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The Case of the Golden Idol

The story of a mysterious artefact told through twelve whodunits.

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

From video essayist GMTK, a puzzle platformer about a robot and his magnet friend escaping a factory.

Deliver batteries to your robot pals without snagging your power cable on spiky enemies.

Find a path through colors to match a given pattern.

Designed as an introduction to DROD, solve turn-based combat puzzles as Beethro's grandfather, Gunthro.

Handcrafted Sudoku puzzles on strangely-shaped 3D grids.

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

Set the stage for stories to come to life.

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

Gameplay:

Has narrative

Platform:

Nintendo Switch

Web

Xbox Series X|S

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The Case of the Golden Idol
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A genre-defining adventure across enigmatic worlds.
Portal 2
Portal returns with an expansive story, new mechanics, and a co-op mode.

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