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Bloat

As the adorable and squishy Bloat, solve puzzles while gliding through a psychedelic world inspired by African beadwork.

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April 2, 2021
5 years and 122 days ago
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About the Game

As the adorable and squishy Bloat, solve puzzles while gliding through a psychedelic world inspired by African beadwork.

Bloat is a calming puzzle game with no action, enemies or death; only puzzles.
It has satisfying movement, with simple and intuitive controls, making puzzles easy to complete once you have solved them.

Manipulate circuits, colors and shapes to solve puzzles, progressing through the 6 reliquaries.
Each reliquary has its own unique environment and challenges.

This game is family-friendly and should take an average of 2-5 hours to complete.
Fully localized into 15 languages, including Afrikaans.