Antichamber

Brain go burrrr :3

The puzzles:
The kinds of puzzle games I enjoy the most are when a small amount of simple and predictable mechanics are used to make more and more complex levels using interesting level design.
This game was almost as far from that ideal of mine as it possibly could have been. There were dozens of unrelated mechanics. A few places I found felt like they might be building up to puzzles that expand upon previous interesting ideas, but I could not find any, the game just kept throwing novelties at me that are used maybe a single other time later on from what I saw.
So nothing felt like it was building up to anything and it felt meaningless and tedious. Maybe mechanics get a tiny bit of compounding complexity later on, but with the sheer amount of novelty after novelty, I doubt any of them are explored to any real depth at all.

The dialogue:
None of it felt like it had any point at all to me. It felt like flavour text just for the sake of having a bit of flavour text. I did not get any sense of purpose to anything from the dialogue either.

So basically, I saw a lot of things in this short time, but everything felt so meaningless that I never got any nice brain food to think about, which means exploration got tedious very quickly, so I just stopped playing.

I recommend this game to all portal lovers.

This is a portal-like puzzle game, with optical illusions and out-of-the-box logic intensive riddles.
The graphics use a cel shading abstract style, and the game is a work of art, and literally contains an art exposition inside.
This is a pure puzzle game, as it has no plot.
However, puzzle solutions often reward the player with zen-like aphorisms and doodles.
The solutions never felt obtuse, but the logic of the red weapon block spawning trick took a while to understand.

The sound design is mostly ambient noises which one to meditate the solutions. It never felt out of place, and I could not thing of a more appropriate kind of musical accompainment through this game

I have completed the game, meaning that I have all the doodles.
I did not use solutions until I reached the end of the game.
Then I started to complete it helping myself with YouTube videos.
Those were not really necessary, as it was mostly to quicken the process.

Finding the secret dev rooms, however, was a challenge that would have taken more time without any help.

Great Game

It is a good game.

Done.
Good game.
Excellent concept.
Simple graphics.

Absolute brainbender. I sorely wish I could play this for the first time again, because the sheer volume and quality of lateral solutions and a-ha moments was -- at the risk of sounding incredibly pretentious -- intellectually captivating.
If you like abstract puzzlers, this one is a must-buy.

If you have played The Witness and liked it, this game is similar.

Antichamber has easily become one of my all time favorite games. If you like puzzle games with interesting mechanics to use to solve those puzzles, this is a game for you. You will get stuck. You will be revisiting places over and over again. Space doesn't make sense, the map connects in places that shouldn't. It's amazing. I love the sound effects that play when you use the block gun and I love the ambient noise.

I played this game in 2025. This came out in 2013. It was way ahead of its time and still is. This is a trippy game that doesn't make sense most of the time, yet when it finally clicks, everything else starts to make more sense and become clear.

Worth the full price in my opinion.

absurd

Excellent and strange puzzler involving non-euclidean goodness.

Very weird, abstract puzzle game. I recommend letting it sit with you for a while between sessions, so you can figure shtuff out.

If life were a puzzle game, that game would be Antichamber. Antichamber had everything I was looking for in a puzzle game. It challenged my way of thinking in a way that really got the brain juices flowing. The only part I didn't like was how short it was. I beat it in about eight hours.

Very good puzzle game which challenges your sense of direction, space awareness and creativity. Highly recommended!

One huge mindfuck. Loved it.

Good puzzles

Superlative single player puzzle game, rounded out well with tidbits of humor and widom.

Highly recommend.

Great game. The one problem I had with this game was that after the first 4th of the game, I had to heavily rely on walkthroughs to finish the game. Overall though, this is a solid game with awesome minimalistic graphics and some super cool mind bending gameplay. It's just that (in my opinion,) you need to be a genius to beat it.

Absolutely EXCELLENT puzzle game, the atmosphere is just right and the challenges are great! There is also a lot of additional content to explore apart from the main "storyline". Usually hidden or locked behind even harder puzzles.

It could use some simple in-game menu with simple settings. If it crashes on startup, try running "GAME_DIRECTORY\Binaries\Redist\physx\PhysX-9.12.0613-SystemSoftware.msi" and follow the simple installation instructions. That fixed it for me!

I enjoy puzzles, this one is not trivial, had a lot of fun

this puzzle game is exhausting and frustrating , dont recommend this, been trying for hours , dont understand what to do next.

One of the best puzzle games I've ever played. Very satisfying.

Got the second block gun, found a hallway, had alot of blocks i didnt want to take into the area that clears them from inventory. so i started covering the walls with blocks, then the ceiling, and then when i did the floor they suddenly started filling in the hallways entirely. my game promptly crashed as the blocks started to merge with my sole. I think i got the good ending lmao 10/10 mostly just boot this game to confuse my friends.

Antichamber is one of the most unique and mentally challenging games I've played. It requires a lot of abstract thinking and creative critical-thinking to solve a variety of puzzles. The alternate physics and logic-breaking level design kept me intrigued and amused.

The puzzles here are different than the real-word physics puzzles from a game like Portal, but they're equally satisfying to solve. A couple of puzzles towards the end felt a bit obtuse and stumped me for a while, but I eventually found the solution after taking a break. Overall a very fun and rewarding puzzle-solving experience.

This is an awesome game. I strongly recommend it for fans of the puzzle genre.

It was one of the most interesting and enjoyable puzzle games I've played. It takes about 2 hours to complete.

Really fun and cool puzzle game. Encourages lots of out of the box thinking and gives interesting life lessons about problem solving.
4/5

thanks for this game, I had a great time!
and big thumb up for the sound design and music.

Love the puzzles, the atmosphere, the design, everything really. Must play.

A very cool puzzle game based around learning more about the rules of the world than collecting new items or whatever.

This is among the best surreal puzzle games I've played. The graphics are simple, effective, and occasionally hypnotically gorgeous. The puzzles are challenging. I managed to get through the game with no outside help which is rare for me, but it was not easy, and I spent several minutes at a time just staring at my screen trying to figure out a solution to whatever was in front of me. You would like this game if you've enjoyed games like Chroma Zero or Myst.

Good game, interesting mechanics
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Mechanics:
Sometimes you should go back to see new location
Different door to one place
You can go through something if you do not look at it.
Walk around the object to change the space.
Failing to succeed does not mean failing to progress - Go to apposite direction.
Venturing into the unknown can lead to great rewards - Finish game in the first five minutes. Life isn't about getting to the end.
Look from little window change location.
Set cube in different location to go forward.
A path may not be right or wrong - It may just be different.
Do not look down, if player look he will get sanction.
When you have hit rock bottom, the only way is up.

One of the best puzzle games I've played. makes you think in, out and all around the box. People compare this to portal, but game mechanics and gameplay is very different.
Totally recommend.

Weird-ass, non-euclidian puzzle game to vibe out to and get existential with. Very highly recommended.

One of my favourite puzzle games! Waited a few years and then replayed it. If you like non-euclidean space and figuring things out as you go with minimal instruction, this one's for you. Forever a game I will recommend.

An incredible and simple game. The basic-looking graphics are a real part of the puzzle, feel, and mystery.
Don't look up ANYTHING. Go into the game fully 100% blind and enjoy letting the game slowly reveal all the secrets to you.
Probably the best "puzzle" game I've ever played.

If "Cube 2: Hypercube" from 2002 was a game with inter dimensional gun

Did you know that
The consequences of one choice can cut us off from making others?

tldr: funky mind bending puzzle game :3

very good game, feels like a fever dream, some puzzles are very cool, some are kinda eh, however when you figure out the solution it always ends up working very well, the final sequence was very nice and i enjoyed that so much. definitely give this game a try its not even very long (i have 6.9 hours played but i accidentally deleted my save file after like 2 hours, but since its a knowledge base game i got back my progress in a couple of minutes..) it is very nice

Can't believe I hadn't reviewed this one yet. Antichamber is one of the most clever games I've ever played, delivering intelligent puzzles with such elegant, minimalist graphics, that still draw you on. While completely abstract, there is a logic to it, a clear pattern and a progression for every puzzle, that when found, just makes you keep going and going. I'm all for more imaginative and out-of-the box games like these.

Quirky, funny and very entertaining. Not at all what I expected... Sound is f*cked though, real shame.

Usually I enjoy puzzle/surreal games like Portal and Superliminal, but this one wasn't for me. The visuals are just a bit too abstract and bland, the whole aesthetic makes the game feel oddly uncomfortable to play for me. Everything's weirdly shaded with inconsistent black outlines, and the game is full of pure white corridors, which contrast too much to the sharp color gradients randomly present everywhere.

The gameplay I also didn't like. It's pretty non-linear, you immediately get thrown into the map with no direction given. There's a bunch of seemingly branching pathways, impossible to orient in because everything looks the same (full white hallways). It's unsatistfying to explore, move in and look at. You also get this little block-placing gun mostly used to block lasers, kinda feels out of place for a game all about weird perspective and spatial puzzles, and I have a personal vendetta against this mechanic (looking at you, Metamorphic)...

Overall, it was a pretty nauseating and unfun experience. Maybe it gets better, maybe there's a reason why it has over 25 awards, I didn't really get it though.

Screw this puzzles hard as fuck for my little brain but cool ideas and good to kill some time.

Great games for non-linear thinking and play styles. Things de-spawning when not looked at, twists and turns that cause you to thing you were going in circles only to be in a new place....

This a great game and the mechanics are very interesting and fun! :D

An unique experience. Possibly the best puzzle game I've played. Highly recommend.

The game is not linear. The map is kinda like a maze. You will often reach dead ends and will have to come back once you have new tools, or more knowledge. It's kinda like a metroidvania in this regard.

Also similar to The Witness in a way as you will periodically uncover new mechanics on your own and get a better understanding of the world.

Fantastic game. Rivals both the portal games imo when it comes to its unique mechanics and the way it goes about making you think outside the box. Overall atmosphere of the game is very good as well. Feels very relaxing and spiritual which does help slightly when you're getting stuck/frustrated on a puzzle. On issue with the game is that it can be extremely unclear as to where to go at times, however the game does always subtly point you in the correct direction with the colours as well as transporting you to the nessasary rooms once you've unlocked the correct tools to progress. Over all a must have for people who enjoyed portal 1/2 as well as those who enjoy abstract and artsy games

Brain hurts. Still no idea how I solved half the puzzles but I did. FOLLOW THAT DAMN CUBE.

I really really wish I enjoyed this game, because its the kind of puzzles I love to get drawn into. But the frustrations with solving those puzzles were really apparent in this one. I think I struggled mostly because I managed to sequence break a couple times, leading me to believe there were times where I could solve a puzzle (because I had managed to get there), but it was impossible because I didn't have something that was needed. Either that, or the game permitted me to get there without the right tool. In that case, I ran across a different issue: around 60% of the puzzles I solved felt like they were solved by brute force. I just keep trying things until I found something particularly unique that gave the puzzle what it was looking for. Because brute force worked *most* of the time, any puzzle that didn't have a logical piece for me to start with ended up being subjected to random busywork until I got bored or it was done. That frustration of "I don't know that I'm doing the wrong thing" was felt everywhere, and if I was going in a good direction somewhere, it was very easy to get lost and not recover my progress.

I also blindly ran past a control explanation for one of the tools, also managing to brute force the puzzle that demonstrated the new control. Without knowledge of that control, it was impossible for me to solve puzzles that required that tool, nor did I have any clue what paths I should look for that that tool had now opened. I really think the starting area should list all of the controls, or at least highlight the areas that a tool was obtained so that those control tutorials can be found again after >month of not playing.

This is an excellent puzzle game. Frustrating at times, which can be part of its charm. None of the puzzles stuck out as "unsolvable" or poorly designed. It is littered with easter eggs, which can sometimes be parts of the most challenging puzzles. Solving them is rewarding but realizing it doesn't progress you can be a let down.

The game is fairly short, but if you put it down for an extended period of time, be prepared to start it over for your own benefit.

Great stuff. Definitely a recommendation if you like FPS puzzlers.

I sat down just to see what Antichamber's general gist was, and emerged 3.5 hours later, exhausted (in a good way) and confused (in a good way). I had beaten it, but I also apparently missed one of four major things, something I assumed would be mandatory. A game that teaches you that there are no rules, and then gives you the space to learn all the rules you need to get where you're going (wherever that is) and accomplish what you need to accomplish (whatever that it). I'm happy to put it up there with Manifold Garden.

Very cool puzzle game. Magical, although pretty confusing experience.