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Prickle

Help DadHog bring his hedgehog children home by sticking together (literally) and rotating through grid-based puzzles.

A tricky puzzle game about changing the rules.

Turn invisible and eliminate your targets in the margins of a school notebook.

Strategically plant trees to create regions of similar shape and color.

Push and roll trees to build bridges through an expansive open world.

Explore a world of mystery, color, energy, and movement with knowledge-based progression.

Push boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes within...

Program a transmutation engine to concoct potions and poisons.

Plan a route through bite-sized dungeons and survive tactical combat encounters.

Split and merge to rescue your Starpuffs in this simultaneous-movement puzzler.

Platform:

Linux

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Xbox Series X|S

Genre:

Metroidbrainia

Chroma Zero
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Explore a solar system and unravel its mysteries.
Tunic
What appears to be a difficult Souls-like adventure game hides layers of secrets and discoveries.
Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye
A mysterious satellite photo uncovers the solar system's deepest secret in this Outer Wilds DLC.
Her Story
Search through live action interrogation footage to unravel a detective mystery.
Leap Year
Discover the secrets of falling in a platforming world where your normal jump height kills you.
Toki Tori 2+
With only the ability to tweet and stomp, explore this metroidbrainia world and discover surprising interactions with its inhabitants.
Echo Weaver
A ruined world, trapped in a loop, where time is currency and knowledge is power.
Full Bore
Dig deep into Full Bore Mining Co.'s mines, discovering an open-world of block-pushing puzzles and dark secrets.

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