LIMBO

The abrupt ending is so brutal for this game tho. I love games that has environmental narrative with no spoken words! Absolutely brilliant storytelling. Inside is still a better game tho.

Ending explained (spoilers)
The girl at the end is our sister that we have been looking for through the whole game apparently. And she is seen burying the player. The light beam we shattered through is our death and the game we played is basically symbolizing life itself as a journey. This is a dystopian world where the player and his sister both died and they are going to heaven through the ladder at the end, to the tree house above

One of the best indie games, exciting and mysterious, as if it were from another galaxy. The game deserves more than. thatCompared to its cheap price.

Despite it's excellent start with gaspingly brutal peril befalling the little lad moving eternally right all lit with an iconic black and white simplistic artstyle which only intensifies the brutality of each passing puzzle. Eventually however these puzzles denigrate themselves to finicky physic mechanics or have an incredibly obvious solution that simply takes forever to put in place as a result of the little legs of the previously mentioned lad you play as. Most unfortunate is that by the time these puzzles appear in the game no story or visuals appear that really impressed and even ended on a sour note, it really felt like the devs just gave up at that point and smashed the END GAME button where another puzzle should have gone. And this ending is a sour note symphony with a super "arty" and "interpretive" ending that fails to deliver any actual emotion or feeling from me besides "Thank fuck that's over with". If its already plaguing your library just kill the spider and go about your day.


Yeah no ending joke. Now I even saved you the experience of beating the game.

Its exactly what i wish little nightmares was. Clear game mechanics, entertaining puzzles, and hilarious death physics. Short and perfect (like bae)

Spent the first 10 minutes dying to a bear trap I definitely saw.
Spent the next hour dying in increasingly creative ways.
The game doesn’t teach you—it punishes you until you learn.
Limbo is just trial and error... and then more error... and then surprise saw blade.

10/10 atmosphere.
10/10 child endangerment.
0/10 for the spider’s hospitality.

Playing Limbo as an adult is not fair. I only struggled with one jump (the roof slide) and everything else was pretty quick and easy. Fun platformer, but a bit short. Good enough to play once and be satisfied with the experience.

Instead of a puzzle game,it feels more like a soulslike game.You have to die in order to find solutions to get over these "puzzles".

I never played any puzzle games before but i am certainly sure this not how a puzzle games work.
From what i know from puzzle games,it's about testing your ingenuity and using your brain,but this game do the opposite by minimizing the gameplay of using them.You test your patience instead.

The beginning of the gameplay is pretty good,gives vibe of mysterious and dreadful environment,escaping from the giant spider and some goofy kids tried to kill me,and that's all.That's all the fun i had.In the later gameplay they threw if off completely.The whole gameplay is just Push box>Pull lever>Parkour>Die>Repeat,There's nothing but boxes and lever.The spider have a define exeunt but what about those kids?0 explicating.

And i forgot to mention there's parasites that keeps stick on your head disrupting your movement.You can't avoid them,you have to get through a whole long ass way just to get rid of them and proceed to go back to where you started.Like,what's the point of this?It's just waste of time for me.If it appears for only once or twice,id say that's a very well designed mechanic,but more than that?No,not for me.

After halfway in the game,i felt nothing but fatigue.Repetitive puzzles is a big issues for this game.After completing a puzzle,i don't felt any sense of accomplishment or satisfaction,the puzzles' is just child's play and is not addictive.I am not proud of what i've solved,i just keep dying to find solutions.I kept playing puzzles pretty much the same again and again.Feels only hollowness.I don't enjoyed playing this game at all.

I agreed the art style,atmosphere is state-of-the-art and the checkpoints are mercy,but it doesn't cover up the fact that it has shitty gameplay.
4/10 only recommended for those who came only for it's art and atmosphere.

LIMBO is a reminder of childhood mobile games for most, and so is for me. A quiet and simple puzzle-platformer.

The only problem with the PC port is that once you set yourself up to smash through the glass wall the game slows down and freezes. I couldn't progress further than that no matter what i tried, kinda sad.

Beautiful, But at What Cost?

Started playing LIMBO thinking I was diving into a mysterious, artsy platformer. First half was promising. Creepy woods. Giant spider, and some sketchy shadow kids trying to murder me. “Cool,” I thought. “There’s lore in this game. Maybe I’ll uncover something big.”

Then halfway through everything starts losing potential, it’s just me, boxes, levers, and my eternal enemy: gravity. The mysterious enemies vanish like my patience. Puzzles stop feeling clever and start feeling like unpaid internships in frustration. Everything starts to feel like a big chore. And don’t get me started on the brain worms, those things hijack your controls like your little brother grabbing the controller mid-fight. Past this point in the game it only gets worse.

At some point, I stopped playing to enjoy the game, and started playing to end the game. Every death means a 7-second timeout (respawn time) like you’re a toddler who touched the stove. You stare at a screen. Nothing happens. You reflect your life choices and the fact that you missed a jump because a rope was one pixel too far.

And sure, checkpoints do exist, but sometimes you die right at the end of a chapter and it pulls you back five minutes. LIMBO isn’t long, but it feels long when you’re redoing the same sequence over and over like it’s Groundhog Day: Shadow Edition.

By the final stretch, I was watching walkthroughs just to finish the game. Not because I was stumped, because I was done. Done dragging boxes, done with puzzles that only make sense in hindsight, and so done with getting crushed by a gear I didn’t know existed because the screen is darker than my will to keep playing.

Yes, the atmosphere is top tier. Sound design? Haunting and brilliant. But that’s like serving a gourmet meal on a table that collapses every five minutes.

LIMBO is beautiful, but it hides a soul-crushing grind behind its silhouette art. It wants to be poetic, but ends up feeling like an edgy platformer with commitment issues.

I wanted mystery. I got misery.
Great vibes. Bad time.
3/10. Would rather let the game’s brain worm control my life than replay this. (Ngl he would be better at controlling it than me)

First Half vs Second Half

The first half of LIMBO is pretty promising few examples are these: nice environment, mysterious creatures, and multiple suggestion of hidden lore. There’s a bit tension and curiosity. But halfway in, it all goes away. All enemies that were shown during the gameplay disappear, the world loses its mysterious part, and the game turns into repetitive puzzles. The brain worm mechanic, which disables forward / backward movement, is time wasting mechanic, it becomes more annoying than intresting and it appears multiple times.

Pacing and Padding

LIMBO feels like its trying to hide its limited content with extended playtime with things like: long respawn time (around 7 seconds) which adds unnecessary downtime, especially when it comes to trial-and-error sequences. Checkpoints that are far away sometimes forcing you to replay minutes of content after a single mistimed jump. It starts feeling more like filler than thoughtful design. Im not saying the content is limited but this just makes me feel like it is. For example, you struggle to get past a specific point in a chapter and you finally succeed, but then, near the end, you get crushed by a box because you mistimed your jump or the controls were too lazy to work. Then you have to go through all that struggle again, and this can happen multiple times in one chapter in the same place, forcing you to repeat the same thing a hundred times.

Puzzle Design Issues

Most puzzles are based on trial and error. Few offer the satisfaction of a well planned solution. Instead, you’ll die multiple times learning the “gotcha” tricks before executing them with perfect timing. It becomes tedious fast.

Final Stretch

Around 75% into the game, the repetitiveness outdoes any remaining charm. The puzzles stop being creative and start feeling like chores. At this point, walkthroughs felt like a necessity not for difficulty, but because I just wanted to be done.

What Could’ve Saved It

• More story beats – Give us something. Even subtle environmental storytelling or shadowy flashbacks could’ve made the world feel alive for longer. That giant spider? The weird shadow kids? Please bring them back later. Tie them to something. Anything.
  
• Smarter Puzzles, Not Harder Ones – Less “gotcha” and more “aha.” Let the player feel clever, not punished. A good puzzle makes you think, not rage quit.
  
• Less time wasting – If you’re going to kill me 47 times in one section, at least don’t make me wait 7 seconds everytime you do. That’s over 5 minutes of my life I’m not getting back.
  
• More Enemies– LIMBO started strong with enemies at first that felt like real threats. Why abandon them? Even one or two new types later on could’ve kept the tension alive.
  
• Better Pacing – Not all moment needs to be a puzzle. Mix in more tension, more danger, more mystery. Make us want to see what’s next, not dread it.
  

The Good, The Bad, The Brain Worm

The Good

• Visuals that slap: The monochrome style, the silhouettes, the lighting — it’s genuinely gorgeous. LIMBO could hang in an art gallery and no one would question it.
  
• Sound design is immaculate: Creaks, whispers, distant rumbles — everything sounds exactly how existential dread should sound.
  
• Strong opening: The first third of the game had me hooked. I wanted to know where I was, what the spider wanted, and why shadow kids were trying to unalive me.
  

The Bad

• Puzzles that feel like unpaid internships: Half the time you’re solving stuff not with logic, but with sheer repetition and suffering.
  
• Vanishing mystery: Every cool enemy or world element is front-loaded. The second half drops it all like a hot box.
  
• Padding, padding, padding: That respawn delay? The redoing of entire sections because of one mistimed input? It’s not adding depth — just dragging things out.
  Tonal Flatline in the Second Half
  
• LIMBO starts with horror, tension, and urgency — and ends with you dragging a crate onto a button for the fifth time in a row.
  
• Puzzle Design Punishes Curiosity
  Try exploring? You die. Test a switch? You die. Wait too long to jump? You guessed it — you die. It trains you to stop experimenting and just play it safe, which is the opposite of what a puzzle platformer should do.
  

The Brain worm

[*]The mechanic that hijacks your controls like a bad roommate with your Netflix password.
It shows up too often, overstays its welcome, and only serves to stretch out the game time. It’s not challenging in a fun way. (Yes I had to make separate category for ts)

Visuals and Sound

The atmosphere is excellent. LIMBO nails its look and sound design. Unfortunately, those elements aren’t enough to carry the game when its core gameplay starts to drag.

Who Is This Game For?

LIMBO is a game for those who don’t mind discomfort, not just from its eerie atmosphere, but from its slow, repetitive, often unrewarding gameplay. It’s for players drawn to mood over momentum, who can sit with ambiguity and find beauty in frustration. If you need clear goals, evolving mechanics, or satisfying payoffs, this might not be your game. LIMBO doesn’t guide, explain, or often reward, it just is.

Final Verdict

LIMBO is stunning to look at and amazing in atmosphere, but it stumbles hard when it comes to gameplay. The game begins as a mysterious, moody journey turns into a repetitive slog of trial-and-error puzzles and drawn-out platforming. It hints at depth but never delivers, leaving you with more frustration than fulfillment.

It is beautiful, sure - but beautiful doesn’t always mean worth it.

3/10 — Gorgeous, but ultimately empty.

Stark, striking, side-scrolling, platforming puzzle solver.
There are so many visual and gameplay "moments" in this game.
Difficult and Highly satisfying.

Decent one and done platformer with okay puzzles.
A few interactables are blended too much into the scene that the challenge would be to know which ones can be clicked and once you find them, the puzzle is trivialized.
Bought as a bundle with Inside, and at full price I'd rather just get Inside

Great! Very short, INSIDE is a bit better, but if you liked that you will like this too.

Overall good. The logic puzzles are a lot more fun than the physics puzzles imo.

There is nothing like Limbo, I bought it at discount and finished it in just over 3 hours. It was worth it!

Challenging puzzles and creepy yet calming ambience, but the end was beautiful and the journey was worth it. Definitely one of the top classic games

the five deaths or less achievement is disgusting but game is good.

The quintessential Indie Game™️. If somehow you've never heard of this game even through cultural osmosis, stop reading this review and play the game immediately.

I had played this game in my android phone, the overall game is good and levels of the game is very well designed and also bit more challenging.

After playing INSIDE, i thought I'd give LIMBO a shot too and while it was really great, I struggled with the puzzles a lot more. Overall still a fun game that I would definitely recommend but if you want to choose between the two, go for INSIDE.

honestly.. it's not a good game looking at it with modern standards
everything and has to be done almost perfectly, when you die you sometimes wait for a minute until you can properly do something again..
im saying this as someone who loves precision platformers, where everything HAS to be perfect.. here it just feels very clunky which makes perfect movement hard and the game feel frustrating
death screen takes forever to roll in, depending on how you died and a lot of it is just repetitive, combined with doing the same thing over and over and waiting

nevertheless, the game is 14 years old and it is impressive just for what it is/was back then
it's got its place but I would not spend my time on this game again

Would highly recommend anyone wanting a change of pace and genre to try this game. short levels so can be finished in a few hours.

I just finished Limbo and unlocked all 12 achievements — what a game.

From the very beginning, the game grabs your attention with its unique black-and-white style and mysterious world. No talking, no tutorials — just you and the game figuring things out. I loved that.

The puzzles were challenging in a good way, and every section felt different and interesting. Some moments actually made me pause and just take in the atmosphere. It’s creepy, quiet, and beautiful at the same time.

Finishing all the achievements felt rewarding too — it made me explore the game deeper and appreciate all the little details.

If you haven’t played Limbo yet, it’s 100% worth your time. A true classic.

if i had penny for every game I've played as a faceless, mute young boy exploring an unexplained apocalyptic world with little to no dialogue as a 2d puzzle game made by playdead I'd have 2 pennies

i used to play this game in like 2019 on mobile and i saw it today on sale. I completly frogoted about this game and when i saw it bought it and play it. grafix 10/10 gameplay 10/10

Nice puzzle game. Played it after finishing INSIDE, and honestly story is better, ending is better at least LIMBO has a grand finale and a real ending, the puzzles were much more difficult compared to INSIDE and require some thinking.

Most of the puzzles rely on timing which can be annoying sometimes, but other than that solid early game + mid game, nice mechanics, nice game.

All in all, would recommend although it does drag on at the end.

Nice little indie classic and chances are you have heard about it or even played it years ago.

Very atmospheric with great aesthetics and, although its puzzles are not too challenging, there are secrets to be stepped on to keep it interesting on a second playthrough.

A short but sweet experience you can often get for cheap and that plays great on Steam Deck.

Unique art style, very simple and easy to play with a few testing puzzles. Great little game.

The ladder-with-wheels chapter is bit less satisfying, the others so far are great.

Hermoso,atrapante y desafiante clásico de los juegos indie con una atmósfera aterradora como nostálgica,llena de secretos y emociones por igual.

A truly enjoyable platform puzzler.
It only takes a few hours to finish; easily completed within a session or two.
However, expect some devilish puzzles and also expect to die a lot … and I do mean A LOT! Fortunately there are a generous number of checkpoints, which is extremely welcome.

I'd highly recommend - score 8/10

The game does a stellar job of creating intense moments while still balancing amazingly designed puzzles. The horror is mostly atmospheric (no jumpscares) and features some black/white gore, but it does NOT disappoint. My first playthrough took around 2.5 hours, and the subsequent time was spent finding all the easter eggs (only needed 1 hint) and getting the No Point in Dying achievement (full run in one sitting with at most 5 deaths)

Game is amazing, pick it up during a sale and get this masterfully crafted horror-puzzle game for less than $3

Limbo is a haunting puzzle-platformer that tells a story without words. Its monochrome art, eerie atmosphere, and unsettling sound design create an unforgettable, melancholic journey. With clever puzzles and a constant sense of dread, it’s both beautiful and disturbing.
A minimalist masterpiece—chilling, thought-provoking, and unforgettable.

Rating: ★★★★★

I played Limbo on Steam, and I absolutely loved it. The story is simple but powerful. The graphics are beautiful. The black-and-white style gives the game a unique, dreamlike look. Shadows and fog make everything feel mysterious and sometimes even scary. Every scene is like a piece of art, and the way light and movement are used makes the world feel alive. The game play is smooth and challenging. You solve puzzles and avoid dangers as you move through the world. The puzzles are clever but never too hard, so they feel rewarding when you solve them. The game also has moments of surprise and danger that keep you on edge. Limbo is a beautiful and simple game.

2010's Creepy Minimalist Storytelling

That works in 2025 as well!
Basically, you're this little kid, and you're just... there. In this black and white nightmare world. No one tells you anything. You just wander around, trying not to die, which, let me tell you, is easier said than done.

What I liked:
Visuals,
Sound design,
Puzzles (some are just for engineers XD),
and the vibe (like a messed up dream)

What I didn't like:
Deaths (you just can't guess sometimes),
The Ending (what in the world was that?)
& the last two achievements (Ding & No Point in Dying)

The last two achievements are pure torture for a casual indie puzzle game.
Glad they did not mess up their other game: Inside. Love that game!

TLDR:
5 hours to complete the story with 11/13 achievements. Last two are not worth it imo (-0.5 for each).
It's not for everyone, especially if you like games with a clear story and happy endings. But if you're into creepy, atmospheric stuff, and you don't mind being confused, you should definitely play it.

A 4 out of 5

Back in the day, when this game was released, it became an indie darling. Everyone lauded its creepy atmosphere and laconic monochrome visual style. Today, while still beautiful, Limbo doesn't hold up as well. After the first quarter, the atmosphere takes the back seat to the endless crate moving puzzles. Limbo came out before it became normal for games to tell a story or create an atmosphere without presenting some kind of obstacles, even if rudimentary, for the sake of having a gameplay, but it became an important step towards the advent of less gamey and more artsy games.

game is 2-3 Hours long, great puzzle/platformer short but sweet. 7.5/10 RECOMMEND BUYING INSIDE/LIMBO BUNDLE ON SALE FOR $2

Beautiful game and very good puzzles

Good one, unique and fun logic but I like inside more, plus this is a bit short.

Limbo is one of those games that sticks with you long after you finish it. The eerie black-and-white world, the unsettling sound design, and the clever physics-based puzzles make for an unforgettable experience. With no dialogue, the game lets you piece together its mystery on your own, which only adds to the tension. It’s simple, haunting, and absolutely worth playing.

Simple yet very creative and engaging puzzle solving game!

For a black and white side scroller this is Horror done so well. The puzzles and enemies are so fun and creepy. If you have played INSIDE and feel like there's no reason to go back to something earlier, you should absolutely give this a try. LIMBO has its own unique voice.

Comes with built in color blind mode.

Limbo’s eerie black-and-white art style and haunting atmosphere make it unforgettable. The smooth controls and clever puzzles keep you hooked, and the emotional weight of the journey sticks with you. Beating the game feels great—but those hardcore achievements (No Point in Dying, DING!) will really test your patience. If you love atmospheric puzzle-platformers, this one’s a must-play!

LIMBO - has already become a real legend in the gaming industr and canon in the genre of platformers with an oppressive atmosphere.

I can't call LIMBO a horror game, despite the fact that I am really EASILY FRIGHTENED and can get ass stroke from any booger that suddenly appears on the screen.

A simple and understandable plot, a beautiful graphic style, good musical accompaniment - it is really pleasant to play it and NOT SCARY at all.
Therefore, you can calmly go through it several times without fear of losing the last drops of sanity.

Achievements are obtained without difficulty.
The only one that caused difficulty - There is no point in death - because there are really a lot of places in the game where you can suddenly die, and you need to be really careful.
To get it, I had to play the game for a couple of extra hours, but the story itself goes through pretty quickly.
9/10

Limbo is a game that draws you into a shadowy, monochromatic world teeming with mystery and danger. The gameplay strikes a perfect balance between engaging puzzles and smooth platforming. It's dark, it's creepy, and it's oddly addictive.

How can something so monotonous, lack luster, dialogue or monologue void art piece be so gripping that it sucks you in and makes sure you encompass the meaning of circle of life to its core? I do not know. But what I do know for sure is that the simple story telling, the orgasmic audio, the simplicity of the gameplay, the complexity of the puzzles in progression, the variety encoded within this small package makes this game so special. The gameplay time is about an hour or a bit more per run if you know what you are doing, but will definitely take you a lot more if you are doing a first blind playthrough, which I recommend you do. The thing with this game is that all the puzzles have one and only solution to progress your run, severely limiting creative freedom to make your own viable solution. This serves as both strong and weak points of the game. Nonetheless I highly recommend this short & beautiful game.

A haunting, minimalist puzzle-platformer with stunning visuals and eerie atmosphere. A must-play!

⭐ 9/10

What is your criteria for calling a game a masterpiece?
Amazing graphics?
Great gameplay?
Deep and philosophical story?
Limbo is a video game masterpiece at its simplest.
You won't hear a single line of dialogue in this game, but you will be immersed in the game's environment and atmosphere in a way that is unbelievable even to yourself.
Highly recommended.
Trust me, this game will change your perception of a masterpiece.

After getting all the achievements, this is my review.
Limbo is a platformer puzzle game with a special charm in the unique artstyle. None of puzzles are so hard that you would be stuck for more than 10 minutes, although it can get pretty difficult in the final stages. Overall, this game is a must buy for me, but I would recommend to wait for it to go on discount, as the main story only takes around 5 hours. However, if your looking for the extra challenge, this game does offer that. You start by collecting 10 secret eggs around the levels, each with their own achievement. Once you collect the eggs and beat the game once, you can do a bonus levels unavailable to you before that is very difficult. Finally, the last achievement of the game requires you to beat the game in one sitting with less than 6 deaths. Keep in mind the 2% completion rate, this is difficult. Overall, this game is great for both the casual and competitive player and is a must by in my opinion.

Great game, simple but fun puzzles. The story is not really told to you but you are able to understand it, 10 potatoes/ 10 potatoes, would recommend.