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Backrooms Cats and Lava

Backrooms Cats and Lava is an action-platformer with puzzle elements. Help a small cave dweller escape rising lava by moving boxes to create safe paths. Remember, the floor is lava—don't step on it!

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Galactic Geckon
Publisher
Galactic Geckon
Release
June 17, 2024
2 years and 46 days ago
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Mostly Positive118 reviews76.3%

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Backrooms Cats and Lava is an action-platformer with puzzle elements, where you must help a small inhabitant escape a deep cave being engulfed by lava. Navigate your way to the exit by moving boxes, but remember—the floor is lava! Avoid stepping on it at all costs. Use all your skills to survive this fiery labyrinth and find your way out of this infernal place.



Key Features:

  • Unique Puzzle Mechanics:

    Solve challenging puzzles by strategically moving boxes to create safe paths and escape the rising lava.

  • Intense Platforming Action:

    Combine quick reflexes with smart planning to navigate through increasingly difficult levels filled with perilous obstacles.

  • Engaging Survival Challenge:

    Test your survival skills as you avoid the deadly lava floor and find creative solutions to escape each treacherous level.

  • Atmospheric Environment:

    Immerse yourself in a tense and fiery cave setting, enhanced by atmospheric graphics and sound effects that intensify the experience.
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