Supraland (v1.23.7 & ALL DLC)

A child’s sandbox becomes a surprisingly vast adventure zone where red and blue stick-figure factions feud over their water supply. Supraland blends first-person exploration, environmental puzzles, and Metroidvania progression with a playful toy-box look that hides some genuinely demanding brainteasers. Its story stays deliberately light, using the conflict as a reason to roam pipes, castles, buried caverns, and oversized household objects. The mood is cheerful and self-aware, but the design expects players to pay attention rather than constantly pointing out the answer.

Progress centers on gaining tools that open routes previously blocked by gaps, locked doors, hazardous terrain, or seemingly impossible machines. A basic energy ball, force fields, jump upgrades, telekinesis, and other gadgets work in combat, traversal, and puzzles, often in combinations that encourage experimentation. Enemies are simple but active enough to make arena encounters feel like a break from puzzle-solving, while currency and chests provide health, damage, mobility, and utility upgrades. The connected map constantly rewards curiosity: suspicious ledges, hidden passages, and areas that look like accidental shortcuts often contain intended secrets rather than invisible walls.

What makes Supraland memorable is how broadly it applies every ability. Instead of handing out one-use keys, it gives players a compact set of systems and repeatedly asks them to rethink what those systems can accomplish. Its chunky, colorful world has the exploratory satisfaction of Metroid, the spatial logic of Portal, and a little of Zelda’s pleasure in finding a clever route through an obstacle. Puzzles can be challenging, especially for players accustomed to heavy guidance, but failures rarely feel like wasted time because the world is dense with useful discoveries. It suits newcomers who enjoy inventive first-person puzzles, while genre veterans should appreciate its confident trust in player curiosity and its unusually rewarding secret hunting.