In this game, you can…

• …earn the in-game hint book by beating a little side-scrolling shooter instead of just getting a walkthrough.
• …reshape your robot body to grow tall, shrink down, or flatten to reach different places.
• …electrocute a cat, stuff it into a pipe, scare out a mouse, and use the chaos to make someone toss you a needed part.

In this game, you can…

• …reopen a closed massacre case when a funeral coffin catches fire.
• …talk to the dead to pull out hidden memories that advance your investigation.
• …watch the world abruptly shift between reality, remembered scenes, and the realm of the dead as you chase clues.

In this game, you can…

• …hit a chapter title that literally says "this is the part where he kills you" as the game turns it into a set-piece
• …bounce across chambers with repulsion gel, build insane speed with propulsion gel, then paint walls to make new portal surfaces
• …play co-op where each robot has its own portal gun, and your solution can break the bridge your partner is standing on

In this game, you can…

• …rely on your friends to read a manual you can't see while you describe a ticking bomb.
• …argue over whether a screen is blank or literally says "nothing," and have the answer depend on that difference.
• …accidentally defuse a bomb while trying to demonstrate how to blow it up on purpose.

In this game, you can…

• …touch a stone-still forlorn and enter a puzzle sequence to reach its soul and restore its spark.
• …meet a forlorn who refuses your help, even after you've learned how to restore others.
• …run into a giant snake late-game that's drawn to your light, triggering a jumpscare and a couple of tense encounters despite the gentle tone.

In this game, you can…

• …use a strange eyepiece to reveal hidden markings, invisible clues, and a second layer of reality behind the shadows.
• …open a cast-iron safe that keeps revealing another locked layer underneath, until the whole game is peeling back one impossible box.
• …watch a normal-looking object unfold into a larger contraption, then warp into shapes that feel physically impossible yet still solvable.

In this game, you can…

• …call out to your partner, hear her answer, and hold hands as you move together through dangerous areas.
• …enter televisions and travel through the Signal, moving deeper toward whatever is broadcasting it.
• …wake up alone in a forest of burned-out televisions, dodge traps, and find a girl locked in a basement with only a music box.