Ludography
70/100
Players9 ratings
65/100
Critics1 review
More scores
Metacriticcritics
70/100
Metacritic usersuser score
75/100
GameFAQsJust Right-Tough
3.16/5
Player reviews
86% positive181 reviews
Steam Deck
Verified
Runs on
Windows, Linux
Price
US$9.99

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2012 · Cipher Prime · Indie · Puzzle

Splice

PlayStation console exclusive

Splice is a puzzler where you are microbes that you "splice" to create a specific strand structure in a few amount of moves.

Released
13 June 2012
Platforms
AndroidLinuxPlayStation 3PlayStation 4WindowsiOSmacOS
Genres
IndiePuzzle
Developers
Cipher Prime
Publishers
—
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Country
United States
Age ratings
ESRB E
Time to beat
2hmain story2hwith extras6hcompletionist

About

Splice is a 2012 puzzle game developed by Philadelphia-based independent game studio Cipher Prime. Splice was released in 2012, and is available for PC, Mac, Linux, iPad, and Android. Splice is no longer available for download on Android, Windows, Linux, iOS, iPadOS as well as the Mac App Store.

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Gameplay

The player progresses through levels in Splice by rearranging groups of cells into target structures. The player has a limited number of moves (or "splices") to create each target structure; finishing a level in the fewest moves possible unlocks an "Angelic" achievement result. Over the game's seventy-seven levels, the player will encounter power-up cells with special abilities (for instance, cells that destroy themselves and their children). The player must learn to use these increasingly complex cells to form increasingly complex target structures.

Reception

Splice received generally positive reviews, gaining an aggregate review score on Metacritic of 86 for iOS and Android.

Splice won the award for "Best Puzzle Game" at Intel Level Up 2011.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows13 June 2012Worldwide
macOS13 June 2012Worldwide
Android1 December 2012Worldwide
Linux14 February 2013Worldwide
PlayStation 320 January 2015Worldwide
PlayStation 420 January 2015Worldwide

Title IDsone per regional release, with its latest update

PlatformTitle IDRegionLatest update
PlayStation 3NPUB31319North America—
PlayStation 4CUSA00995North America—

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