Brilliant game: Short and entertaining. Tired of expensive, bombastic, high video rendering, nauseous 3D avatars... This is the game that you're yearning for.

Nice little game.

It's a 2D puzzle-platformer with an interesting black-silhouette atmospheric look. Somewhat like a dream/nightmare.

There's really nothing in the way of a story, you just try to survive as you go from one area to the next, each presenting a different challenge.

For the most part it's quite enjoyable. The puzzles and platforming starts out simple, then becomes more and more complex, using/chaining many of the earlier actoins together.

For what it's worth, expect to die-- a lot. Later in the game, many areas force you to perform a very specific, complex set of actions where any error results in your death. However, the game itself remains pretty fun throughout.

Great game, a bit short though, but it provided a unique experience I had never seen before in a videogame. The atmosphere, the sounds, the graphics,.. everything is made to plung you into a fantastic adventure.

Recommand it.

I got this game because it was supposed to be the scariest game of the year, actually not that scary but is really entertaining, it takes your time to think about how to solve the puzzles for the little boy, and if you dont get them correctly you will cause a terrible death to the boy. is a short game but really good if you like puzzle mixed with jumps and just running :D.

I gave it five star because alot of actual gamers are adults and cant be playing all the day to see the end of game.

Great indie title that should be played by everyone at least once. Unfortunately the game is extremely short. However, it manages to capture the perfect combination of atmosphere and unique gameplay to create an experience uncomparable to other games.

It's an ok 2D platformer which utilizes black and white movie looking graphics. The game is short, around 3-4 hours so I suggest buy it on sale. Overall gameplay is good, but imo it does not live up to the scores/awards it received. Some controls feel unpolished and basically you die a lot...I died like 40 times at the mine truck / electric roads lol. Is it worth it? Maybe if you love the graphics and puzzle games, but imo it's worth around $3-4 at most...due to the flawed physics in some places and wobble controls.

I bought this game because of good reviews and its "special" style and I have to admit I wasn't disappointed.

You're running around as a little boy, who stranded somewhere he doesn't know (and you don't know either) and soon notices that the place is as dangerous as it seems. The plot gets clearer after some time but the ending was a bit unusual because you really have to think and look for details to understand. And there's also room for interpretation so everyone will probably have seen a slightly different ending. ;)

In the game you are solving physics puzzles using gravity, inertia and your dexterity. In the end, puzzles get more difficult, but never unfair, and mistakes will be punished with death all the time. And you will die very often in a bloody way (trust me ;) but fortunately, you'll respawn in the last save place mostly only some steps before you died.

It was very impressive for me how they could create such an atmospheric game using only black, white and everything between and no music at all. You hear just noise of the environment. If there is a doubt that video games can be art, it is removed by this game, for example.

The reason for me only giving 4 out of 5 stars is that the game is quite short, the story should have be told more detailed, and the end is a matter of taste. But the latter is typical for art, isn't it?

I recommend everyone who hasn't played that game before, doesn't hate jump'n'runs, and likes to think when playing to give this little piece of video game history a chance.

This has got to be the most tense, disturbing game I have ever played. Everything from the background sounds to the way enemies move is seemingly designed to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. For best results, play in a dark room with some headphones.

This is a wonderfully dark game. The first half of the game is incredibly creepy, morbid, and disturbing. The second half has some great puzzles, it unfortunately looses most of the creepiness that made the first half so great but it is still fun. As others have said the ending does not explain any thing that is left to the player.

Title says it.

Games need to be more atmospheric like this. Despite the minimalist graphics & "lack of color", this game delivers. It's living proof of 2D's superiority over 3D many times.

Warning though: the GamersGate version does not give you a Stean-activatable key if you're looking for Steam achievements.

I liked the black and white atmosfere. It's a really nice and well design game... if you like platform games. Not so complex indeed. I've enjoyed a lot with it. It's not a long game buy it's a just long game by price and enjoy it offers. It's a good buy I think.

Very good, if very short game.

The puzzles aren't that hard, outside of maybe one or two and even though this game is billed as being a 'learning by dying' kind of game, it was not as bad as expected in that regard. For one, there are plenty of checkpoints and since there is no lives system, you have essentially infinite continues. Outside of maybe one or two puzzles, it was generally obvious what needed to be done the moment you encountered the puzzle. The atmosphere and mere hints at a story/plot are the main attractions.

This game is quite a challenge. But, what is gives you, is a feeling. "Glauque", as we say in French would better describe the universe and the emotions you feel all the way through this nightmarished adventure. Test of the mind. Nice puzzle game.

I really wanted to like this game, and in fact i did really enjoy the first 2/3 of it. the feeling of its world is amazing, you are feel always watched, walking on a thin line between hunter and hunted never knowing how you will get out of this situation. The visuals are simple yet beautiful.

but all of this changes in the last segment of the game where you're thrown into some clockwork puzzle factory and all you do is push buttons and jump around. all the sense of fear and wonder of that marvellous world disappears as you play through lifeless artificial segments repeating the same motions again and again until you have the peefect timing to solve the puzzle and proceed to the next one (the platforming was quite fun in the earlier stages but gets unnecessarily hard and punishing in the last parts).

And the payoff for enduring the last part of the game? some artsy bollocks cutscene that explains exactly nothing.

Is a 2D platform game with some amazing puzzles (to die several times before completing them). I bought for myself in steam, and then buy 2 copies here at gamersgate, to send as gifts.

Definitely a must have in your collection!!!

Like it was said in one of the reviews - there is one word that suites this game the most - disturbing. There is something beautiful but also anxious in the LIMBO's world that makes you going deeper and deeper into it.

Game is enjoyable even if you don't like that kind of games(me neither), but its got that 'something'. It's quite short, only 4-5 hours of play but it's totally worth checking out.

I bought Limbo when it was on sale at $2.50, and I wasn't disappointed. The game is surprisingly good, and I must say lives up to the hype. The atmosphere is very tense, and at times horrific when both the audio and visual start to play tricks with your imagination. The game's accessibility depends on how good you are at solving puzzles, but there are also many memorable sequences which make the game such a joy to play.

LIMBO also tends towards the hard side. Make no mistake - you (presumably) play as a young boy, but you will die a lot, and often in gruesome ways that make you cringe in spite of the lack of explicit details. The lack of colours also occasionally makes it hard to distinguish what is scenery and what isn't.

One of the biggest issues I have is that the game is really short. You can complete it in about 4-5 hours, and there's no real motivation to replay the game after that. Another complaint is the storyline, or the lack of it actually. You will visit many locales throughout your journey - jungle, hotel, mine - but even though the flow and pacing is consistent, none of it really makes sense. There's no sense of purpose. You, as the main character, are just there for the sake of being there.

For $2.50, I can say I've had more fun than what I paid for. At $10, it's a bit steep, especially given the game's length. Still, it's a really fun ride, and I have to say, it's one of the better platformers to have come out in recent years.

An odd, sometimes disturbing, but strangely attracting story. Or not. Hard to tell, there is no plot. Or is there? Intuitive and artistic.

Very enjoyable puzzles, somehow a little short but totally worth it. The puzzles are well separated among levels so you can replay anyone you like without getting through the entire game again, overall a good game.

LIMBO is a deceptively difficult puzzle game that leaves you frustrated, but with a smile on your face. Some people may consider this a snuff game but the deaths are almost as much fun as solving the puzzles.

The puzzles are surprisingly difficult at times. My favorite was a switch puzzle where you have to jump over the first or you get crushed. Then there's another switch. If you jump over it, you find out the ground _behind_ it is the actual switch and you get squished.

The ending of the game comes as a surprise. I was not expecting the game to end when it did and it took me some time to figure it what it meant.

Overall, a fun little game that's well worth the few dollars it costs. It has a fairly high replayability as you'll want to collect all eleven eggs and one of them requires playing through in one sitting with five or fewer deaths. Still working on that one.

I heard a lot of hype about LIMBO from a lot of website so I thought I would give it a try and I was not disappointed. The game is about a boy who is lost in the woods looking for his sister and he has quite a struggle doing it since the odds are heavily stacked against him. The graphics have a great black/white look, the sounds is great and the controls are dead on. The game can get frustrating since since some puzzles can be frustrating and you can die a lot but still a fun game to play For only $9.99 you really should not pass this game up.