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A Way Back

Solve challenging sokoban-like puzzles to help a little penguin clean islands from nasty plastic trash and find A Way Back home!

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Developer
Timur Chanturia, Jenya Kuzmenko
Publisher
Never Give Up Games
Release
April 29, 2022
4 years and 95 days ago
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Positive32 reviews100.0%

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About the Game

Solve challenging sokoban-like puzzles to help a little penguin clean islands from nasty plastic trash and find A Way Back home!







  • Cute hand-drawn art by Jenya "lodfu" Kuzmenko
  • Challenging puzzles by Timur "haze" Chanturia
  • A lovely original soundtrack by Tom "TKIMUSE" Kinsella
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