Underplayed Gems

Tardy (2018)

Tardy cover
Developer
One Wing Cicada
Publisher
Drageus Games S.A.
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres
Adventure, Indie
Rating
4.5 of 5, 227 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 2.5 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A lonely, quirky point-and-click adventure where you fiddle with eccentric gadgets and unravel a low-stakes sci-fi mystery.

pixel graphicspoint and clickquirkypuzzlinglonelyexperimentallighthearted mysteryretro

What players say

Players praise the retro pixel aesthetic and atmosphere, but many find the puzzles overly obtuse and the character's slow walk frustrating. The game is short, around 2-3 hours, and replaces classic point-and-click pixel hunting with a linear, hint-driven system that some find limiting.

Screenshots

Tardy screenshot 1Tardy screenshot 2Tardy screenshot 3Tardy screenshot 4Tardy screenshot 5Tardy screenshot 6

More games like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like playing and it picks from the whole catalog, or browse by platform and genre.