More than a decade later, the team behind N++ is back with a multiplayer sequel

Metanet, the two-person studio behind the punishing 2D platformer N++, has announced a new sequel called N Plus Infinity Times Two. Unlike N++, which aimed to perfect the single-player formula, the new game is centered on multiplayer play.

The sequel reflects a broader shift toward extending beloved indie franchises through social and replayable formats rather than simply expanding solo content. For longtime fans, the move to multiplayer could refresh the N series while testing whether its precision-platforming appeal translates beyond single-player mastery.

Back in 2015, the two-person studio Metanet released N++, a brutally hard 2D platformer that was a decade in the making, building off of previous releases dating back to the freeware Flash title N. At the time, cofounder Raigan Burns issued some famous last words: "We hope it's not another 10 years before we come up with a game." But now here we are, more than a decade later, and N is getting another sequel. And this time the focus is on multiplayer. The new game is called, absurdly, N Plus Infinity Times Two. Whereas N++ was meant to be the ultimate single-player version of the N concept, this game is described as "the ultimate virtual cou … Read the full story at The Verge.