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2012 · BeautiFun Games · Adventure · Indie

Nihilumbra

Nihilumbra is played as a standard platform game, by controlling Born as he walks and jumps across the game's levels. There are multiple enemies that the player needs to avoid since, at first, there is no way to defeat them. The game is divided into the five worlds that Born explores. In each of them, the player is granted a new colour, with which the player can paint on the terrain (by touching the screen) to modify the behaviour of the environment.

Released: 27 June 2012
Platforms: Android Linux Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Wii U Windows iOS macOS
Genres: Adventure Indie Platformer Puzzle
Developers: BeautiFun Games
Publishers: BeautiFun Games
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action
Age ratings: CERO A ESRB E PEGI 7
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat: 5hmain story7hwith extras14hcompletionist

About

Nihilumbra is a 2012 puzzle-platform game developed by Spanish video game developer BeautiFun Games. The game was first released for iOS in June 2012, and it has been translated to seven languages.

›Story

Nihilumbra follows the story of Born, who was created from the Void, the nothingness. When he abandons it and appears in the world, he sets up on a long journey where he will learn how to use the colours around him, grating him powerful abilities. The Void from which Born escaped reclaims him, and it will never stop chasing him, devouring everything on its path. As Born runs for his life, he condemns the beautiful places he visits, as the Void makes them vanish forever.

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Gameplay

Nihilumbra (from the Latin words for "nothing" and "shadow") is played as a standard platform game, by controlling Born — a black anthropomorphic creature, born out of nothingness — as he walks and jumps across the game's levels. There are multiple environment dangers and enemy monsters that the player needs to avoid, since Born is initially unable to destroy them.

The game is divided into the five worlds that Born explores. In each of them, the player is granted a new colour, with which the player can paint on the terrain (by touching the screen) to modify the behaviour of the environment.

Reception

Since its release, Nihilumbra has received generally positive reviews, with an aggregate review score of 86 at Metacritic (based on 12 critics), of 85.71% at GameRankings (based on 7 reviews), and 8/10 at ComboCaster.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
iOS	27 June 2012	Worldwide
Windows	25 October 2013	Worldwide
Linux	25 October 2013	Worldwide
macOS	25 October 2013	Worldwide
PlayStation Vita	27 January 2015	North America · Europe 28 January 2015
Wii U	14 May 2015	North America · Europe 14 May 2015
Android	22 May 2015	Worldwide
PlayStation 4	29 September 2016	Asia
Nintendo Switch	3 May 2018	North America