Every so often an indie mechanic is so clean, so instantly graspable, that you wonder why no one built a whole game around it before. RECUR is that game. You control time itself simply by which way you walk — and that one idea unfolds into some genuinely brilliant puzzle design.
The genius mechanic
- Walk right and time moves forward.
- Walk left and time rewinds.
- Face front or back and everything freezes in place.
That’s the whole language of the game — intuitive enough to explain in one sentence, deep enough to build an entire puzzle adventure on.
The story
You play as Peter, an ordinary postman trying to save the world from the apocalypse. Solve puzzles, change outcomes and unravel why it’s all happening.
An ordinary hero, an extraordinary power, and a mystery that rewards you for bending time to unravel it.
Who it’s for
Fans of clever, mechanic-driven puzzle games like Braid or Superliminal will feel the spark immediately. If you love that moment when a puzzle game teaches you to think in a completely new way, RECUR is built to deliver it over and over.
Support the devs
RECUR is being made by the team at @kaleidoscube. A mechanic this smart deserves an audience — wishlist it and follow the developers to watch it grow.