Underplayed Gems

NOX: Chapter 1 (2022)

NOX: Chapter 1 cover
Developer
The Buua Studio
Publisher
The Buua Studio, U-tad
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Adventure, Indie
Rating
4.7 of 5, 80 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.5 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A deeply introspective puzzle experience set in unsettling, gravity-defying dreamscapes that shift as you explore trauma.

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What players say

Players describe a short, free first-person puzzle game with gravity-shifting, Escher-like rooms and a creepy, dreamlike atmosphere. The alignment puzzles with photographs frustrate some. Many note the game is a prologue to a series that never continued beyond this chapter. Some call it unplayable due to the lack of an invert mouse option.

Trailer

Screenshots

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