Contre Jour

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  • Summary: Blurring the lines between games and interactive art, Contre Jour welcomes you to a hauntingly beautiful world shaped by the interplay of light and darkness.
    Use your finger to morph the landscape, propelling the mysterious creature Petit to safety. Pull, swipe, and tap gadgets such as    Blurring the lines between games and interactive art, Contre Jour welcomes you to a hauntingly beautiful world shaped by the interplay of light and darkness.
    Use your finger to morph the landscape, propelling the mysterious creature Petit to safety. Pull, swipe, and tap gadgets such as tendrils, air geysers, and pulleys to complete clever puzzles.    … Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. AppSmile
    Jan 23, 2026
    100
    Mixing elements from a variety of popular casual fare, Contre Jour manages to create a highly-engaging experience that delights at every turn.
  2. Slide to Play
    Jan 23, 2026
    100
    Contre Jour gets its hooks in you right from the start-- and what beautiful hooks they are.
  3. TouchArcade
    Sep 2, 2011
    90
    It's a beautiful, challenging experience.
  4. AppSpy
    Aug 29, 2011
    80
    It's slowly getting harder and harder to love new cutesy physics based puzzlers, but Contre Jour breaks through with its elegant visuals and interesting approach to world manipulation.
  5. Gamereactor Denmark
    Sep 12, 2011
    80
    A clever puzzle game with solid mechanics that cements Chillingo's position as one of the iOS heavyweights.
  6. IGN
    Aug 31, 2011
    80
    Contre Jour's amazing presentation communicates to players an immediate and palpable sense of specialness – something meaningful. But its gameplay reveals something considerably more standard. Contre Jour is still a great game – a must-own for iOS puzzle fans.
  7. VideoGamer
    Sep 22, 2011
    60
    Contre Jour manages to successfully ape some of the App Store's most popular mechanics, but it doesn't really know what it wants to do with them.

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#90 Best iOS Game of 2011