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Playdead's INSIDE

Inside is a puzzle platformer. The player character is an unnamed boy who explores a surreal and mostly monochromatic environment presented as a 2.5D platform game. The game is dark, with color used sparingly to highlight both the player and certain parts of the environment. The game is mostly silent, with the exception of occasional musical cues, the boy's vocals, dogs barking, equipment and sound effects. The player controls the boy who walks, runs, swims, climbs, and uses objects to overcome obstacles and progress in the game. The boy gains the ability to control bodies to complete certain puzzles, a mechanic that IGN's Marty Sliva compared to a similar mechanic in The Swapper. At various points in the game, the player may discover hidden rooms containing glowing orbs. If all the orbs are deactivated during a playthrough, the player unlocks the game's alternate ending.

The boy can die in various ways, such as being shot with a tranquilizer dart, mauled by dogs, ensnared by security machines, blown apart by shockwaves, or drown. As in the predecessor game Limbo, these deaths are presented realistically and are often graphic, but to a larger degree, earning the ESRB's Mature rating as opposed to Limbo's Teen rating. If the character dies, the game continues from the most recent checkpoint.

Very Little Nightmares

Very Little Nightmares is a mobile puzzle adventure game where the user takes the control of The Girl in The Yellow Raincoat during her spiraling escape from an odd mansion.

Be smart, resourceful and ready for anything while exploring every nook and cranny of the place, for even the smallest error can lead to a fatal misstep.

Players take on the role of the Girl in the Yellow Raincoat, and must navigate the Nest to find a way to escape, solving puzzles and evading enemies and other dangers along the way. Unlike Little Nightmares, which is a 3D-based puzzle platform, Very Little Nightmares is a mobile grid-based platform, with each room being its own level, and players can only tap to direct the Girl in the Yellow Raincoat to walk, run or interact with objects.

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