LIMBO

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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2095 Ratings

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  1. megaD
    Jan 2, 2013
    1
    I bought this game for only 2,5
  2. CookieMonster
    Sep 16, 2011
    8
    From start to finish it's a really well designed game. The black and white art style looks great and the game has a genuinely creepy feel, although I'd be hesitant to call it "art". The puzzles and platforming are really solid and will test you brains, and later on your reflexes as well. Some of the puzzling reminds me a little of Ico on the PS2 in a way. My only fault with the game isFrom start to finish it's a really well designed game. The black and white art style looks great and the game has a genuinely creepy feel, although I'd be hesitant to call it "art". The puzzles and platforming are really solid and will test you brains, and later on your reflexes as well. Some of the puzzling reminds me a little of Ico on the PS2 in a way. My only fault with the game is that it's extremely short, perhaps even for the relatively low price. Still, it's good from start to finish - worth playing in my opinion.… Expand
  3. Iky1230
    Oct 6, 2011
    10
    Spooky, scary, fun, worth much more than the price tag. This game is very fun and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Afterward playing make sure you remember that real life is 3_D
  4. JimCorbett
    Jun 4, 2012
    5
    Why does this game receive praise? I have no idea. It's bland and boring. The only thing this game has going for it is the cool graphics style. The controls are basic and glitchy. You can't even rebind the controls and the game forces you to use the arrow keys to move. No WASD. It's like the people that made this game never played a computer game in their life. No grahpics settings either.Why does this game receive praise? I have no idea. It's bland and boring. The only thing this game has going for it is the cool graphics style. The controls are basic and glitchy. You can't even rebind the controls and the game forces you to use the arrow keys to move. No WASD. It's like the people that made this game never played a computer game in their life. No grahpics settings either. There's one "action" button that controls everything you do that isn't moving around. The puzzles are really basic and uninspiring until you get to the last 5-7 chapters of the game. The game is under 3 hours long and I ended up wishing it was shorter because of how boring it really was. There are some nice easter eggs hidden throughout the game which was nice to see. Overall though it was a basic and boring puzzle-platformer. I don't recommend it.… Expand
  5. kippy32
    Jun 2, 2012
    3
    Dull, short and easy. The sounds, although atmospheric, I felt added nothing of real value to the game, it may as well have been silent, the only saving grace for this game is the art direction. Not worth the full retail price and I'm glad I got it in the humble bundle on the cheap.
  6. Mushe
    Jan 17, 2012
    9
    It is the strangest game I saw visually. Really get an amazing and impressive artistic effect using black and white, with a very striking effect of fog. The sound section is impressive and very well managed, a quiet (No music). With a bit of gore (The strange deaths of the protagonist), a really weird story and a tremendously dynamic and original puzzles is achieved by creating LIMBO, aIt is the strangest game I saw visually. Really get an amazing and impressive artistic effect using black and white, with a very striking effect of fog. The sound section is impressive and very well managed, a quiet (No music). With a bit of gore (The strange deaths of the protagonist), a really weird story and a tremendously dynamic and original puzzles is achieved by creating LIMBO, a gem of indie games today. The only drawbacks are the length and replayability (The only replay value you can get to take advantage is to get all the Easter eggs, which are achievements for getting everyone, there is more than that).… Expand
  7. Kanazawa
    Dec 31, 2012
    8
    For only $2.50? What a steal. That was a fantastic game that was both disturbing and beautiful. It would not be nearly as good without its style as it would be far too gruesome to take. It's interesting to see the development of the world and question why there are so many traps laid out. The background sounds were perfect to the game and added a sense of mystery to it all. Solid B
  8. shadow2605
    Jan 22, 2012
    6
    Despite rendering in 2D and black & white, Limbo features some quite disgusting content in many sequences. There are a lot of dead children and you must climb over them and drag them around. Also if you are afraid of spiders, stay away from Limbo. It has spiders lurking, chasing and killing you all over the place while you will cripple and kill them in return. If you don't mind thoseDespite rendering in 2D and black & white, Limbo features some quite disgusting content in many sequences. There are a lot of dead children and you must climb over them and drag them around. Also if you are afraid of spiders, stay away from Limbo. It has spiders lurking, chasing and killing you all over the place while you will cripple and kill them in return. If you don't mind those things, the game offers a unique, strong look and atmosphere with minimalistic but powerful sound. Many puzzles are smart and fun, but some lengthy death sequences (drowning takes up to 5 seconds) become a nuisance when retrying a puzzle 10 times, which you will as they become very difficult as you proceed towards the end.… Expand
  9. Miheil
    Feb 1, 2012
    8
    limbo is a good puzzle game. Artistic and great environment, it still disappoint me a little bit to see little innovation in the mechanics. Good and interesting puzzles is a strong point but its nothing really special.
    This game is worth the time to experience but only buy it when its on discount.
  10. ZootMan
    Feb 28, 2012
    3
    I'll echo sentiments already written previously by saying...NO THANK YOU!!! This game is trial by death, single-handedly deriving the worst end case for a gamer into an endless roulette of repetition. I can appreciate the aesthetic choices made to this game, which is why it's not a total loss...but gameplay always comes first, and it is simply. not. fun.
  11. bosnian
    Mar 13, 2012
    8
    A piece of art. If someone was to tell me that a sidescroller would creep me out, I would not have believed them. Great mechanics, incredible puzzles, great graphics and sound (no music, just eerie sounds of your surroundings). The only knock on the game is the short length - about 2 hours, but the game offers high replay value - I have spent about 15 hours before I was able to beat theA piece of art. If someone was to tell me that a sidescroller would creep me out, I would not have believed them. Great mechanics, incredible puzzles, great graphics and sound (no music, just eerie sounds of your surroundings). The only knock on the game is the short length - about 2 hours, but the game offers high replay value - I have spent about 15 hours before I was able to beat the game without dying. Regardless, gets a 9 since I was able to pick it up for $5, I think if I was paying $15 for it, I would have probably given it an 8.… Expand
  12. Metascoreman
    Mar 22, 2012
    7
    I should not but I will.
    Limbo got me sucked in and I really enjoyed the experience for the first 20-30 minutes. then it started sliding and after I killed the spider, It pretty quickly got tedious.
    The game got a lot of the praise for the art style and again, it was fun to look at for the first 10-15 minutes but then that too got a bit boring. It is not a bad game but it is not as great    I should not but I will.
    Limbo got me sucked in and I really enjoyed the experience for the first 20-30 minutes. then it started sliding and after I killed the spider, It pretty quickly got tedious.
    The game got a lot of the praise for the art style and again, it was fun to look at for the first 10-15 minutes but then that too got a bit boring. It is not a bad game but it is not as great as people say.
    It was a good experience for the price so I still recommend it.    … Expand
  13. Ceps
    Jun 1, 2012
    1
    Sadly, this game is an utter disappointment. When I saw the steam advertisements, I was expecting a dark work of art that would be engrossing as much in environment as in depth. This game fails miserably at both fronts, and I've been completely shot down with expectations for it. What others have said is entirely true - the game is far too short and overpriced even if you do enjoy it.Sadly, this game is an utter disappointment. When I saw the steam advertisements, I was expecting a dark work of art that would be engrossing as much in environment as in depth. This game fails miserably at both fronts, and I've been completely shot down with expectations for it. What others have said is entirely true - the game is far too short and overpriced even if you do enjoy it. While the art is fascinating initially, it quickly wears off after the first 20 or so times you die...in the first 10 minutes of the game. Marketed as a puzzle platformer, its more like, SURPRISE! YOU DIED! And now you can easily avoid the same trap thanks to you DYING to see it. That is not a puzzle, and it ruins the sense of environment because you are staring at the same obstacle over and over again due to traps you couldn't possibly foresee. The puzzles aren't very creative, original or difficult, and dying over and over again from peek-a-boo-guaranteed-death traps seems more like the developer sadism for no good reason. It does not give you the sense of environment, that the place is a dark hellhole and you should be afraid of it (what I feel like would have been a far better approach)...instead I found myself incredibly annoyed at repeated deaths over and over, disrupting my absorption of the presentation. When seeing corpses and such, instead of thinking, "wow grim"...it was more like "why is this stupid kid so damn slow". I stopped caring at all about the art and just remained focused on progressing, leaving me with half-assed "puzzles" to mow down. There really is no saving grace to this game. First half is the best half, and mostly lackluster after 30 minutes or so, while the second half tries harder "puzzles" and far more instant-kill traps. Gameplay is all about patience and timing due to the avatar's lack of mobility and fragility. I honestly think you could get a better game by roughly combining the game mechanics of Portal 2 and Doom 3 "decorative carnage" randomly smushed together with a random formula. Not missing anything by passing this one up.… Expand
  14. Honner
    May 31, 2012
    7
    4$ on steam now (special offer) absolutely worth it for that price... I played through in a few hours and I love how they created all those details with only black and white, sound is k and the puzzles are nicely done.
  15. Calciferus
    May 18, 2012
    8
    Dark, dark game. In the form of classic platformer with a twist of puzzle. Every time you solved a puzzle, you'll find yourself facepalming and saying "Damn! So that's how you solved the puzzle, and the solution is right in front of me".

    What really stands out is the graphics of the game. Simple, yet somehow giving you that eerie feeling like whenever you walked in the dark. And whenever    Dark, dark game. In the form of classic platformer with a twist of puzzle. Every time you solved a puzzle, you'll find yourself facepalming and saying "Damn! So that's how you solved the puzzle, and the solution is right in front of me".

    What really stands out is the graphics of the game. Simple, yet somehow giving you that eerie feeling like whenever you walked in the dark. And whenever you accidentally killed your character, that little goosebumps always comes around.

    The ultimate downfall is the price and the length. For a relatively short game (I finished it like in 3 hours or so), it's truly overpriced.    … Expand
  16. CorbeauNoir
    Jun 4, 2012
    2
    I'm going to get burned alive for this but this game is incredibly pretentious and boring. Some of the puzzles have clever mechanics but so many of them are glorified trial-and-error that you're essentially forced to die a few times just in order to figure out what it is you're supposed to do - it's artificial difficulty at its most blatant. PLAYDEAD was obviously aware of this consideringI'm going to get burned alive for this but this game is incredibly pretentious and boring. Some of the puzzles have clever mechanics but so many of them are glorified trial-and-error that you're essentially forced to die a few times just in order to figure out what it is you're supposed to do - it's artificial difficulty at its most blatant. PLAYDEAD was obviously aware of this considering that despite how incredibly short the game was - at a stretch you'll complete the entire thing including most of the achievements within 3-4 hours and unless you're absolutely dead-set on clearing off achievements tables there's no reason to play through it again afterward - there are checkpoints EVERYwhere for when you inevitably run into a situation you can't possibly avoid dying from without knowing what to do beforehand. For such basic controls they're very sloppy when employed with a keyboard, especially late in the game when you start getting flipped around in all kinds of crazy directions. Maybe the respond better with a gamepad, if so fair enough. The art style is okay, although PLAYDEAD apparently can't resist the opportunity to cram in as many opportunities as possible to go "Hey, look at this grimdark subject matter in our game that we're never going to bother to even attempt to contextualize! See there are people hanging from a tree in a background, go forth and fill 50 pages worth of forum posts with your hipster friends about what Freudian implications are being suggested!" I get that people are for whatever reason getting a raging boner over how 'artsy' the game is, but it just comes off as pseudointellectual masturbation put it just for the sake of getting people to over-analyze absolutely everything about the game. I guess if somebody can literally piss into a jar and have it be it art simply because the artist declares it so, why not LIMBO too? I got this as part of the Humble Bundle for a buck so it's not like I can say I was ripped off, but I'd have been very upset had I actually paid ten dollars for this.… Expand
  17. akarnokd
    Jan 10, 2014
    7
    Interesting but sometimes annoying game. After this time, it still "hangs" at the very end unless you modify the video card settings. The puzzles are too much trial-and-error and it makes you die before you can realize the solution.
  18. Ferrante
    Apr 15, 2013
    8
    Limbo is a beautiful, simple platformer in the way Another World/Out of this world was. Artistic graphics and sound with simple controls (just arrows and 1 key) will bring some interesting puzzles for you. Yes, it is a bit short, but not like Another World, and I would change1 movie (2 hours) for this any time.
  19. LuciusMcGibbon
    Mar 6, 2018
    9
    It's pretty depressing to see how many people's lack of aesthetic appreciation makes them bash this game.

    Is the gameplay simple? Yes, it's supposed to be. Does the character die a lot? Yes, he's supposed to... WHO CARES, YOU HAVE UNLIMITED LIVES! The long and short of it is this: it's probably as visually-pleasing as a black and white game could possibly be, and the gameplay is as    It's pretty depressing to see how many people's lack of aesthetic appreciation makes them bash this game.

    Is the gameplay simple? Yes, it's supposed to be. Does the character die a lot? Yes, he's supposed to... WHO CARES, YOU HAVE UNLIMITED LIVES!

    The long and short of it is this: it's probably as visually-pleasing as a black and white game could possibly be, and the gameplay is as original as a simple walk-jump-grab control scheme could possibly be. The mood is great, the puzzles are both challenging and rewarding, and in general, this is not a game you could compare to any other, aside from the fact that it's a platformer.

    Anyone who doesn't appreciate simplicity and elegance like this should just get back to their library of loud, over-produced FPS's and keep their malnourished opinions to themselves, as they're simply not equipped with the sensibilities to fairly judge a game like this.

    And yes, it could have been longer....    … Expand
  20. simw8661
    Jan 12, 2013
    2
    Unbelievably disappointing. I thought this was going to be similar to the Flash game Coma -- another side-scroller with great and bizarre art -- with plenty of room to explore the world of the game. Instead, this turned into a run-of-the-mill platformer within the first half hour. As has been pointed out here many times, the game tests your patience for trial and error, not puzzle solving,Unbelievably disappointing. I thought this was going to be similar to the Flash game Coma -- another side-scroller with great and bizarre art -- with plenty of room to explore the world of the game. Instead, this turned into a run-of-the-mill platformer within the first half hour. As has been pointed out here many times, the game tests your patience for trial and error, not puzzle solving, and suffers from sluggish or unintuitive controls. Worse, though, is having any atmosphere or (loose) narrative constantly interrupted by pointless deaths from missed jumps. That's really unfortunate, since the first half hour is chilling and enjoyable at the same time, but that mood begins to get killed (literally) over and over again.… Expand
  21. matteda
    Dec 13, 2013
    10
    Game of the century :)
    If you are a gamer,you will know this game
    and you must have played
    its the definition of gaming
    replayability:100 times and you wont get bored
  22. briefly
    Jul 22, 2013
    10
    A gem. How anyone could dislike this very fun, original game is beyond me. So many others try and fail to do what "Limbo" accomplishes with relative ease.
  23. raisert
    Oct 2, 2013
    7
    Limbo is one of the most captivating games I've played so far. After I saw ending, I was thinking about it and I was stunned for a moment when I understood it. It lingered in my mind for a while.
  24. DemKin
    Oct 30, 2013
    9
    LIMBO is the perfect example of how a game can be deep, inspiring and incredibly beautiful with simple gameplay, graphics, sounds and controls.
    A masterpiece.
  25. theBJK
    May 26, 2014
    9
    Absolutely one my favourite games. Limbo is the perfect way to mix style and story, always keeping a really good gameplay. Yes, it could be a lttle bit too short, but if the game is so brilliant, i doesn't matter too much if it's short. Levels aren't so easy (and they become really difficult at the end) and the ending is awesome. A really good game.
  26. SuperkenGaming
    Aug 10, 2017
    8
    LIMBO
    A dark story and challenging puzzles
    Uncertain of his sisters fate, a boy enters limbo. Limbo is a puzzle platformer where you play as this boy searching for his little sister The entire game aside from a few exceptions is black and white, this makes for some really great moments in the beginning of limbo as its hard to tell whats a trap or enemy and what isn’t.. this keeps you    LIMBO
    A dark story and challenging puzzles
    Uncertain of his sisters fate, a boy enters limbo.
    Limbo is a puzzle platformer where you play as this boy searching for his little sister
    The entire game aside from a few exceptions is black and white, this makes for some really great moments in the beginning of limbo as its hard to tell whats a trap or enemy and what isn’t..
    this keeps you on your toes and suspicious of everything…
    These initial moments of this little less than 4 hour journey for me was my favorite..
    The game is very much a game of trial and error, and the game is generous with its checkpoints being nearly instantaneous.. knowing where youre going to mess up and most of the time having an instant spot for you to try again keeping this games momentum steady…
    After these initial moments of dealing with traps and a giant spider, the game slowly starts to be more puzzle focused and this is where I started to fall out of love with this game…
    Not that the puzzles are bad, im just not a huge fan of problem solving while im platforming and looking out for suspicious shadows..
    Youll be pulling boxes, throwing switches, and timing jumps and other buttons to progress through the game..
    I found a lot of these puzzles to be decently challenging, though none too complicated or having too many steps… but a few definitely did come close… and I may or may not have had to look the answer up for a couple..
    with so many limbo clones out there now, going back to play limbo and playing through these puzzles is a bit of a drag because ive seen them so many times now…
    I would’ve preferred if the whole game was like the first few chapters of deception…
    I felt there was something really special there. It kept me hooked and intrigued hoping for more moments like this later on, but sadly they never came
    Personal preferences aside, limbo is a very erie and dark game, youll die gruesome deaths,
    the game will disturb you and turn your stomach at times…
    and it will get your mind going…
    both for the puzzles and trying to figure out just exactly whats going on with the story…
    even with the dozens of clones out there, limbo stands out as something special and unique..
    one of the most enjoyable and unsettling puzzle platforming games ive played
    I give limbo
    an 8/10    … Expand
  27. H_Salehi
    Oct 26, 2018
    9
    Good old 2d games nostalgia... and it's not just that, this 2d black n' white game with its strange sound effects frightens you to the core, and makes your brain hurt!
  28. Mario_Luigi
    Apr 2, 2015
    8
    Very nice. I played the game twice - on Mac and Android tablet (Nexus 7). Very cool puzzles + secrets! And my "favorite" character - the spider((( the only bad thing about this game is - it's pretty short. I would spend much more time playing it!
  29. Panica3643D
    Jun 16, 2018
    10
    Замечательная игра, выполненная в оригинальном стиле, который идеально передал атмосферу происходящего.
  30. SortOfCritic
    Dec 30, 2017
    9
    This is a very simple and creepy game. It mixes great puzzles with a wonderfully interesting aesthetic, to make a unique and puzzling game. I found myself very confused by this game, as the story is very open ended, leaving the door open for theorizing. My only problem is its rather disappointing length, clocking in about 1 hour, which is a bummer, as I would've liked to experience more ofThis is a very simple and creepy game. It mixes great puzzles with a wonderfully interesting aesthetic, to make a unique and puzzling game. I found myself very confused by this game, as the story is very open ended, leaving the door open for theorizing. My only problem is its rather disappointing length, clocking in about 1 hour, which is a bummer, as I would've liked to experience more of this game.… Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#9 Best PC Game of 2011
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#18 Most Discussed PC Game of 2011
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#17 Most Shared PC Game of 2011

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Metascore
88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Absolute Games
    Jan 10, 2012
    80
    Limbo is a beautiful, intense experience.
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  2. PC Games (Russia)
    Sep 19, 2011
    90
    A brilliant indie platformer. Braid can finally retire. [October 2011, p.100]
  3. GamingXP
    Sep 15, 2011
    90
    Minimum effort, maximum tension!
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