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1992PEGI 12PCXbox

As a young dolphin you swim through vast, dangerous oceans to rescue your vanished family. It blends exploration, puzzles and tricky underwater action with an unusual, melancholic atmosphere and a notoriously high difficulty.

  • Challenging difficulty
  • Lots to discover
  • Emotional impact
  • Sci-fi setting
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Ecco: The Tides of Time

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1994PC

Brings what grabs you about Ecco the Dolphin: a demanding difficulty, lots to discover and a sci-fi setting.

As the dolphin Ecco, you swim through vivid underwater worlds, solve puzzles and travel through time to stop a cosmic threat. It is atmospheric, unusual and notoriously tough.

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Challenging difficulty

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Dark, serious atmosphere

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Puzzles and brain teasers

An atmospheric puzzle platformer where you create clones of yourself and swap between them to solve puzzles on an abandoned space station. Its handcrafted, claustrophobic look and philosophical story about consciousness and identity set it apart.

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