
Pollen is a hardcore escape-the-maze game where every move counts. Find keys, unlock doors, and outsmart relentless guardians hunting you down. Strategically place your Respawn Totem save your position in the level., but one misstep can send you back to the start.
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Hello! We’re a small indie team launching our first game, Pollen. It’s an intense, hardcore escape-the-maze experience currently in Early Access, and we’re thrilled to share it with players.
Prepare for the ultimate challenge: navigate intricate mazes, collect keys to unlock doors, and outwit relentless guardians that are always on your trail. The game demands both skill and strategy – carefully place your Respawn Totem save your position in the level and plan your moves, but beware: one mistake could send you right back to the start. Suspense, tactics, and survival – do you have what it takes to conquer the maze?
Right now, the game offers Classic Mode, but we’re planning exciting updates like Time Attack Mode (finish a level in under 10 minutes!), additional levels and maybe even more (Multiplayer anyone?).
This is our Roadmap for 2025

Thanks for checking us out!
Best, FSTR Team
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Languages: English
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 25 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
Strange game from the first start until the last session. I couldn't even get pass the 1st level, which according to the developers is "easy". Prepare yourself for a super hardcore souls-like game in which you will die many many times! Support indie devs!
Great game for fans of tense adventures! I just tried Pollen and I’m completely blown away! The atmosphere is simply amazing. It’s beautiful, unique, and captivating. If you enjoy games with a tense atmosphere and love unusual experiences, I definitely recommend trying Pollen — you won’t regret it!
Alright game with cool visuals, the maze is easy even on the harder modes, the "guardians" are easily able to be bypassed and I completed the first level in just over 4 minutes without being careful at all and racking up a massive 1 "death" (yet I was not rewarded the corresponding achievements as the game crashed with "A fatal error" and closed itself as soon as I dropped into the exit). The second level I finished in just over 5 with a slight bit of stealth and more management by just moving the guardians around, but even then I finished with less than 10 deaths (Still not awarded the achievements due to the same type of error), I like the scanner visuals, but I feel there definitely could be more done to make it more "Horror" and the game-play is repetitive without much more challenge, all in all, its a good short game for the price, aside from the obvious bugs when finishing the level, but unless you like game-play loops, I wouldn't recommend.
"Pollen" is such a thrilling and atmospheric maze game! The mix of clever puzzles and the constant pressure from those guardians really keeps you on your toes. The music adds so much to the vibe, pulling you deeper into the experience, and the visuals are super unique—I’ve never played anything quite like it. I’m still stuck on the first level, but it’s so intriguing I can’t stop trying. Definitely worth checking out if you enjoy a good challenge.
This game is a terrifying maze of despair, where you frantically search for an exit while dodging relentless guardians that drag you back to square one every time they catch you. With its mocking labyrinth, atmospheric sound, and dark soul design, it’s an unforgettable mix of horror and despair that had me scream until the bitter end.
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