Figment

[DANGERMAN]

Apparently this was a Stadia exclusive, but is now on Steam. They've just released a sequel, and but the first Figment was free for a while to promote it. 

 

The game takes place in the mind of an adult man, who is driving and gets in to an accident. The game isn't about the accident so much as the state of his mind. You play as the manifestation of his courage, the mind's protector, who has all but retired. You and your companion (a bird or something) travel around the different areas and see the state the brain is in, rather than creativity and energy its all stress and spreadsheets 

 

Gameplay is simple puzzles, things like putting batteries in a different socket to make a route through. Taking a platform from one area to another while still leaving yourself a route back.

 

There's combat too, but not loads. The mind has been infested by nightmares, dark thoughts that are themed for each section, there's small ones that take a few hits and bosses at the end which require a gimmick of some kind to beat 

 

Figment is good, but it's greater than the sum of its parts. The combat and puzzles are fine, but the game has loads of character. It's full of absurd over the top songs, with some good dialogue. It's worth playing