Underplayed Gems

Tenebra (2021)

Tenebra cover
Developer
Haplo
Platforms
BBC Microcomputer System, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron, DOS, Amiga, Atari Jaguar
Genres
Puzzle, Indie

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How it feels

An atmospheric torch-and-shadow puzzle game where you manipulate light sources to guide a darkness-fearing hero to safety.

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About

Tenebra is an atmospheric puzzle game with rogue-like aesthetics. Guide the hapless protagonist to the exit. Poor guy is afraid of darkness and refuses to walk in the dark areas. Move torches around, push lights on rails, find keys to doors, light up cold braziers, pass through archways that collapse behind you, find oil barrels to make your torches brighter, squeeze through cracks in broken walls, fix broken rails with a hammer, illuminate the sensors to open the exits... do whatever it takes to get out of there!

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.