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  • Summary: SCHiM is a game about jumping from shadow to shadow in a challenging and lively environment.

    A schim is the soul and spirit of an object, thing, or living being. Everything in the world has one. A schim should NEVER be separated from their thing! This does happen to your schim, this schim
    SCHiM is a game about jumping from shadow to shadow in a challenging and lively environment.

    A schim is the soul and spirit of an object, thing, or living being. Everything in the world has one. A schim should NEVER be separated from their thing! This does happen to your schim, this schim who is attached to a human being is separated from him early on in the game.

    Can you get back to him before it's too late?
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 18
  2. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Aug 26, 2024
    90
    SCHiM is a lovely abstract take on games like Frogger for the modern era. Come into this expecting a work of art with excellent audio design more than a complex puzzle game. I enjoyed just about every level despite the mechanics not really evolving. I enjoyed it enough on Steam Deck to order a physical copy of the Switch version from Japan already. This is definitely worth your time if you enjoy delightful, gorgeous, and relaxing puzzle games.
  2. Jul 15, 2024
    90
    SCHiM uses shadows in delightfully creative ways, turning ordinary objects into astoundingly helpful tools. This wholesome, vibrant 3D platformer offers an adventure that shouldn’t be missed.
  3. Jul 15, 2024
    75
    SCHiM is worth jumping at. It's approachable for most players and unearths a deeper story about life's unexpected lows and highs.
  4. Jul 15, 2024
    65
    Schim is a brilliant idea in a special work of art with a unique, typically Dutch style. As a game, it is unfortunately too repetitive in terms of gameplay and environments to last long.
  5. Jul 17, 2024
    63
    Schim has a fantastic concept that immediately appeals to your inner child, and wraps it in a beautiful, clearly Dutch world with a wonderfully simplistic art style. It just doesn't surprise at all as a game, and after an hour it starts to feel like a repetitive exercise.
  6. Jul 15, 2024
    60
    SCHiM is a gorgeous game unlike anything else I’ve ever played, but without enough of a hook to keep you engaged it gets old before it ends.
  7. Edge Magazine
    Jul 11, 2024
    50
    In isolation, it's a little thin. [Issue#400, p.122]

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