Sides of Gravity — Play Free Online

Sides of Gravity is a puzzle platformer built around one idea: the room you are standing in has four sides, and any of them can become the floor. Each level asks you to get to the exit, and the way there usually means turning the room until the path you need is underneath you.

It is a slow, thinking kind of game. Nothing chases you and there is no clock pushing you along, so a session is mostly about looking at the layout, working out which wall should be the floor, and trying it. That makes it a good change of pace if you come here for Fireboy and Watergirl and want a puzzle you can work through alone, without a second player on the keyboard.

How to play

You can play with the arrow keys or with the mouse. Depending on the level you will move blocks, flip gravity, or roll the whole level so a different side faces down, all with the goal of reaching the exit.

A typical level goes like this: look at where you start and where the exit is, notice what is blocking the straight route, and then change the orientation so that obstacle becomes a ledge or a wall you can use. Blocks can be pushed into place to bridge gaps or stop you falling too far once gravity changes.

Tips

• Before you move, trace where you would land after each possible flip. Most wrong moves come from flipping without checking where you will fall.
• If you get stuck, try a flip you think is pointless. Puzzles like this often need you to rotate away from the goal first.
• Treat movable blocks as tools. Decide where one needs to end up, then work backwards to which side should be down when you push it.
• Restart a level freely when you box yourself in; it is quicker than trying to undo a bad position.

Similar games on Fireboy and Watergirl

If you like the puzzle-solving side of the series, the Fireboy and Watergirl temples are the closest match, though they are built for two players sharing a keyboard. Duo Vikings and Up Together also lean on cooperation, while Bad Ice Cream swaps gravity tricks for maze-style planning around ice and enemies.

Sides of Gravity runs in the browser with nothing to install, and it suits short sessions where you just want to solve a few rooms and move on.