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Before the battery´s over

91% positive of 24 Steam reviews

Released: 2021
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Parables Games.

About the game

Restore a robot's memory files before the battery runs out. A distinct jigsaw puzzle game in which the movements and resources consume the life of your robot. Recover your memory with a variety of stylized arts that tell a mysterious story from your past.

Tagged by players

Faith
Tabletop
Board Game
Cyberpunk
Robots
Minimalist
Hand-drawn
Time Management
Comic Book
Cartoon
Sci-fi
Solitaire

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Positive

What players say

Recommended
Simple and effective artstyle and storytelling. I'm not in the middle of the game yet, and had to come and recommend this game.
43 min played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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Recommended
I never thought a puzzle game could be this hard. The game does a great job of making the pieces very similar. It's tricky to figure out what some of the later images are supposed to depict. But the scenes do a great job of telling the story, and the black and white art style complements the game well. I ran out of battery with three to go. I get the point is to recover the robot's memories before it runs out, but…
7.5 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
I love puzzle games however I do not like how there's a time limit (battery meter going down gradually) when solving all puzzles overall. I honestly feel like the time limit of battery use puzzle pieces movements should only be once per puzzle and even when game is idle the battery timer shouldn't even go down. Not for the whole game because its too much pressure to solve every puzzles accurately, without making…
36 min played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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