeahhh, no. One thing is a game being difficult. Another is the blob and the body hitbox being broken, driving a player into frustration by dying because of broken hitboxes over and over again. If you are really looking for a challenge and an unbroken game, buy Super Hexagon. Is cheaper, more rewarding and fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've never had so much anger towards a game while not actually being mad until I played Impulsion. The feeling of finally getting past an obstacle only to die a few seconds later staring at the finish is a weird yet positive feeling. I'm mad at myself, not the game. Attempting the same level over and over while understanding more and progressiving further is what makes Impulsion so satisfying. Impulsion is the type of game to see how good you can get at it. The whole premise of the game is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Obnoxious narrator never shuts up, insulting you every time you die and repeats his voice lines every time you reset level. Very obnoxious aiming where you have to full sprinting shoot a large bubble so that it only overlaps with one of the two objects in a small hallway. Can't see where death lasers are as you're jumping over them so distance judging is imprecise. Game has worst speed mechanic I've ever seen where you just have to constantly left click spam blue "speed up" bubbles at your feet…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gameplay is great, Voice acting is horrid and dialogue script is 4th grade. Would have kept this game silent.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome game. You can 100% it in like 2h + like 1 or 2h for the grind of 1000 deaths. I completed the game in a casual playthrough and did 2 speedruns. Overall i had a great time with the game. Worth it. :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →why put sprint in a game when you can put a 3 foot sphere that speeds you up until you leave it. every level goes a little something like this click click click click jump click click click click click jump click jump click jump click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click jump click!! 3/10 would be way more fun if you swapped from jump power up to run. this would let you focus on the parcore rather then trying to hit some ♥♥♥♥♥♥ box so you can spawn…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →yeah, it was pretty good. but it's not really meant to be played as a casual single player campaign, it's meant to be played in competitive speedruns. If speedruns are not your thing (like me) then this is still a nice experimental game to experience once. The tricks are limited and get a bit old across the 25 levels. But as long as you treat it as a short indie FPS to discover or like a small game to speedrun, and don't expect too much you'll enjoy this! I completed it in 2 hours.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Brilliant game, took me over a year to work up the enthusiasm to complete it playing on and off LOL - very rewarding feeling upon completing the levels! All round if you like a challenge, to compete against others on a score board & to learn about games and mechanics this is for you to make you a better gamer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good but if you play this YOU WILL HATE YOUR LIFE!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Week #4 Steam key giveaway – 3 winners this time 🎁 Tonight’s picks: Sticky Business, Dishonored, Impulsion, and Yooka-Laylee. Enter free by Dec 22, 10PM ET: thealabaster.one/giveaways?ut...
unlabelledView post →I recommend getting it on sale because the game is very short and seriously not worth $13.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super fun parkour game. Some levels are hard but with a little practice they are all doable. The story is not really good, but not an important element, since the game itself is good even without the story
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun, fast-paced first person platformer with interesting movement mechanics through force fields. Movement felt fluid and satisfying. Story was alright and kept to a minimum and voice acting was acceptable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun, 2-hour Portal-esque fast paced parkour game. Might get you dizzy though!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Impulsion is a great first-person platformer. The futuristic graphics are nice and the controls are easy and work fluently (which is very important for a fast-paced platformer). In addition, you got 2 guns. One which boosts you and allows to shoot holes into blue walls and a second one which slows you down and allows you to jump a second time (which can only shoot on red blocks though). I recommend this game to everyone that loves speed running. The game is short and contains 25 levels which…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun, challenging, and fast paced. Sweet!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In my opinion, this game is fun, well, in the first few levels. Then it just gets plain repetitive.
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a very underrated game! This game is amazing!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →absolute garbage. i regret ever putting this on my wishlist, and i regret buying it even more.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is honestly one of the worst games I have ever played. It is made purely to be unnecessarily difficult. The final level is near impossible and I can't be bothered to finish it. Maybe when I've finished every other game I own. The mechanics are alright though.... 2/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If Portal had a son and banned the son from using portals at all, that would be this game. Super fun to speedrun and go for records, although replayability is slightly limited. Definitely worth the pickup in a sale, only worth picking up normally if you really like speedrunning physics-based games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's Portal, but without the portals.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was pretty fun until I got stuck on level 10. It's NOT the games' fault for me not being able to get passed it but it did prove to be too frustrating for me. which is funny due to the fact that I LOVE skill based movement in video games. This game though I just can't seem to wrap my heard around the movement. I couldn't seem to understand what I was doing wrong at all on level 10. I don't know if "trying" to air strafe was helping me or not nor do I know how the movement entirely works. I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a fantastic first person platformer. The mechanics are interesting and arena-shooter-like movement feels really good. Speed and air control are pretty much on point. The control scheme is also very much to my liking with only LMB, RMB and Space next to WASD. It can get tricky towards the end of the campaign, but this game is meant to be replayed anyway to beat your own and also other people's records. There is a leaderboard for individual levels and also for a full game speedrun to show…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A must have parkour game if you like true challenge !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Impulsion is one of those more difficult games to review because it does some things pretty well... and others not so great. It's made even harder because it's also ancient... this is 8 years old, and worse, the developers haven't maintained it... not a single patch in over 7 years. This is a Portal-esque first person 3D platformer, and yeah, you're in a lab with a robot voice telling you what to do... and one of the first things you'll notice is how poor and lulzy the voice acting and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1 winner • pick from 125+ games. Staff picks: Genesis Noir + Immortality (plus Stick Fight: The Game + Impulsion). Ends Apr 27 @ 10PM ET. Enter: thealabaster.one/giveaways?ut... Reply with your pick. #GameGiveaway #IndieGames #SteamGames
unlabelledView post →Impulsion is a first-person platformer developed by Driving Force Games and published by Dear Villagers, released for PC in 2018. The game belongs to a small but distinctive genre of fast-paced physics platformers that blend puzzle mechanics with precise movement challenges. Drawing inspiration from games like Portal and other momentum-based obstacle courses, Impulsion focuses on the creative use of physics manipulation to navigate futuristic testing chambers. Instead of traditional weapons or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Having paid only 1,29$ for it is a steal, short but really cool game for such a good price, I wouldn't reccomend at full price tho considering this is a 2-3 hour game, absolutely buy on sale tho. The mechanics feel really fluid and the game is really satisfying to play, I don't get why is this game so unknown when it's actually good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well-designed levels with some fun mechanics. It gets difficult but never impossibly hard. The final level is a bit more difficult compared to all the others, since those have checkpoints, but it's manageable. Took about an hour to complete and a bit longer to go back and get some achievements. Would've loved a few more levels, especially for the asking price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the concept, picked the game up for cheap hoping to play on my steam deck but the games resolution bugs out and I can barley use the cursor proper to get thru the main menu. Would really love to see a fix for this.
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unlabelledView post →Overall a really good, fast FPS speedrunning game, story was a bit over the top for me; it didn't seem funny or interesting, but the gameplay made up for it. It felt fair, getting better with each run. The idea of two guns affecting the surroundings by slowing/speeding them is very fun to play with.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What if Ghostrunner and Portal had a baby? If you've ever had that question in your mind, then worry not because Impulsion has you covered. Jokes aside, Impulsion is an incredible fast-paced platformer (of the likes of Ghostrunner) that takes quite a few cues from Portal, including its physics based puzzles as well as the setup itself (just don't expect any of Portal's trademark wit/humor or even any plot) and creates something amazing that will have you hooked from the start. It's not a long…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sadly no real "active" community around the game anymore, but if you are there for the game play itself the platforming and mechanics are fun to optimize and all the tech is straightforward.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fast-paced puzzle platformer that doesn't overstay its welcome, Impulsion has a bit of a steep learning curve, but flows effortlessly once you get a feel for its mechanics. Though the levels can often be finished in a more relaxed pace if you want, chasing high-scores and a better rank on the leaderboard is a lot of fun. The voice acting is meh, but the story is paper-thin anyways. Performance is great, any mid-tier GPU should be able to push above 120 FPS. The only thing I'm really missing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Video review: https://youtu.be/wvOHRz9jgSg Impulsion is a speed running first person platformer. Focus on the speed running. The "narrative" campaign is short, but it promotes replayability through Graded Scores and timed leaderboards. While I mostly enjoyed finishing the game and running it through one more time for the "speedrun" achievement, I don't have much desire to continue playing. I think the mechanics are a bit too wonky for me to feel like this is something I can self challenge and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a fun first-person puzzle platformer that has been let down by the fact that it needs more checkpoints. Some parts of the later levels are stupidly difficult and can only be beaten through hundreds of deaths and hours of grinding. I have better things to do with my time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really fun parkour/platforming game with a super unique movement system. Definitely worth the money while it's on sale. The only issue I have is the the game seems to miss button presses sometimes, so I have to stand still and press right click several times for the game to actually register my input and shoot the red gun. This can be super frustrating, especially towards the end of a level. Overall I give it a 7.5/10. If the input detection gets fixed 8.5/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not a bad Speedrunning Platformer game - Quite challenging but once you know the levels and the mechanics, it's a breeze - Achievements are doable, wish there was one to do it in under 40 mins or something, decent small game otherwise though, recommend :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The last level is fun af
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had sex with the devs mom.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Disclaimer: My scores/reviews are almost always based on having bought the game at close to the "lowest historical price" on steam at time of purchase. Quick score: 5/5 Notes: Pretty fun FPS platformer. Only real major con would be that visually the game is a bit repetitive and it is a bit light on content for the price. I completed the game in less than 90 minutes, though your playtime will be heavily dependant on your experience with this type of game. It's also worth noting that the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you want to make an unapologetic knockoff of Portal, go for it. It's been years, and there's plenty of room to expand the genre. But if you're going to do that, make sure to have some aspect of the game (level design, graphics, dialog, game mechanics, voice acting... anything) better than the original. This is a decent game on its own terms, but as the AI voiceover blandly tells me that I'm a disappointment (with no aspect of humor or originality) while I navigate through a low-res world…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't remember when I bought this game, just one of those ones I let sit in my steam library for a long time I guess, but today I was scrolling through my games looking for something new to try out and thought this looked interesting. I was right, its a really fun game, the aesthetics and general premise of being a test subject feel very portal-ish but this game really brings its own ideas to the table beyond that to make it feel fresh and fun. I've only played for about an hour and just…
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