Underplayed Gems

Chip's Challenge 1 (2015)

Chip's Challenge 1 cover
Developer
Niffler Ltd.
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Strategy, Free To Play
Rating
4.5 of 5, 954 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 2.0 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A slow, methodical puzzle game where you guide a pixel character through tricky mazes under time pressure.

puzzlemethodicalretroslow-pacedchallengingtop-downgrid-basednostalgic

What players say

Players call Chip's Challenge 1 timeless but brutally unforgiving: no undo, no save, and a timer force many restarts. Nostalgia runs high, yet even adults find it frustrating. A split exists over whether trial-and-error traps are fair design or just tedious.

Trailer

Screenshots

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