UltraNothing (2024)

Developer: Snorillaka
Publisher: Mustard Friendly
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure, Strategy
Rating: 4.8 of 5, 52 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 10 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A deliberately difficult, minimalist puzzle-strategy game that demands careful planning and patience as you methodically work toward an elusive state of nothingness.

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What players say

Players describe it as a strange, subversive puzzle game that feels unfair at first but is scrupulously fair once you learn to question what the level is really asking. Compared to Baba Is You and Stephen's Sausage Roll, it has rapid-fire single-screen puzzles with hard rules inside a deliberately chaotic pixel aesthetic.

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