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2013 · Locked Door Puzzle · Adventure · Indie

Kairo

Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.

Released: 24 April 2013
Platforms: Android Linux Windows iOS macOS
Genres: Adventure Indie Puzzle
Developers: Locked Door Puzzle
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: First person Virtual Reality
Themes: Horror
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat: 3hmain story7.5hwith extras4hcompletionist

About

Kairo is a first-person exploration/puzzle game developed and published by British studio Locked Door Puzzle, Richard Perrin's independent studio. Kairo is set in a world of brutalist architecture which the player must explore to solve the puzzles contained within.

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Gameplay

Kairo is played from a first-person perspective and has no additional controls beyond the ability to look around, move through the environment and jump. Interaction comes in the form of pushing objects, standing on switches or the environment reacting to player movement.

Story

There is no dialogue and very little text in the game. The narrative comes entirely through environmental story-telling as the world is filled with clues and hints towards the player's purpose.

Reception

Kairo has received a positive reaction from critics. Eurogamer described the game as "mysterious and elegant and powerfully distinct" and TouchArcade said "The world of Kairo is like a playable, explorable tone poem."

Kairo has been selected for exhibition at events including Develop Conference, Notgames Festival, Eurogamer Expo and Penny Arcade Expo.