Underplayed Gems

The Golem (2020)

The Golem cover
Developer
Dom Camus
Publisher
FastRam Design
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Indie
Rating
4.6 of 5, 51 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 9.3 hours
Where to get it
Steam
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

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How it feels

A slow, deliberate puzzle experience where you sit with each challenge, feeling both the weight of the problem and the quiet satisfaction of thinking it through.

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What players say

Players praise the puzzle design as exceptionally tight and logical, but warn it is brutally hard from the start with no easing in. Many note that solutions require many steps and long execution, and the clunky undo and slow load times can break concentration.

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.