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2013 PCPlayStationNintendo Switch 4.99 € 👍 80 % Very positive, 1,661 reviews on Steam Steam Deck playable

You guide a pair of punctuation marks through worlds that tell the history of typography. Light platforming and puzzles are combined with educational glimpses into writing and culture.

What defines Type: Rider:

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Lavish presentation

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The Pedestrian

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2020 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 19.50 € 👍 97 % Overwhelmingly positive, 5,287 reviews on Steam Steam Deck verified

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

You guide a tiny pedestrian pictogram across city signs, rearranging and reconnecting them to build routes forward. The clever idea of turning everyday signage into levels powers this laid-back puzzle platformer.

Botany Manor

Puzzles and brain teasers

As retired botanist Arabella, you roam a Victorian manor and solve puzzles by piecing together notes and clues to learn what conditions let forgotten plants bloom. A calm, cozy thinking game with no combat or time pressure.

Semblance

Puzzles and brain teasers

A minimalist puzzle-platformer where you reshape deformable walls and platforms by bouncing into them. The world itself becomes your tool, giving a distinctive, calm and creative feel.

NightSky

Puzzles and brain teasers

NightSky is a calm, atmospheric physics puzzle game where you guide a sphere through silhouetted, dreamlike worlds. Its experimental jazz soundtrack deepens the surreal mood.

PixelJunk Eden

Bright, upbeat tone

A psychedelic platformer where you play a tiny grimp swinging on silk threads through lush, growing gardens to collect Spectra. Electronic music and a distinctive look create a hypnotic, relaxed mood.

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.

Tengami

Cosy, great for unwinding

A calm adventure set in a pop-up book world inspired by traditional Japanese paper crafts, where you fold and slide the scenery to solve puzzles. Its standout qualities are the striking visuals and meditative mood.

Creaks

Puzzles and brain teasers

A hand-painted-looking puzzle adventure where you discover a hidden world of bird folk and living furniture monsters behind your bedroom wall. Its puzzles revolve around learning creature behavior patterns, and are fair and atmospheric with a lovely soundtrack.

Linelight

Puzzles and brain teasers

A minimalist puzzle game where you guide a glowing line through a world made of lines. Its puzzles introduce new ideas gently and feel calm and elegant.

Contrast

Accessible and relaxed

You play a character who shifts between a 3D world and a 2D shadow plane to solve puzzles. Its surreal 1920s film noir and vaudeville atmosphere and jazz score give it a distinctive mood.

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