Blood Pressure

Developer: Eli Vazquez

Oct 19, 2020

Visual

side scroll

Structure

ability gated
item gated

Features

difficulty options

Themes

gore

Sub-Genre

Micro / Mini
MV Lite / Adjacent

Summary

Trapped in a dungeon without a weapon, you'll have to fight back with pressurized streams of your own blood. Blast baddies in this frantic action platformer, but don't forget to recharge before you bleed out. Explore the Metroidvania map, collecting keys and new abilities in search of an exit.

Last updated August 08, 2026

Where to play

- Windows
- itch.io

Resources

Links

IGDB

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- Differences
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- Differences
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- Differences
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- Differences
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- Differences
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- pixel
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- side scroll
- difficulty options
- Micro / Mini
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
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- interconnected map
- non linear
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- pixel
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- fantasy
- leveling

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