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1998 PCPlayStation 2.99 € 👍 95 % Overwhelmingly positive, 1,576 reviews on Steam Steam Deck playable

A quirky puzzle-platformer where Abe sneaks, possesses enemies and uses GameSpeak to rescue enslaved Mudokons. Dark humor and an odd industrial dystopia meet unforgiving, trial-and-error puzzles.

What defines Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus:

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lots of humour
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

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A classic point-and-click adventure set in a decaying world of robots, where you play Horatio and his sarcastic companion Crispin solving puzzles and uncovering the secrets of a vanished humanity. A bleak post-apocalyptic setting meets dry humor and philosophical themes.

Quadrilateral Cowboy

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Portal

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A tight first-person puzzler where you bend space with a portal gun through physics-based test chambers, all while the passive-aggressive AI GLaDOS taunts you with pitch-black humor. Brilliant mechanics, perfect pacing and an iconic twist make it a classic.

Mind Scanners

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You play a mind-scanning psychiatrist in a retro-futuristic dystopia, diagnosing citizens and treating them through quirky arcade-style minigames while juggling time and resources. Your choices about patients carry weight and paint an unsettling picture of society.

Beneath a Steel Sky

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A classic point-and-click adventure set in a dystopian cyberpunk city, where Robert Foster and his robot Joey uncover the secrets of an all-powerful computer system. Dry British humor, comic-style art by Dave Gibbons and clever inventory puzzles define it.

Messiah

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You play Bob, a small angel who can possess other beings in a grim future world and use their abilities. The mix of third-person action, puzzles and dark humor was quite unusual for its time.

American Arcadia

Distinctive, stylised art style

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Goodbye Deponia

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The third Deponia entry is a classic point-and-click adventure packed with absurd puzzles and sharp humor, as the chaotic antihero Rufus once more tries to escape the garbage planet. Multiple Rufuses add extra twists and inventive puzzle ideas.

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