
- 44/100
- Players10 ratings
- 74/100
- Critics4 reviews
More scores
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 55/100
- GameFAQsTough
- 3.08/5
- Player reviews
- 75% positive357 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- Price
- US$7.99
Where to get it

2012 · Neko Entertainment · Indie · Platformer
Puddle
Dive into Puddle, a game unlike any other where you have to guide a puddle of fluid by tilting the environment to the left or right! Play carefully taking friction, gravity and temperature into account, and by using the unique properties of each type of fluid (water, oil, nitroglycerin, molten lava...) in a range of original environments. Conserve as much fluid as possible when crossing a variety of obstacles such as burning passageways, carnivorous plants and electric currents!
- Released
- 31 January 2012
- Platforms
- AndroidLinuxOuyaPlayStation 3PlayStation 4PlayStation PortablePlayStation VitaWii UWindowsXbox 360iOSmacOS
- Genres
- IndiePlatformerPuzzleSimulation
- Developers
- Neko Entertainment
- Publishers
- Konami
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- Action
- Country
- France
- Age ratings
- ESRB TPEGI 3USK 0CERO A
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Spanish (Spain)
- Time to beat
- 5.5hmain story12hcompletionist
About
Puddle is a puzzle-platform game developed by Neko Entertainment and published by Konami for PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Xbox 360. The game was also self-published by Neko Entertainment for Wii U, and for the PC through Steam, GOG.com, and Desura.
Players say
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The player must guide a puddle of fluid to its target destination by tilting the scene, not by moving the fluid itself. They must work with physics: friction, momentum, and the unique properties of each type of fluid and environment to send as much of each puddle past such obstacles as fires, rifts, spills and others, through environments like pipes, plants, laboratories, a human body, a sewer, a rocket, a foundry and a power station. The experience is physics based, making the fluid motion realistic. The game allows the players to be a liquid like Nitroglycerin, and they need to guide it to a certain point.
Nitroglycerin tends to explode, so the players must learn to carefully guide it. The game has 49 levels, 2 difficulties (extreme and normal), leaderboards and medals.
Development
The game was presented at the Independent Gaming Festival at GDC 2010, winning a Student Showcase prize.
Reception
Puddle received generally positive reviews from game critics. Rick Lane of PC Gamer gave the game an 80/100 score.
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Collections8 collections
Platform libraries
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