Underplayed Gems

Prime Mover (2018)

Prime Mover cover
Developer
4Bit Games
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres
Indie, Simulation
Rating
4.4 of 5, 214 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 7.5 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

a deliberate, brain-teasing puzzle game where you methodically design circuits to solve logical problems with a pixel-art sci-fi backdrop

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What players say

Players praise Prime Mover as a unique programming puzzle game with only eight simple components, allowing for deeply recursive builds. Linux support is broken and the lack of a progress reset option frustrates some, while opinions split on whether the difficulty ramps too fast.

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