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LIMBO

9.5

CinematicDarkShortSide ScrollerDifficultActionHorrorCasual

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Limbo

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playdead.limbo.full

🎬 Presentation:

🎮 Gameplay:

In the game Limbo, players control a boy navigating a two-dimensional world with platforming elements. The dark, greyscale graphics and minimalist sounds create an eerie atmosphere. The game includes various hazards like bear traps and monsters hidden in the shadows. The second half introduces mechanical puzzles and traps involving machinery, electromagnets, and gravity. Deaths are frequent, and players can restart at checkpoints. Some traps can be turned to the player's advantage. Limbo is described as a "trial and death" game, featuring optional gore with achievements such as finding hidden insect eggs and completing the game with minimal deaths.

📖 Storyline:

The primary character in Limbo is a nameless boy in search of his sister, who awakens in the middle of a forest on the "edge of hell" (the game's title is taken from the Latin limbus, meaning "edge"), where he encounters a giant spider who tries to kill him. After using a trap to cut off the sharp points on half of the spider's legs, it retreats further into the forest, and the boy is allowed to pass. However, he is later caught in webs and spun into a cocoon. Shortly after freeing himself, he encounters a colony of other boys who actively try to kill him with traps, poison darts, and rocks; they later fall victim to the spider, whom the boy finally manages to kill after a short chase. At one point during his journey, he encounters a female character, who he thinks might be his sister, but is prevented from reaching her. The forest eventually gives way to a crumbling city environment, followed by industrial and flooded environments. On completion of the final puzzle, the boy is thrown through a pane of glass and back into the forest area from the beginning. After he wakes up, he walks a short distance until he again encounters the girl, who, upon his approach, stands up startled. At this point, the screen cuts to black, abruptly ending the game.

🌍 Download link:

Android:

Limbo (Android)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playdead.limbo.full

Ios:

Limbo (Ios)

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/playdeads-limbo/id656951157