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2008USK 0PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck verified93 % positive14.99 €

A landmark puzzle-platformer where every world bends time in a new, mind-twisting way, from rewinding to parallel realities. Beneath its painterly look lies a melancholic, ambiguous tale of regret and obsession.

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  • Strong soundtrack
  • Jumping and platforming
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Machinarium

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2009USK 0PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified95 % positive19.99 €

Fits your focus: Systems like Braid and Look like Braid.

A wordless point-and-click adventure following a tiny robot through a gorgeously hand-drawn, rusty machine city, packed with clever puzzles and charming pictogram storytelling. Floex's atmospheric soundtrack makes it a calm, whimsical work of art.

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You play a character who shifts between a 3D world and a 2D shadow plane to solve puzzles. Its surreal 1920s film noir and vaudeville atmosphere and jazz score give it a distinctive mood.

Thomas Was Alone

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A minimalist puzzle-platformer where you guide a group of coloured rectangles, each with their own abilities and personalities, through cooperative levels. A witty British narrator gives the simple shapes surprising warmth and emotional depth.

Hue

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A minimalist puzzle platformer where you change the background colour of the world to make obstacles vanish and open new paths. The search for the protagonist's missing mother provides a quiet, simple story.

Shady Part of Me

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An atmospheric puzzle-platformer where you switch between a girl and her shadow, using light and shadow to escape a dreamlike world. Its painterly look and emotional story carry the experience.

Trine

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A fairytale physics platformer where you swap at will between a wizard, a thief and a knight to solve obstacles in your own creative ways. Lush painterly fantasy levels and drop-in co-op give it lasting charm.

RiME

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A wordless, beautifully stylized adventure where a boy explores a mysterious island and solves environmental puzzles. The meaning of the journey only reveals itself near the end, as a moving story about grief and loss.

Return of the Obra Dinn

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As an insurance investigator, you use a magical pocket watch to relive the final moments of a ghost ship's crew and deduce the identity and fate of every sailor. Its striking 1-bit visuals and brilliant deduction design make it a one-of-a-kind detective game.

Manifold Garden

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A meditative first-person puzzle game set in endlessly repeating, Escher-like architecture, where you rotate gravity to find paths and bring the world back to life. Its clean visual language and mind-bending spatial puzzles set it apart.

Cocoon

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Cocoon is a wordless puzzle adventure where you play a small insectoid creature carrying worlds inside orbs and nesting them within each other to solve puzzles. The worlds-within-worlds mechanic delivers clever aha moments and a mysterious atmosphere.

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