Indie

Lingo

93% positive of 793 Steam reviews

To finish: 5 h
To 100%: 25 h
Released: 2021
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by Brenton Wildes.

About the game

Lingo is a first person word puzzle game with a large, abstract world to explore. With its epiphany-driven gameplay and impossible geometry, Lingo provides a unique and nonlinear experience.

Tagged by players

Nonlinear
Abstract
Surreal
Word Game
Puzzle
First-Person
Difficult
Exploration
Minimalist
Logic
Open World
Stylized

What players say

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Indie

Lingo

93% positive of 793 Steam reviews

View on Steam

To finish: 5 h
To 100%: 25 h
Released: 2021
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by Brenton Wildes.

About the game

Lingo is a first person word puzzle game with a large, abstract world to explore. With its epiphany-driven gameplay and impossible geometry, Lingo provides a unique and nonlinear experience.

Tagged by players

Nonlinear
Abstract
Surreal
Word Game
Puzzle
First-Person
Difficult
Exploration
Minimalist
Logic
Open World
Stylized

What players say

Recommended
A lovely but weird game. I'm not even that big into word games, but this was still an amazing experience. However, it is too ambitious and tries to bite off more than it can chew at times. It is a smash up of word puzzles, logical deduction, environmental learning, non-Eucledian geometry, and a tiny bit of platforming? The overall concept is amazing, but I feel like it tries to be too clever for itself and is doing…
76 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Definitely one of my favourite puzzle games I've ever played; the nonlinear gameplay, knowledge-accumulating aspect of puzzles, and effective use of "show, don't tell" really enhances the experience and helps you feel like YOU solved a puzzle, as opposed to many modern games, where it can feel like the game put blinders on you and dragged you towards the solution. If you are a word game fanatic or a puzzle enjoyer,…
13 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
You'll see an absolute tonne of reviews talking about "non euclidean geometry", and if you are like me and have no idea what that actually means in game terms, this is the review for you. This game has essentially two puzzle genres crammed into one. The first is a word association game, where you will need a good grasp of the english language. Things like synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, anagrams etc. So for example,…
1.4 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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