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A pixel-art sci-fi platformer in the vein of Another World and Flashback: you travel to an alien planet seeking a way to bring a loved one back to life. Puzzles, platforming and exploration form the core.
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An atmospheric sci-fi adventure where you play a lone astronaut on a seemingly abandoned planet, using a jetpack and robotic arm through platforming and puzzles while uncovering the mystery of earlier human visitors.
90 %
18.99 €
Puzzles and brain teasers
A time-loop Metroidvania where knowledge, not traditional upgrades, drives your progress. As the last Weaver you exploit time anomalies, uncover secrets and try to break the cycle.
90 %
9.75 €
Pure single-player experience
A stranded space explorer must reach the core of a hostile alien planet with limited fuel. The game blends clever puzzles with platforming action in an otherworldly setting.
90 %
free
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.
89 %
9.99 €
Strong, story-driven narrative
A 90s pre-rendered sci-fi adventure in which you solve puzzles in a secret Russian base and fight rail-shooter-style sequences in a cockpit to stop a world-ending superweapon.
89 %
14.79 €
Strong, story-driven narrative
A gloomy, story-driven adventure set in a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk world, where you guide the lonely Ignat through puzzles and uncover the secrets of the chaos around him. I know little about the game's details, so this rating relies mostly on the metadata.
89 %
Strong, story-driven narrative
A 1995 cyber-thriller in which you play a half-human, half-machine prisoner breaking out and uncovering your lost identity. It mixes item puzzles with melee and gun combat, using early 3D textured characters over pre-rendered backgrounds.
88 %
free
Sci-fi setting
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.
88 %
13.99 €
Sci-fi setting
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.
87 %
24.99 €
Sci-fi setting
Rivage is a sci-fi puzzle adventure where you wake as Miranda aboard a space station caught in a strange cosmic phenomenon. You explore the station, solve intricate puzzles and uncover what happened to your missing crew.
