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2008 PCPlayStationXbox

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.

What defines Braid:

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Lavish presentation

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2016 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Focus on a single character

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.

Ico

Lavish presentation

A quiet, melancholic adventure where a horned boy leads a mysterious girl by the hand through a vast, sunlit castle. Environmental puzzles, wordless storytelling and the bond that grows between the two make it an influential classic.

Contrast

Focus on a single character

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.

Rusty Lake: Roots

Focus on a single character

A dark point-and-click puzzle game where you grow the Vanderboom family tree across generations. Bizarre, macabre puzzles and an eerie atmosphere tell the story almost without words.

Papo & Yo

Strong, story-driven narrative

A poetic puzzle platformer in which a boy navigates a dreamlike favela alongside a monster who stands in for his father's addiction. The puzzles and the personal, autobiographical story are tightly intertwined.

Return of the Obra Dinn

Challenging difficulty

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.

Teslagrad

Focus on a single character

A dialogue-free 2D puzzle platformer set in a steampunk world, where you use magnetism and electricity to solve clever puzzles and beat bosses. The story is told purely through visuals and atmosphere.

Rusty Lake Paradise

Focus on a single character

An eerie point-and-click puzzle adventure on a remote island where the ten biblical plagues torment your family. Bizarre rituals, a dark atmosphere and surreal art make it classic Rusty Lake.

Limbo

Lavish presentation

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.

Little Nightmares II

Lavish presentation

A creepy puzzle-platformer where little Mono and his companion Six sneak through a grotesque, dollhouse-like nightmare world. It tells its story without words and builds tension through tense chase sequences and environmental puzzles.

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