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Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

You have been invited to Hotel Letztes Jahr, a strange manor full of lateral puzzles and a dark past.

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

Jigsaws and arithmetic are combined in this cat-powered circuitry-building game.

The rooms are items and the items are rooms in this recursive platformer.

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

Wriggle worms into position in this challenging grid-based puzzler.

Build and optimize complex circuits to fix corrupted files and recover lost images.

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

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

Set sail on an adventure through Escher-like perspective puzzles and optical illusions.

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Metroidbrainia

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