Step into a cinematic adventure as Darwin, a brilliant octopus trapped in a mysterious industrial world. Use his unique abilities - swimming, wall-climbing, shooting ink, camouflage, and more - to overcome traps and escape.
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 2.43/day in the week to Sep 1 → 5.14/day in the week after.
About
Embark on a grand adventure worthy of a true animated movie with Darwin, an octopus as charming as he is clever, ripped from the ocean and trapped in a massive and mysterious industrial complex. With his extraordinary intelligence and incredible abilities – swimming, camouflage, and many other fascinating skills – help him overcome the most formidable traps and dangers in this captivating platformer, adventure, and puzzle game.
In the peaceful vastness of the ocean, Darwin, a young octopus, explores the deep sea… until a strange beam of light pierces the abyss and pulls him toward the surface. Thrust out of his aquatic world, he wakes up disoriented in the middle of a gigantic junkyard, backed by a foreboding factory.
But something is wrong. Between the threatening machines, strange holding tanks, and the mysterious and dangerous creatures and characters that inhabit the place, Darwin realizes he is in danger. To return to the ocean, Darwin will have to outsmart, evolve, and reveal to the players through his journey the mysteries of a conspiracy that goes beyond anything one could have imagined… and which could very well seal the fate of humanity!
Main Gameplay Features:
With rich artistic direction and a vibrant world, Darwin’s Paradox immerses you in a visual and emotional epic where every detail reveals more of its incredible story.
The game offers a perfect balance between platforming sequences and moments of puzzle-solving: Swim, hide, infiltrate, jump, and use the extraordinary abilities of an octopus to advance in your adventure, escape perilous situations, or solve the many puzzles in the game.
Discover sprawling levels with a unique and polished artistic direction, filled with puzzles, dangers, and surprising creatures and characters.
Between humor, emotion, and suspense, Darwin takes you on a memorable odyssey.
Sums Steam only; PlayStation, Xbox, Epic, Nintendo publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $24.99 | 1.2Kreviews | 88% | — | $473K |
| $24.99 | 3.7Kratings | 88% | — | not modelled | |
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Reviews
Themes across 328 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
macht echt Spass! Es wird an einigen Stellen schwerer aber die Checkpoints sind sehr gut plaziert.
classico e coinvolgente, non tropo difficile. storia ben curata e stile grafico buono. classico gioco per rilassarti un po', mi è piaciuto molto
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For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 24 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 9 places towards #1, and the 2,404 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese*languages with full audio support
| $24.99 |
| 255ratings |
| 88% |
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| $24.99 | — | — | #46 | not modelled |
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Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 329 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Great!
Excellent jeu, durée plutôt courte mais suffisante pour ce type de jeu. C'est un jeu avec une identité propre, le gameplay est très réussi et amusant, il faut réflechir avant de se lancer dans une action et parfois reessayer plusieurs fois mais l'ensemble du jeu est cohérent et divertissant. En espérant éventuellement une suite.
A short game. Mildy frustrating at times but overall really good. If your looking for a short and simple platformer action game with some stealth mechanics, go for it.
Juegazo con todas las de la ley. Para quienes tienen experiencia en este tipo de juegos quizás pueda parecer algo corto, de hecho, lo que le suma tiempo de juego es la dificultad que tiene a veces, pero mas que nada ligado a los patrones de enemigos y demás imprevistos, pues naturalmente el juego quiere que juegues más de una vez varios niveles. Ahora, también te da la oportunidad de seleccionar niveles una vez jugados así que los logros de este juego se facilitan mucho, restando quizás mas horas de juego (A no ser que tu seas tryhard y te hagas una run de logros). El juego tiene mucha personalidad y te puedes encariñar fácil con Darwin, tiene bastante carisma y la banda sonora es excelente, acompaña bien en el 100% de las ocasiones. Sentí que la variedad de enemigos no es mucha (se entiende asumiendo que la mitad del juego estás también enfrentándote a maquinarias industriales), y el final no es decepcionante acorde a la historia y lo jugado, pero sucede tan rápido que sientes que algo más iba a pasar, ojalá le hubiesen dado aunque sea un minuto más de cinemática o desarrollo. Los puzzles son entretenidos y frustrantes de buena manera, el plataformeo es creativo, le sacas provecho a que eres un pulpo, son muy pocas las mecánicas que podrían sentirse "toscas", el sigilo te da las sensaciones que quizás los devs tenían en mente, y el juego también tiene bastante humor, es sarcástico y obviamente te deja más de una crítica de frente, metáforas muy directas por decirlo de alguna manera. El final te deja en claro la posibilidad de un segundo juego (o hasta un DLC si es que llegase a ser el caso), y lo compraría sin ninguna duda, pero esperando a que resuelvan las pocas falencias que tiene este juego, y esperando también ver mucho más, Recomendado 100%, una buena experiencia que me dejó con ganas de más.
This is a very pleasing platformer visually, gameplay wise, puzzles (not too frustrating/hard) and even story with characters (despite not saying a word once)! Whacky and fun animations, colorful palette, consistently detailed and interesting levels. At times it can be frustrating but not to a point to hate the game. (Yes it is rather short) Overall it's definitely worth playing!
Toller Plattformer mit kreativen Ideen!
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