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2012PC, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable88 % positive6.99 €

An atmospheric puzzle-platformer in which you guide Born as he flees the Void, painting the terrain with colours that make surfaces slippery, sticky or bouncy. Each world adds a new colour and fresh puzzles.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Nihilumbra special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Typoman

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2015PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable86 % positive8.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Nihilumbra: jumping and platforming, puzzles to figure out as well as a dark atmosphere.

A dark 2D puzzle platformer where you form words from letters to reshape the environment and get past obstacles. Its surreal, stark visual style and word-based mechanic set it apart.

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Dark, serious atmosphere

A dark puzzle-platformer where only what is lit exists: you move light sources to phase objects in and out of reality and navigate eerie worlds like a factory, forest and carnival.

Hue

Distinctive, stylised art style

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.

Limbo

Dark, serious atmosphere

A wordless puzzle-platformer rendered in stark black and white, following a boy through a hostile shadow world full of deadly traps learned through trial and error. Its oppressive atmosphere and minimalist art make it a haunting, memorable experience.

Braid

Distinctive, stylised art style

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.

In Between

Dark, serious atmosphere

An atmospheric puzzle platformer where you bend gravity and the environment while a terminally ill protagonist works through grief, anger and acceptance. The puzzles are tightly woven into its emotional story.

Macrotis: A Mother's Journey

Distinctive, stylised art style

You guide Mother Bilby through a hidden underground realm in search of her children. The game blends atmospheric 2.5D platforming with clever puzzles and an emotional, heartfelt story.

Eternal Hope

Dark, serious atmosphere

You guide a boy who shifts between the world of the living and the realm of the dead to rescue his beloved's soul. This puzzle platformer builds its challenges around dimension switching and tells a melancholic, emotional story.

Shady Part of Me

Distinctive, stylised art style

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.

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