Nihilumbra

Born emerges from the Void, a force that continues to pursue him, and travels through a hostile world in search of a way forward. The journey is accompanied by narration about Born and his struggle to escape the darkness.

Across five areas, Born unlocks five colors that can be painted onto the ground to change its properties. These effects help him cross hazards, avoid creatures, and solve puzzles by altering how he and the world move and interact.

Story Mode introduces the colors and their uses as Born progresses. After completing it, Void Mode offers a harder challenge, starting with all five colors and testing how players combine them across more demanding levels.

Players often praise the art, music, and atmospheric tone, along with the color-based puzzle mechanics and the satisfaction of combining their effects. Some also enjoy the reflective story and narration, though opinions on the narrator are divided. Reviews describe the main story as short and relatively simple, while Void Mode’s sharper difficulty and some control or platforming frustrations are recurring drawbacks.