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2022PC90 % positivefree

You step into Aelis, a water priestess who must bend water to clear the way for her people after a huge cataclysm forces them to flee. The game blends platforming and water-based puzzles with an emotional story about leading your community to safety.

  • Emotional impact
  • Jumping and platforming
  • Fantasy setting
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
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After Us

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2023PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified83 % positive27.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Jivana: emotional impact, jumping and platforming as well as lavish production.

You play Gaia, a life-bringer wandering a surreal, deserted world to free the spirits of the last animals. An atmospheric, emotional platforming adventure with striking visuals and an ecological message.

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Lavish presentation

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Arise: A Simple Story

Strong, story-driven narrative

A wordless platform adventure that tells a couple's life story through memories, from old age back to childhood. You bend time to get past obstacles, backed by a moving orchestral soundtrack.

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.

Jusant

Lavish presentation

Jusant is a calm climbing adventure where you scale a colossal tower using rope and pitons. Route-finding, a moody dried-up world and a small water companion create a meditative experience.

A Juggler's Tale

Strong, story-driven narrative

You guide the string puppet Abby through a fairytale circus world where her strings are both a prison and a gameplay mechanic. A poetic, story-driven 2.5D adventure mixing platforming and puzzles.

Ico

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

Forgotton Anne

Lavish presentation

A hand-drawn, cinematic puzzle-platformer set in a world of lost and forgotten things. As Anne you drive an emotional story forward and make choices that affect the Forgotlings.

RiME

Fantasy setting

A wordless, beautifully stylized adventure where a boy explores a mysterious island and solves environmental puzzles. The meaning of the journey only reveals itself near the end, as a moving story about grief and loss.

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