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
los creadores odian al pobre Darwin lo maltratan mucho JAJAJA sierve para pasar el rato cuando no hay nada que hacer, visualmente es un arte 10/10 de historia no entendi al principio creia que el pulpo queria escapar al mar pero termina deteniendo una invasion alienigena lol y si sacara algo negativo pues la verdad nada, es muy intuitivo igual si te pierdes o no sabes que hacer el juego da pistas. Bueno si algo molesto seria que algunas partes donde pasa algo te ponen un video digo creo que ya estamos en un punto donde las animaciones se pueden usar con el mismo juego fck no se si me entienda pero bn es una queja muy x que no afecta nada ps las animaciones son de 15 o 20 segundos bueno ya ♥♥♥♥ mucho relleno bye
Darwin’s Paradox est une belle surprise.Le jeu est très joli graphiquement, et la pieuvre se manie vraiment bien dans tous les sens. Quelques passages sont un peu corsés, mais ça reste tout à fait gérable. Je n’ai rencontré que très peu de bugs, donc rien de gênant de ce côté-là. Pour le prix où je l’ai eu, soit 10 € pour 6 à 7 heures de jeu, je trouve que c’est franchement correct. J’y ai joué en plusieurs fois, comme une petite récréation, et ça a très bien fait le travail. Bref, un jeu sympathique qui fait bien ses petites affaires.
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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 2,419 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.
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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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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.
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I played this game from start to finish. I love games where you truly have to use your noodle in place of weapons to overcome challenges. While Darwin's Paradox feels familiar as Oddworld: Abe's Oddessy, they are definitely not the same, and expecting that is setting yourself up for disappointment. While this game has much to like, some of the level design is just straight-up sadistic with no adequate checkpoints; a quick-save feature would definitely cut down on some of the unnecessary frustration encountered prior to playing through a small handful of difficult sections. With that said, if you plan on getting this game for a child, while appropriate, it may be a bit much for them to handle. Besides that, I enjoyed the journey but didn't like the ending; it just abruptly ends. It feels like there should have been more game, but the credits just roll. At the point where it ended, it doesn't even feel appropriate to justify a sequel so see what happens where the game should have continued instead of ending. In conclusion, Darwin's Paradox is enjoyable, but falls short of being totally satisfying. If you're curious, I'd say get it on sale for whatever price and give it a go.
Particularmente, lembrou bastante limbo e inside,
Простой и весёлый платформер на 6-8 часов. 100% вайбы Марио и платформеров от Нинтендо - если вы такое любите, то смело покупайте.
i didnt have any issues with the demo. so i bought the game and now it keeps having fatal crashes. can this be fixed ? any suggestions?
I'm not much for platformers or side-scrollers, but this one is exceptional. hands down the best level design iv seen in years. They put allot of love into this one and it shows. I had fun the entire time playing. never a dull moment.
Fun, like so few games these days. Music, animation, and storyline are superb.
流程太短了
越玩到后面越难，甚至有点恶心人。
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