LIMBO

Playdead

About this game

What the press said:

“Limbo is as close to perfect at what it does as a game can get.”
10/10 – Destructoid

“The game is a masterpiece.”
5/5 – GiantBomb

“Limbo is genius. Freaky, weird genius. Disturbing, uncomfortable genius.”
5/5 – The Escapist

“Dark, disturbing, yet eerily beautiful, Limbo is a world that deserves to be explored.”
5/5 – Joystiq

Winner of more than 100 awards, including:

Gameinformer’s “Best Downloadable”
Gamespot’s “Best Puzzle Game”
Kotaku’s “The Best Indie Game”
GameReactor’s “Digital Game of the Year”
Spike TV’s “Best Independent Game”
X-Play’s “Best Downloadable Game”
IGN’s “Best Horror Game”

Limbo is an award-winning indie adventure, critically acclaimed for its captivating puzzle design and immersive sound and visuals. Its dark, misty spaces and haunting narrative will stay with you forever.

Ratings and reviews

This was a very fun puzzle platformer. The story is intriguing, and I would play a sequel just to learn more. The game play is challenging but not punishing, and the frequent checkpoints are very good for a first playthrough. I have only one suggestion. I think a hardmode with much fewer checkpoints would be interesting for people who like a harder challenge. Other than that, my only complaint is that it wasn't longer! This is one of very few games I have felt worthy of a descriptive review.

Wanted to love it, the dark theme, the atmosphere, simple yet beautiful graphics... But the touch controls are extremely frustrating, I tried connecting my Xbox controller, it is supported but a slight latency is making it just as frustrating. I was looking forward to solving puzzles, instead I'm repeating the same level a dozen times because I die due to a lack of responsive controls. I think I got about half way through the game before leaving it alone, the puzzle weren't that clever, just OK

So far, I am enjoying this game. I'm playing it on a UMX phone, model: U683CL with 1 GB RAM. You'll probably need at least 200 MB of free space on the internal storage after installing the game, as the game creates a large cache when it's run the first time. It created a cache of 134 MB on mine. This is probably why some people consider it's stuck at the loading screen. It just takes a long time for the initial loading on some phones. Subsequent loads will be much faster if you don't delete the cache. That is why I've whitelisted it in 1Tap Cleaner. You can jump forward or backward and you can jump straight up. You can also jump while running, which may be necessary to reach farther ledges. Many things in the game can be pushed or pulled. An animation will show suggesting the possibility to grasp something when you are close enough to it and you tap and hold the jump area (on the opposite side from the run/walk side of the screen). Turning off battery optimization for the app and closing apps that are running in the background might help those who are claiming to be having issues with the app closing on its own. I'm on level 15 and it's tough. I'm going to check that sound under my feet when I'm up on the platform near the cogwheels.

What's new

- minor improvements