New game from Limbo and Inside dev gets rave reviews, already on sale

Cocoon is already out there in a Steam sale and by way of PC Sport Cross, because the debut puzzler from a studio based by Limbo and Inside builders affords a brief however provocative expertise that critics and gamers are celebrating.

Cocoon is the primary recreation from Geometric Interactive, a studio based by former Limbo and Inside builders at Playdead, Jeppe Carlsen and Jakob Schmid, and it’s already getting rave critiques and participant impressions. The puzzle game duties you with unraveling a “cosmic thriller,” and I don’t wish to say an excessive amount of else concerning the narrative for worry of providing you with spoilers.

You possibly can most likely beat Cocoon in a single night if you happen to’ve obtained just a few hours to spare, however as gamers of each Limbo and Inside will let you know, it’s the kind of expertise that sticks in your thoughts for some time afterward. If you happen to’re unaware of Cocoon’s core puzzle conceit, it mainly duties you with leaping between worlds discovered inside orbs, which you’ll carry in your again and use to resolve every downside in really distinctive methods.

There’s an eery but contemplative environment to Cocoon, with Schmid’s audio design paying homage to Hyper Gentle Drifter. In actual fact, if you happen to’re a fan of the environment and world design of that recreation, you’re certain to seek out one thing you want in Cocoon as nicely.

Each Inside and Limbo are additionally on Sport Cross, and whereas Schmid didn’t work on Limbo, you’ll completely additionally wish to play these deceptively easy puzzle platformers, as they ask much more questions than they initially let on.

You’ll even be glad to know that Cocoon is each in a Steam sale and out there by way of PC Sport Cross proper now too. You should buy Cocoon for 20% till Friday, October 13 on Steam, which brings it right down to $19.99 / £16.79, or set up it proper now by way of Sport Cross at no extra price to your subscription.

If you’d like much more like Cocoon, Inside, and Limbo we’ve put collectively the important story games and platform games that you should play as quickly as doable, or no less than add them to your ever-expanding backlog.