Ludography
44/100
Players10 ratings
74/100
Critics4 reviews
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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

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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.

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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.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
PlayStation 325 January 2012Worldwide · Europe 25 January 2012
Xbox 36025 January 2012Worldwide
Android27 June 2012Worldwide
PlayStation Vita24 July 2012Worldwide · Europe 1 August 2012
Windows9 November 2012Worldwide
macOS9 November 2012Worldwide
Linux9 November 2012Worldwide
Wii U20 November 2012Worldwide · Europe 30 November 2012 · North America 31 January 2013
Ouya29 June 2013Worldwide
iOS21 July 2013Worldwide
PlayStation 41 July 2014Worldwide

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