Germinal

Germinal follows Greg as he tries to stay healthy during an epidemic. You jump, hover and clean your way through quarantine using a disinfectant jetpack, while Greg’s developing mysophobia (fear of contamination) is reflected in increasingly difficult gameplay. Replay stages to master the mechanics or look for more story details.

Stages and challenges

The game has five unique stages with over 500 rooms, plus a hard mode for every stage. Its jetpack controls are designed to feel precise while remaining permissive, and the game is designed with accessibility and speedrunning in mind.

Accessibility options

Options include infinite fuel and invincibility modes, adjustable screenshake, rumble and brightness, and playability for people with colour blindness. You can also remap all buttons, set a fixed jump height, turn glitch effects, backgrounds or transition animations off, and enable high-contrast fuel. A fall assistant indicates whether you are about to land on danger.

Story and music

Germinal presents a researched account of life with a debilitating mental disorder. Its soundtrack includes tracks by award-winning composer Sam Shandley.