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What Has Come Before
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A short, eerie perspective-driven puzzle game in a black-and-white Lynchian limbo, where shifting viewpoints is the key to progress.

Frame of Mind
A roughly 50-minute single-player first-person puzzle platformer where you solve illogical puzzles in a minimalist, logic-defying world to escape madness.
2021-01-18
- First person
- Puzzle

Indie

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ETHEREAL

A short, atmospheric indie puzzle game that guides players through a mysterious world with carefully designed puzzles, though later sections lean into maze-like navigation.

2019-03-07

Indie

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OVIVO

An abstract single-player puzzle-platformer centered on duality, with a contemplative black-and-white world and a reviewer-reported playtime of about 13 hours.

2017-05-12

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Arcade
Kids
Music

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Ahnayro: The Dream World

A chill ~4-hour puzzle adventure in a troubling dream world, featuring research-heavy puzzles and an eerie atmosphere.

2016-12-01

Puzzle
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Historical
Mystery

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Liminalcore

A short atmospheric walking-sim adventure through eerie Backrooms-inspired liminal spaces, where exploration and sound design keep the mood tense.

2024-10-28

First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie

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Lightmatter

A short, atmospheric first-person puzzler in which darkness is deadly and every step must be planned around the light.

2020-01-15

First person
Science fiction
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie

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Parallax

A compact first-person puzzle game where you shift between overlapping monochrome dimensions, solving gravity-based challenges in a trippy, abstract world.

2015-03-10

First person
Platform
Puzzle
Indie

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Another Perspective

A single-player puzzle platformer where swapping perceptions between your copies changes reality, offering a clever and confusing adventure lasting roughly 14 hours.

2014-08-08

Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view

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PRICE

A compact, eerie puzzle-adventure about escaping a nightmare realm to find your sister.

2016-09-15

Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Visual Novel

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Antichamber

A mind-bending single-player psychological puzzle game set in an Escher-like abstract maze, featuring spatial puzzles and a disorienting atmosphere, with a typical reviewer playtime of around six hours.

2013-01-31

First person
Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie

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Blink

A ~2-hour, atmospheric puzzle-adventure where you blink between light-linked worlds to solve puzzles and explore hand-drawn landscapes.

2017-03-10

Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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A Little Perspective

A single-player abstract puzzle game that shifts perspective to challenge perception, with widely varying reviewer playtimes (2.5–8+ hours) and demanding performance.

2026-04-03

Puzzle
Bird view / Isometric
Indie