Underplayed Gems

Tangles - تشابك (2024)

Tangles - تشابك cover
Developer
Hamad Al-Humaidan, Saad Al-Humaidan
Publisher
Saham Studio
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, Free To Play
Rating
4.5 of 5, 244 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 40 minutes
Where to get it
Steam
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How it feels

You explore an empty, eerie camp piecing together fragments of a surreal mystery after waking from a coma.

mysteriousdesolatepuzzlingsolitaryatmosphericslow-burnnarrative-drivenabandoned

What players say

Players finish it in 10–30 minutes and call it more of a demo than a full game. The puzzles are basic fetch quests and the horror relies on jumpscares without real danger. Voice acting and atmosphere get praise, but the writing is widely seen as generic, and some players report performance stuttering that forces restarts.

Screenshots

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