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2023 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 19.50 € 👍 94 % Very positive, 3,254 reviews on Steam

A puzzle-platformer set in a 70s retro-futuristic city that is secretly a deadly reality show. You try to escape the cameras and uncover the truth, alternating between 2D puzzles, stealth sections and 3D chase sequences.

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Sci-fi setting
Distinctive, stylised art style

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2013 PC 9.75 € 👍 93 % Very positive, 7,081 reviews on Steam

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A short, story-driven point-and-click adventure in which an ordinary janitor in 1972 uses time travel to try to save humanity from looming disaster. Its striking flat art style and puzzles that hop between past and future define the experience.

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