Underplayed Gems

Transcender (2020)

Transcender cover
Developer
Aldo Jeffrey
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Indie
Rating
4.2 of 5, 87 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 43 minutes
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A brief, cryptic sci-fi walking simulator where the main draw is figuring out how the interface and world work through repeated short playthroughs.

interactiveexperimentalsurrealshortexplorationmysteriousatmosphericrepetitive

What players say

Players describe a short, surreal walking sim that mixes an idler game with a third-person section, ending on a cliffhanger. Reviews compare it to 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Matrix. Some call it pretentious, others find it magical, but many warn it takes patience to get past the confusing start.

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