Leap Year
2D puzzle platformer where learning movement tricks opens paths
Daniel Linssen · Published by Daniel Linssen, Sokpop Collective · Released Jun 13, 2024
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 97% of 3,160
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 93% of 47 in 30 days
- Players
- 10
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 1 year ago
- Mar 7, 2025
What is Leap Year?
Leap Year is a 2D puzzle platformer set in a compact, hand-drawn world. You explore rooms, navigate jumps, and find hidden routes to collect the pages of a calendar.
For you if...
- +you like short platformers that reward exploration
- +you enjoy working out movement rules for yourself
Not for you if...
- −you dislike retracing routes without a map
- −you want forgiving jumps with little trial and error
What players say
97% of 3,160 reviews are positive · 93% of 47 in the last 30 days
Players praise the puzzle design and the way new discoveries change how they approach earlier rooms. Some complain about repeated backtracking, a missing map, and awkward controls.
How many players finish Leap Year?
61% of Steam players have unlocked «Leap Year», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Leap Year system requirements
Minimum: GPU with at least 256MB o…, 1 GB RAM, 0.1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Leap Year?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7+
- Processor
- 3.0 GHz Dual Core CPU
- Graphics
- GPU with at least 256MB of VRAM
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 50 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
Does Leap Year have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Leap Year run on Steam Deck?
Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 19
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America.
Does Leap Year use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Exploration
- Precision Platformer
- 2D Platformer
- Puzzle Platformer
- Metroidvania
- Puzzle
- Platformer
- 2D
- Nonlinear
- Action
- Hand-drawn
- Pixel Graphics
- Logic
- Mystery
- Adventure
- Retro
Recent updates
- Mar 7, 2025 · Patch 1.1.1
- Feb 28, 2025 · Patch 1.1.0
- Aug 12, 2024 · Patch 1.0.7
- Jul 17, 2024 · Patch 1.0.6
- Jul 2, 2024 · Patch 1.0.5
1 DLC available.