Underplayed Gems

Cubot: The Complexity of Simplicity (2014)

Cubot: The Complexity of Simplicity cover
Developer
Nicoplv Games
Platforms
Linux, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One
Genres
Puzzle, Indie
Rating
4.0 of 5, 1 player ratings
Where to get it
Xbox
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How it feels

A minimalist puzzle game that starts easy but becomes a mentally torturous challenge due to deceptively complex puzzles and simultaneous cube movement.

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About

At first sight, Cubot is a puzzle-game with a minimalist gameplay, just move color cubes towards tiles of the same color. It's really easy, but it will be a torture for your mind to complete all levels of the game because the apparent simplicity of the game is in contradiction with the complexity of the puzzles. Moreover, an important point in the gameplay is if you have multiple cubes, they move simultaneously!

Screenshots

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