Underplayed Gems

Nightmare Puppeteer (2020)

Nightmare Puppeteer cover
Developer
Imagination Rabbit
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Indie, Simulation
Rating
4.4 of 5, 72 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 2.2 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

Feels like a playful, surreal sandbox where you build and puppeteer weird animations with easy, experimental tools.

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What players say

Players describe it as a bizarre, cursed video creation tool rather than a typical game. The learning curve is steep and the tutorial is confusing, but those who stick with it find endless creative possibilities in its puppet manipulation and AI-generated scenes.

Screenshots

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