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Induction

89% positive of 161 Steam reviews

Released: 2017
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Bryan Gale.

About the game

Induction is an abstract puzzle game about time travel and paradoxes. As you master its logic, Induction will rewire how you think about cause and effect.

Tagged by players

Time Travel
Abstract
Puzzle
Minimalist
Difficult

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Induction

89% positive of 161 Steam reviews

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Released: 2017
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Bryan Gale.

About the game

Induction is an abstract puzzle game about time travel and paradoxes. As you master its logic, Induction will rewire how you think about cause and effect.

Tagged by players

Time Travel
Abstract
Puzzle
Minimalist
Difficult

What players say

Recommended
A fun sokoban-based puzzle game with an interesting mechanic investigating the successor map on N. Some excellent ideas that require thinking many steps in advance (or into the past) and looking at the problems from different viewpoints. I particularly enjoyed the rule discovery, which was intuitive but surprising. A good difficulty ramp throughout the game, with some optional side puzzles. Certainly made me think,…
6.3 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Quite a doozy. If you enjoy coordinating a team, this is for you. Induction is a puzzle game about going back in time to curate an ideal timeline, where the most recent iteration of yourself gets to the exit, and past iterations cleanly transition into the next, without any holes in the timeline. Structurally and visually, the levels are simple: grid-based area and movement, toggleable bridges, pushable cylinders,…
11 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
The central idea of this game is pretty cool - you have the ability to reset the level except for your current position, and then a copy of you does all the same movements you did. Using this you can get the copy to activate things that you need to be somewhere else to make use of. A lot of the levels require you to move in such a way that when the copy makes the same movements the effects or context will be…
52 min played when written. 33 found it helpful.
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