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2014PCXboxSteam Deck playable74 % positive19.99 €

An atmospheric puzzle platformer set in a bleak, monochrome industrial world with striking red accents. Two brothers work through clever physical puzzles, with carrying the younger sibling shaping how challenges are solved.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Emotional impact
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

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Papo & Yo

93 %Match

2012PEGI 12PCPlayStationSteam Deck playable94 % positive14.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Monochroma: emotional impact, jumping and platforming as well as puzzles to figure out.

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.

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A Juggler's Tale

Jumping and platforming

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.

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.

Nihilumbra

Dark, serious atmosphere

An atmospheric puzzle-platformer in which you guide Born as he flees the Void, painting the terrain with colours that make surfaces slippery, sticky or bouncy. Each world adds a new colour and fresh puzzles.

Planet of Lana

Emotional impact

An atmospheric puzzle-platformer in which a young girl and her animal companion Mogo travel through a painterly sci-fi world to save their home. It focuses on wordless, emotional storytelling, a moving soundtrack and gentle puzzles built around using your companion's abilities.

Hue

Jumping and platforming

A minimalist puzzle platformer where you change the background colour of the world to make obstacles vanish and open new paths. The search for the protagonist's missing mother provides a quiet, simple story.

Minute of Islands

Distinctive, stylised art style

A narrative puzzle platformer in which young mechanic Mo tries to save a crumbling world across hand-drawn, storybook-like islands. Its emotional, fully narrated tale of duty and loss takes centre stage over challenge.

Shady Part of Me

Emotional impact

An atmospheric puzzle-platformer where you switch between a girl and her shadow, using light and shadow to escape a dreamlike world. Its painterly look and emotional story carry the experience.

Limbo

Dark, serious atmosphere

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.

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