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Secret Agent
Developer Apogee Entertainment
Secret Agent (also known as Secret Agent Man) is a side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Apogee Software. The first episode is shareware, while the remaining two are sold directly by the publisher. Secret Agent uses the same game engine as the earlier Crystal Caves. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
135 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Oct 31, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
84
LovedLoved
64 positive · 12 negative
95% range 74–91%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 64 | 12 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 12 | 3 | 36 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 8 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
66 of 79 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
84% recommend · 64 yes, 12 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 76 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (97 of 113 positive).
Players praise the game for its nostalgic value and fond memories of childhood. [1][2][3] Many reviewers enjoy the challenging yet rewarding platforming and puzzle elements. [4][5][6] Some players criticize the dated graphics, sound, and DOSBox emulation issues. [7][8][9]
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- [7]
Mid 90s platformer in DOSBox. Pros: - The EGA graphics are pretty. - You can use a gamepad within the game itself and it just works without much configuration needed. - Pretty big nostalgia feels for those who played this back in the day. - Unlimited attempts which cover bad level design (see cons). Cons: - The level designs & layout itself is an exercise in frustration. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ like raised doors with locked keys …
- [1]
I first got this game back in the late 90s on a 3.5inch floppy disk. If you were not born in the 90s, or know what a 3.5inch floppy disk is. Don't rate this review down. I've seen a few 12 year old not get old games. Don't be one of those. I clocked this game back then, and I'm on my way to doing so again in 2015. This game was and still is pretty sweet for a 2d platformer. You have multiple gameplay elements to …
- [5]
Oh sweet nostalgia! I played the game ages ago! Secret Agent did not lose its charm after years. It is a solid and quite demanding platformer with a huge variety of levels. It is a very old game released in 1992 and it has things that many titles released that time lacked: a bit of story, proper savings, and what is very important to me - losing all lives means repeating a level, not losing whole game. The game is …
- [12]
Nice, straight-forward platformer from the 90s. You have to find various items and destroy satellite dishes to finish the levels. It took me a while to play through all the 3 episodes and I had lots of fun with the game. Some of the enemies are a bit boring though. Never played this game back in the days, so there is no nostalgia clouding my mind. If you like the old Duke Nukem games you will have fun with this!
- [2]
Oh boy, the feels. Don't let my play count fool you, I played this on end when I was young. Brings back the memories of taking apart and building computers when I was just learning to ride a bike. Controls are still soft and the enemies dumb, just the way I liked them. Great game to dip in and out of when you want to remember a simpler time. Works great on Windows 10.
Summarised from 34 of the 133 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Secret Agent talk about nostalgic and brings back fond childhood memories; those who didn't talk about dated graphics and sound may not appeal to all. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 135 · most liked firstOne of my fav game dev stories ever: For the 10 MINUTE Qwark Opera level in Secret Agent Clank, the devs had forgotten to ask Jim Ward to prep for singing. When he found out, he said "huh, hold on" & sang the entire thing in nearly A SINGLE TAKE.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you watched Oscar nominees "I'm Still Here" and/or "The Secret Agent" and you're interested in more stuff about the Brazilian military dictatorship, you might be interested in this game:
neutral · AI labelView post →Game is: Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the Evil Crime Syndicate. twitch.tv/morninchai
neutral · AI labelView post →The new James Bond game from IO Interactive is called: 007 First Light Summary: Featuring a wholly original Bond origin story, players will step into the shoes of the world’s favorite Secret Agent to earn their 00 status. Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series, PC, Switch 2
neutral · AI labelView post →I need them to remake that Barbie Secret Agent game lol. Even the boys at my summer camp growing up loved that game 🤣
positive · AI labelView post →There is quite literally a better game out there with ZERO dollars going to anti-trans legislature. Go play Secret Agent Wizard Boy. store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/...
positive · AI labelView post →I first got this game back in the late 90s on a 3.5inch floppy disk. If you were not born in the 90s, or know what a 3.5inch floppy disk is. Don't rate this review down. I've seen a few 12 year old not get old games. Don't be one of those. I clocked this game back then, and I'm on my way to doing so again in 2015. This game was and still is pretty sweet for a 2d platformer. You have multiple gameplay elements to work with. Its not just fight to get the key and open the door. Sometimes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate It releases into early access next month! store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/...
neutral · AI labelView post →I did a short review for the early-access release of the Szymanski brothers’ “Secret Agent Wizard Boy.” Imagine a Harry Potter game where you can nuke everyone and where JK Rowling doesn’t get money to continue being a bigot. @duskdev.bsky.social @ducky-dev.bsky.social youtu.be/mTKmly5WMGs?...
positive · AI labelView post →I know the breaking is fully intentional but I love the feeling of breaking a game. Thank you @ducky-dev.bsky.social @duskdev.bsky.social for Secret Agent Wizard Boy!
positive · AI labelView post →The three Szymanski brothers ( @duskdev.bsky.social, John, and Evan) have finally teamed up to make Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate and it's just absolutely hilarious. The demo is chaotic and fun. It's a must try video game demo store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/...
positive · AI labelView post →Secret Agent Wizard Boy is Harry Potter meets Goat Simulator and it's chaos #SecretAgentWizardBoy #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck
positive · AI labelView post →Oh boy, the feels. Don't let my play count fool you, I played this on end when I was young. Brings back the memories of taking apart and building computers when I was just learning to ride a bike. Controls are still soft and the enemies dumb, just the way I liked them. Great game to dip in and out of when you want to remember a simpler time. Works great on Windows 10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →was just reminded of the hit PC game Secret Agent Barbie (2001)
neutral · AI labelView post →Ridiculous Harry Potter-like wizard game Secret Agent Wizard Boy gets a huge upgrade #IndieGames #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux
neutral · AI labelView post →Like, Secret Agent Wizard Boy is a million times better game than Hogwarts Legacy.
positive · AI labelView post →Which Ratchet & Clank game have you played the least? Mine would definitely be Secret Agent Clank… 😅😭💀 (unless you want to count the mobile games I guess) #RatchetAndClank
negative · AI labelView post →ESPIONAGE ON RAILS (a game to be played on the subway) You are a SECRET AGENT. So are three other people in the train car with you. Your mission is to determine which people they are, and their allegiance, before reaching your destination.
neutral · AI labelView post →#LogLoads64 Sly Spy: Secret Agent Cue: James Bond Theme (shush!) I alkways thought this was pants on the #C64, but, I have just played it and it is a pretty spiffing little multi-game, uh, game. Think Rolling Thunder / any similar Ocean game, kinda fun motorbike level, then a cool SCUBA Schmup. GO!
positive · AI labelView post →New at the Video Game Soda Machine Project: a soda machine from the 1991 DOS spy thriller, The Nine Lives of Secret Agent Katt!
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve also lately been playing through all the smaller side games in the Ratchet and Clank series and am on Secret Agent Clank now. A game that I think feels very undercooked but I like a lot of its ideas.
neutral · AI labelView post →How to get a new Splinter Cell game made. Call it Assassin‘s Creed: Secret Agent You get in an Animus and go back to 2002 and play as your ancestor named Sam.
neutral · AI labelView post →Secret Agent Melania, I'm sorry, I was unfamiliar with your game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Secret Agent Vanessa So I finally got mods working on my Steam. Unfortunately, the one mod I wanted the most crashes the game....Vanessa with shoes. This doodle is based off @vislvi.bsky.social 's mod, Secret Agent Vanessa. #kofxv #vanessa
neutral · AI labelView post →thinking about iconic stealth game Secret Agent Barbie
neutral · AI labelView post →My boss out here talking about buggy game development on Secret Agent Wizard Boy, don't miss it fam! 😀 ☠️ #Gamedev | #Devlog 💀 #Indiegames | #UnrealEngine 👻 youtu.be/xfyNBkCOG8Y?...
neutral · AI labelView post →For those who love nostalgia of the DOS and Windows 95 era game. Apogee, now 3D Realms, released a series of side scrolling platformers. This and Crystal Caves. This game when I was a lad of 10 would play this with my brother. We would take turns on each of the bases and destroy evil. This game is a platform puzzle, not mind boggling difficult puzzles, just stuff like collecting items in a certain order. I am running this on Windows 10 without problem, and my brother also purchased the game,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Secret Agent Clank released 17 years ago today! What do you think of this game? 🤔⛄️ #RatchetAndClank
neutral · AI labelView post →It's a great game, but the developer released a remastered version here on Steam that I think adds more value. Get that one instead. [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1607670/Secret_Agent_HD/]Secret Agent HD
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Trophies for the newest PlayStation Plus Catalog titles are live: Mister Mosquito: www.exophase.com/game/mister-... Secret Agent Clank: www.exophase.com/game/secret-... SkyGunner: www.exophase.com/game/skygunn...
neutral · AI labelView post →I have no idea how I finished this game when I was a kid, I keep failing the very first mission over and over again.... damn this new generation games took all my skills with their modern graphics I had the shareware version of this game (AKA DEMO) it had FULL access to Episode 1 that I never thought it was actually a demo because it took me days to play and finish it and I had a lot of fun with the game. but now a days you pay for a $60 game and the file size is something around 50+ GB it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Live testing some coop in Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate, the new game my brothers are making www.twitch.tv/squirrelszym...
neutral · AI labelView post →Your methods may include deductive reasoning, divination, interrogation, or even wild guessing. If anyone notices you are a SECRET AGENT, you have lost the game.
neutral · AI labelView post →NEW DEV DIVE! I sat down with @ducky-dev.bsky.social to talk about his new game Secret Agent Wizard Boy, and everything he learned while making it. We discuss his gaming inspirations, unique challenges and lots of tips for aspiring game devs. #gamedev #indiegames youtu.be/Ll1LVWI80I4
neutral · AI labelView post →My favourite platformer next to Super Mario 3, Secret Agent mixes everything I love about early Apogee titles together with it's fantastic open ended level design, multiple objectives on each level and smooth, responsive platforming with varying challenges. Works great with a controller.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reminder to not buy, pirate or play the Wizard IP game. Play Secret Agent Wizard Boy instead!
positive · AI labelView post →years ago i made drain gang watch a playthrough of Secret Agent Barbie and we still quote her line "I should change my outfit!" when playing other games. Tbh that game was ahead of its time. ALL player characters should let me change their outfits dependent on the mission. I'm SAYING
positive · AI labelView post →Tell her to check out Secret Agent Wizard Boy its a loving parody of the old HP PC game
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't get this game, get Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate instead. store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Woke up at 4am with the words AUSTIN POWERS SECRET AGENT TABLETOP ROLEPLAYING GAME emblazoned on my mind like a sign from God
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh sweet nostalgia! I played the game ages ago! Secret Agent did not lose its charm after years. It is a solid and quite demanding platformer with a huge variety of levels. It is a very old game released in 1992 and it has things that many titles released that time lacked: a bit of story, proper savings, and what is very important to me - losing all lives means repeating a level, not losing whole game. The game is not easy, getting into many places need some skills and precision, but it is not…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think this one is my first game I ever played on a pc back in the 90's.. it brings up such fun memories from childhood... Anyway the game itself is quite a brutal puzzle game but very satisfying and rewarding the graphics are retro sweet and the "pc speaker" sound adds to the atmosphere. It runs perfectly fine on my Win10 64 bit machine, very recommended!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nostalgy is a beautiful thing and to me Secret Agent is nostalgy as its best - I have played hundreds of different games but only one of them can be the first one. However, Secret Agent is more than a simple piece of nostalgy. It is good old-fashioned 2D shooter platformer inspired by the first Duke Nukem Games. The background story is about agent who is sent to prevent Dr. No Body's heinous plans and during trip this agent we play as visits several different areas filled with enemies and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Working on our first game "Secret Agent Puzzle", a small hobby project that became a real game over the span of 7 years. #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →very challenging platformer from the olden DOS era
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i played the game when i was a kid and never got to complete it fully. this has the 3 chapters, and is extremely cheap. recommended
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Loved this game as a kid. So happy to find this for a bit of nostalgic gameplay.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →His Super Secret Agent game design: Steed must beat six thugs to win Tara as ‘trophy’ Steed’s play: Instead, frees Tara Not just doubling his forces: Steed’s idea of a win is to restore Tara’s Super Secret *Agency*! And the most ‘damsel in distress’-like moment here is for Steed, protected by Tara.
neutral · AI labelView post →Why is every game I have been waiting for feeling so... underwhelming? Just got Secret Agent 64... 3 missions in and I'm... bored. Was I just expecting something else and this didn't live up to that, or am I just... not finding many games fun anymore?
negative · AI labelView post →⚡️WHITE FOX: SECRET AGENT RANKED REWARD SKIN IN-GAME LOOK #marvelrivals
neutral · AI labelView post →Fuck Harry Potter. Play Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate
neutral · AI labelView post →i feel like it’s a crime they never made Secret Agent Barbie a movie when the pc game came out cuz that would’ve been really cool 🥹😭💗 also playing Secret Agent Barbie to feel something again 😌💅✨💗
positive · AI labelView post →Mid 90s platformer in DOSBox. Pros: - The EGA graphics are pretty. - You can use a gamepad within the game itself and it just works without much configuration needed. - Pretty big nostalgia feels for those who played this back in the day. - Unlimited attempts which cover bad level design (see cons). Cons: - The level designs & layout itself is an exercise in frustration. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ like raised doors with locked keys on perfectly flat walls, no platform underneath, and with spikes underneath.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is awesome. Its mechanics are like Super Mario Bros, but you can shoot a gun, and have to get different color keys to unlock different color doors, making it more puzzle solving than Mario ever was. Great game, brings back fond memories from childhood!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice, straight-forward platformer from the 90s. You have to find various items and destroy satellite dishes to finish the levels. It took me a while to play through all the 3 episodes and I had lots of fun with the game. Some of the enemies are a bit boring though. Never played this game back in the days, so there is no nostalgia clouding my mind. If you like the old Duke Nukem games you will have fun with this!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →LOGGING OFF_ ...It's no longer a mystery why I was found in a locker by a ghost. -___- Thanks again to @stallionspawn.bsky.social for playing with me! Secret Agent Raid out to @calikodiak.vtubers.social at the end <3 See you in the next game, agents!
neutral · AI labelView post →I've been thinking about Games, Narrative Framing and why Mass Effect 3 sucked. Mass Effect 1 was a "Secret Agent" game, so could have anything happen. ME 2 was a "Heist" game, so could have anything happen. ME 3 was a "War" game, so everything had to be to do with the war or it made little sense.
neutral · AI labelView post →Classic DOS platformer. What's not to love. Sound effects are A+.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Color palette choice alone can make yours eyes bleed but with jaggy movement of the camera make it very unpleasant to play for more than couple of minutes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →0/100 This is a freaking DOSBOX emulated game. Wierd sounds bit box, wierd hitboxes and glitchy keyboard controls. Stay away.
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