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2012PC83 % positive

You guide a wave of light through the solar system from Pluto to the Sun, using strange objects and hazards to shape your path. An arcade-style action-puzzler that is easy to learn but hard to master.

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
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2011PEGI 12PC94 % positive5.99 €

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A first-person puzzle game set in a minimalist world of white cubes, where special gloves let you manipulate coloured blocks. The puzzles rely on physics, timing and spatial thinking.

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Quantum Conundrum

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A first-person puzzle game set in an eccentric professor's mansion where you shift dimensions to change objects' weight, gravity and time to solve test chambers. It has dry humor and a cartoonish look.

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.

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.

Chip

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An isometric puzzle game where you rotate and move cannons, mirrors and magnets to guide a ball of energy to the robot Chip. Whimsical, light-hearted and focused purely on puzzle solving.

The Pedestrian

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You guide a tiny pedestrian pictogram across city signs, rearranging and reconnecting them to build routes forward. The clever idea of turning everyday signage into levels powers this laid-back puzzle platformer.

Angry Birds Space

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The classic slingshot formula goes to space, where planetary gravity fields bend your shots and create fresh physics puzzles. Over 300 short, colorful levels with new birds and abilities make for easygoing play.

Portal

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A tight first-person puzzler where you bend space with a portal gun through physics-based test chambers, all while the passive-aggressive AI GLaDOS taunts you with pitch-black humor. Brilliant mechanics, perfect pacing and an iconic twist make it a classic.

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.

Q.U.B.E. 2

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A first-person puzzler where you play archaeologist Amelia, reshaping color-coded blocks and structures in an alien world to progress. Compared to the original it is more colorful, more open and more story-driven.

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