Don't Look Back (video game)

Don't Look Back
DeveloperDistractionware
PublisherKongregate
DesignerTerry Cavanagh
EngineAdobe Flash
PlatformsiOS, Android, Ouya
ReleaseFlash
2009
iOS
October 16, 2012
Android
October 17, 2012
Ouya
June 27, 2013
GenrePlatform
ModeSingle-player

Don't Look Back is a 2009 platform game playable through Adobe Flash and designed by Terry Cavanagh. The game is a modern interpretation of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice.

The game is a combination of two ideas: Cavanagh wished to create a "silly shooter" where the player's actions were "redeemed" after being shown from a different perspective, and he also wished to create a game where the gameplay acted as a metaphor for the player's actions.

Critics praised the game's addictiveness and presentation, but had different opinions over its high difficulty level.