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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.
What defines Nihilumbra:
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The closest matches for Nihilumbra are Closure, Typoman and Monochroma. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Nihilumbra special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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A dark puzzle-platformer where only what is lit exists: you move light sources to phase objects in and out of reality and navigate eerie worlds like a factory, forest and carnival.
94 % 8.99 €
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A dark 2D puzzle platformer where you form words from letters to reshape the environment and get past obstacles. Its surreal, stark visual style and word-based mechanic set it apart.
93 % 19.99 €
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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.
92 % 11.49 €
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.
92 % 16.79 €
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Darq is a dark puzzle-horror game in which a boy escapes a nightmare by twisting gravity and the rules of space. Striking atmosphere and clever puzzles define this short, linear experience.
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A surreal Rusty Lake point-and-click puzzler where you solve tasks at metro stations to relive key moments from Laura Vanderboom's life. Quirky puzzles and a melancholic mood define this short, narrative-driven journey.
91 % 14.99 €
Puzzles and brain teasers
A surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure from Amanita Design in which you wander through a little boy's nightmare. Its disturbing hand-drawn imagery sharply contrasts with the cheerful title.
91 %
Puzzles and brain teasers
A short, dark and surreal point-and-click puzzle game from the Rusty Lake series, set in a theatre inside the protagonist's mind where you complete six plays. Quirky puzzles and an eerie mood define the experience.
91 % 7.79 €
Focus on a single character
A hand-drawn 2D puzzle-platformer adventure in which you guide San out of a mysterious factory. Clever puzzles and a moody, artful world take center stage.
91 % 14.99 €
Puzzles and brain teasers
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.