Underplayed Gems

Anomaly 1729 (2015)

Anomaly 1729 cover
Developer
Anvil Drop, LLC
Publisher
Black Shell Media
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Adventure, Casual, Indie
Rating
4.0 of 5, 35 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.1 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A calm but disorienting puzzle walk through a surreal world where perspective shifts gently and discovery feels like quiet meditation.

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What players say

Players praise the unique room-rotation puzzles and minimalist visuals, but warn that the game has noticeable bugs and its alien text is deliberately unreadable until late in the story. Fans of Portal call out the similar no-tutorial feel. Players split on whether the clunkiness breaks the experience or is a fair trade for the challenge.

Screenshots

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