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Shutter

In Shutter you play as Keith, a new employee that has arrived at the mysterious research center L.I.E. (Learn, Investigate and Exploit). Explore and solve puzzles with a camera that modifies objects using perspective. All in a space-age inspired setting.

★ BALLEX²: THE HANGING GARDENS ★ MAGICUBE ★ PORTAL ★ CHRONOLOGY ★ BRAID ★ CLIMB THE BACKROOMS ★ THE TALOS PRINCIPLE 2 ★ BRAID, ANNIVERSARY EDITION ★ QUANTUM CONUNDRUM ★ THE UNFINISHED SWAN ★ ODDWORLD: NEW 'N' TASTY ★ WIRES AND WHISKERS ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens

96% 👍 OF 204
About This Game

Ballex² is an indie high-altitude rolling game focused on physics and skillful control. Here, you will take control of nine unique spheres to conquer breathtaking aerial wonders and experience an unprecedented challenge that combines physics-based puzzles with demanding controls.

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Portal

99% 👍 OF 199K
About This Game

Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …fall into a portal to build speed, then explode out the other across impossible gaps.
  • …watch a simple cube become a lifesaver when it blocks a deadly energy ball for you.
  • …solve fights without shooting by redirecting enemies and danger through portals and props.
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Braid

93% 👍 OF 10.0K
About This Game

This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …sacrifice a past version of yourself so they hold a switch while you move on.
  • …make moving left reverse time and moving right push it forward, turning basic movement into the puzzle.
  • …record your actions so a shadow version of you repeats them, letting you coordinate with your own past movements.
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Climb The Backrooms

81% 👍 OF 1.2K
About This Game

Ascend through the twisted levels of the Backrooms using physics-based object manipulation to overcome obstacles, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover unsettling secrets. Play solo or team up in online co-op with up to 4 players as you climb higher, think smarter, and survive the unknown.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Stack Objects to Climb
  • …Solve Co-op Puzzles
  • …Push Friends Into Traps
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The Talos Principle 2

95% 👍 OF 13K
About This Game

The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …split yourself across multiple bodies by swapping minds into clone shells, then cooperate with yourself to solve a room
  • …drill holes through walls, then use the new opening to reroute beams and rethink the entire puzzle space
  • …influence a late-game society-wide vote through your relationships and public-answer choices, steering where the whole civilization goes
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Braid, Anniversary Edition

92% 👍 OF 1.9K
About This Game

Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Rewind To Undo Jumps
  • …Solve Time-Bent Puzzles
  • …Collect Jigsaw Pieces
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The Unfinished Swan

84% 👍 OF 2.0K
About This Game

From the creators of What Remains of Edith Finch. Enter the surreal world of The Unfinished Swan and explore a mysterious, hidden kingdom by splatting paint to reveal the world around you.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Throw Paint to Reveal
  • …Grow Vines into Paths
  • …Guide Light Through Dark
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Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty

86% 👍 OF 3.7K
About This Game

Built from scratch, enjoy breathtaking visuals, enhanced audio and improved, deeper gameplay as New 'n' Tasty reignites the original Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee using the latest next-generation technology.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Rescue Mudokons
  • …Possess Enemies
  • …Sneak Past Guards
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Wires And Whiskers

95% 👍 OF 1.8K
About This Game

Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Dash As Gerbil
  • …Fire From Exosuit
  • …Solve Magnetic Puzzles
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