Nihilumbra

2013

GenresFantasy, Adventure, Indie, Action, Platformer, Old-School Style, Artistic, Side View Perspective, Puzzle and Logic, Mystery, Single Player, Multiplayer

AvailableSep 24, 2013

PlatformNintendo Switch, PC

DeveloperBEAUTIFUN GAMES SL, BeautiFun Games

Overview

Nihilumbra is played as a standard platform game, by controlling Born as he walks and jumps across the game's levels. There are multiple enemies that the player needs to avoid since, at first, there is no way to defeat them. The game is divided into the five worlds that Born explores. In each of them, the player is granted a new colour, with which the player can paint on the terrain (by touching the screen) to modify the behaviour of the environment.

Elsewhere

6.7

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Reviews

23 reviews found

Hardcore Gamer

Dec 8, 2013

Nihilumbra is the kind of game that many will look over because they think they’ve played things like it hundreds of times before. It’s not. This is a project filled with incredibly smart puzzle design and an important message at its core. Anyone who absentmindedly picked it up during a sale should do themselves a favor and play right now.

DarkZero

Feb 10, 2014

With a story that will leave thought waves pulsating to the tune of the excellent writing, intriguing gameplay that breaches boundaries of immersion, and with a Wii U version coming soon that will be much more accessible for those with physical disabilities because the controller will replace a mouse, Nihilumbra is a demonstration of how video games that immerse the player in telling stories, gameplay that challenges the forefront of perception, and having puzzles that will be remembrances at lunch can never be beaten by mainstream titles – no matter how unique the fire particles get.

Nintendo Enthusiast

Aug 8, 2015