Underplayed Gems

A Way Back (2022)

A Way Back cover
Developer
Timur Chanturia, Jenya Kuzmenko
Publisher
Never Give Up Games
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Casual, Indie
Rating
5.0 of 5, 32 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 2.3 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

You push blocks in a grid to clean up colorful snowy islands as a cute penguin, a soothing but tricky mental puzzle.

cutechallengingrelaxingatmosphericfunnyminimalisthand-drawn

What players say

Players enjoy this short sokoban puzzle game about a penguin kicking trash into bins. The ice breaks after one step instead of sliding, and trash shapes must match their bins. Puzzles start easy but get tricky, and many note the hand-drawn art and support for Ukraine.

Screenshots

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