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Causal Loop

91% positive of 49 Steam reviews

Released: 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam, GOG, Epic, PlayStation

Made by Mirebound Interactive. Published by Headup.

About the game

Causal Loop is a narrative puzzler that blends mind-bending mechanics with a rich sci-fi story about time, consequence, and survival. Solve intricate puzzles by using the signature “echo” mechanic to record, replay, and interact with up to three versions of your past self. Can you break the loop?

Tagged by players

Philosophical
Time Manipulation
Puzzle Platformer
Mystery
Logic
Platformer
Emotional
Futuristic
Sci-fi
Action-Adventure
First-Person
Realistic

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Positive

What players say

Recommended
Absolutely stunning game, a tight story and an excellent cast. The puzzles have a very gradual difficulty curve and are well presented. Genuinely excellent gameplay experience.
10 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Recommended
This game is an incredible achievement for such a small development team. Every feature of this game appears as if it is made by a large group of developers. Great graphics, good puzzle mechanics, strong level design, good story and dialog. One of the best puzzle games released in recent times.
23 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Well, I’m a bit sad to write a bad review because the idea is not bad and effort have been made for the story. I’m almost at the end of the game (just one more level) and I will probably beat it to get the end of the story but it’s really tedious, and I don’t want to play anymore, because of gameplay. The first problem is that the main mechanics is extremely underused for like the 12 first chapters (on 15) and it’s…
13 h played when written, mostly on Steam Deck. 15 found it helpful.
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