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2013PCPlayStationXbox60 % positive9.99 €

You play Conrad Hart, hunting for clues about his lost memories on an alien-infested Earth. Paul Cuisset's remake blends cinematic platforming with clever puzzles, sneaky sequences and the tense feeling of narrowly escaping death.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lavish presentation

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Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition

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2011USK 12PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified85 % positive9.99 €

Fits your focus: World like Flashback.

An iconic, minimalist sci-fi adventure: you are stranded on an alien planet as a scientist and survive without a word of dialogue through puzzles, precise jumps and desperate escapes. The anniversary edition adds reworked visuals that you can switch back to the original look at any time.

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Velocity 2X

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A fast sci-fi game that blends top-down shoot-'em-up stages with quick platforming and teleport-based puzzle sections. It's all about speed, precise control and chasing best times.

Vector

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A fluid 2D parkour platformer where you run, vault and slide through a totalitarian near-future world as a freerunner. Precise timing and momentum are the heart of the game.

Limbo

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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.

American Arcadia

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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.

Ghostrunner

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A blisteringly fast first-person parkour slasher where one hit kills you and you wall-run, deflect bullets and slice enemies apart as a cyber-ninja. Constant death-and-retry loops set to a pounding synthwave score turn every arena into a precise reflex puzzle.

Lunark

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A cinematic 2D platformer in the spirit of classics like Another World and Flashback, with fluid rotoscope-style animation and a sci-fi tale spanning alien ruins and futuristic cities.

Impossible Mission

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A 1984 classic in which you play a secret agent searching rooms of Elvin's fortress for puzzle pieces, dodging robots and racing the clock to stop a missile launch.

Rochard

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As space miner John Rochard, you solve physics-based puzzles with a gravity tool that moves objects and doubles as a weapon. A humorous sci-fi adventure mixing platforming and light action.

Heart of Darkness

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A dark cinematic platformer in the vein of Another World: as young Andy you venture into a nightmarish shadow realm to rescue your kidnapped dog. Lush hand-animated frames, an orchestral score and instant-death traps create a moody and punishing journey.

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