
Step into a cinematic adventure as Darwin, a brilliant octopus trapped in a mysterious industrial world. Use his unique abilities - swimming, wall-climbing, shooting ink, camouflage, and more - to overcome traps and escape.
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Embark on a grand adventure worthy of a true animated movie with Darwin, an octopus as charming as he is clever, ripped from the ocean and trapped in a massive and mysterious industrial complex. With his extraordinary intelligence and incredible abilities – swimming, camouflage, and many other fascinating skills – help him overcome the most formidable traps and dangers in this captivating platformer, adventure, and puzzle game.
In the peaceful vastness of the ocean, Darwin, a young octopus, explores the deep sea… until a strange beam of light pierces the abyss and pulls him toward the surface. Thrust out of his aquatic world, he wakes up disoriented in the middle of a gigantic junkyard, backed by a foreboding factory.
But something is wrong. Between the threatening machines, strange holding tanks, and the mysterious and dangerous creatures and characters that inhabit the place, Darwin realizes he is in danger. To return to the ocean, Darwin will have to outsmart, evolve, and reveal to the players through his journey the mysteries of a conspiracy that goes beyond anything one could have imagined… and which could very well seal the fate of humanity!
Main Gameplay Features:
With rich artistic direction and a vibrant world, Darwin’s Paradox immerses you in a visual and emotional epic where every detail reveals more of its incredible story.
The game offers a perfect balance between platforming sequences and moments of puzzle-solving: Swim, hide, infiltrate, jump, and use the extraordinary abilities of an octopus to advance in your adventure, escape perilous situations, or solve the many puzzles in the game.
Discover sprawling levels with a unique and polished artistic direction, filled with puzzles, dangers, and surprising creatures and characters.
Between humor, emotion, and suspense, Darwin takes you on a memorable odyssey.
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Hours played at review time, across 119 reviews with recorded playtime.
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I wanted to give it a thumbs down (so only 1/3 of 100), but Earth math is weird.
A short but fun game.
j'aime le poulpe
Very cute and clever platformer with super friendly little octopus ! Beautiful audio and art directions. It is just a joy to play this game. I highly recommended. The main product is much better than the demo in my opinion. Very happy with this addition to my games library. I just wish that the game had ultra-wide and super-ultra wide support but even regardless this small issue, I can recommend this game 100%. It is just fun to play it. Happy to see Konami greenlighting small games like that under its banner. We need more games like that made by small studio clearly very passionate about their craftsmanship.
sympa, drole mais un peu court ! ça reste un trés bon jeu de plate-forme, action, réflexion ! La physique est au top !
Great game, really fun. Shorter than I expected though, completed it in 3 days. Ran well, In my longest session I notice a lot of edge screen flickering.
What a banger. It's basically family friendly Inside. A lot of great ideas executed near perfectly. Looks great, runs great, and kept surprising from start till finish. Great job devs!
Весёлые приключения осьминога в очень приятной мультяшной графике. Музыка классная, как в старых классических фильмах про НЛО. Платформинг и головоломки интересные, способности нашего героя хорошо вписываются в геймплей. Сложность нормальная, есть несколько глав, где приходится попотеть, но в целом расслабляющий процесс. Из минусов только продолжительность ~4,5 часа и вы у титров. Есть задел для продолжения :)
I thought I found a very good game for the steam deck, but after 20 crashes of the game on the 3rd mission, I deleted it. I hope you will fix it, and i’ll change my review in the future. And it's too bad that you don't translate your games into Russian.
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese*languages with full audio support
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