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Aberrate Inc.

Guide N.T.R.N., a curious little maintenance robot, through cozy logic puzzles by splitting, moving, and combining red and blue boxes to power doors, platforms, and odd office machines. Winner of SXSW Sydney’s Best Student Game Award 2025.

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Chilltop Games
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Ripstone
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About the Game

▩ ABERRATE Inc. 

Aberrate Inc. is a third-person 3D puzzle game where you guide N.T.R.N., a curious little robot, through tightly designed levels inside a secretive corporation. 

Winner of SXSW Sydney’s Best Student Game Award 2025, Aberrate Inc. focuses on deceptively simple logic puzzles that make you feel clever when they click.

Help N.T.R.N. split and combine red and blue boxes to solve increasingly playful levels, while you delve deeper into the strange workings and esoteric employees of Aberrate Inc.!


▩ DISCOVER, MANIPULATE, ABERRATE!

At the heart of Aberrate Inc. is your ability to SPLIT and COMBINE boxes.

In each level you’ll: 

  • ABERRATE to split boxes into distinct red and blue versions. 

  • Pick up, place, and FUSE your boxes in the right sequence to solve puzzle rooms.

  • SWAP between box states freely, and from anywhere in the room.

  • SOLVE puzzles using these mechanics to discover the world of Aberrate Inc!

ABERRATE and FUSE always behave cleanly and predictably. However, as you progress, new discoveries (👀) may complicate how you reach a solution. 

▩ KEY FEATURES

  • Cozy, ‘thinky’ logic puzzles: A tightly wound campaign of short, readable levels built around tactile, smart box interactions. 

  • 25+ handcrafted levels across 3 distinct chapters: Guide N.T.R.N. through a structured campaign that steadily layers new twists on the core ABERRATE/FUSE mechanic. 

  • SPLIT and COMBINE boxes: Aberrate boxes into distinct red and blue versions, combine them, and learn how small changes in placement and ordering can reshape each solution. 

  • Evolving complexity: Discover additional aberration behaviours and quirks as you progress, adding satisfying depth to each puzzle.  

  • Esoteric inhabitants: Navigate levels as N.T.R.N. and uncover the backstory of Aberrate Inc. and its mysterious past. 

  • Low-pressure play: No timers, no cute robots in peril. Simply experiment freely as you chase that “oh, of course!” moment. 


▩ COMING Q4 2026 - WISHLIST NOW

Aberrate Inc. is in active development. Please consider wishlisting to stay in the loop on N.T.R.N. 's story, dev diaries, demos, updates, preview opportunities, and more! 

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