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Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.
Kairo is a puzzle, exploration and indie game
developed by Locked Door Puzzle
and published by Lupus Studios Limited.
Released on April 24th 2013 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 5 languages: English, German, French, Italian and Spanish - Spain.
It has received 1,717 reviews of which 1,265 were positive and 452 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 4.43€ on Eneba.
The Steam community has classified Kairo into these genres:
System requirements
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Windows
- OS *:Windows XP
- Processor:2GHz Dual Core
- Memory:2 GB RAM
- Graphics:Shader Model 3.0
- Hard Drive:1 GB HD space
MacOS
- OS:OSX 10.6
- Processor:2GHz Dual Core
- Memory:2 GB RAM
- Graphics:Shader Model 3.0
- Hard Drive:1 GB HD space
Linux
- OS:Ubuntu 10.10
- Processor:2GHz Dual Core
- Memory:2 GB RAM
- Graphics:Shader Model 3.0
- Hard Drive:1 GB HD space
User reviews & Ratings
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If there's ever a time to remember that Steam reviews are subjective, it's this one. I saw the 74% positive and the reviews saying this game was "boring" or complaining that they had to figure out "what the developer's "logic" was for solving this puzzle" really put me off from playing it. But I'm glad I didn't, this game has an incredible story woven into a carefully curated atmosphere. I'm being careful to use words like "abstract" and "avante-garde" in fear of sounding too "wanky", but this game really is those things. That's not a bad thing whatsoever - in fact it breathes life into it and gives you a reason to come back to it and keep analysing its intricacies. It's the same reason why so many people love FromSoftware games - there's so much more to enjoy than just solving puzzles. But, are these puzzles bad because you have to "figure out what the developer is thinking"? Absolutely not. They could be absolutely be more difficult, but they're designed in this way so you can progress the greater narrative. Once you understand what puzzles need to be solved to progress, and how to tell when a puzzle is correct, it takes no time at all to solve them. Maybe once I dive into the secret puzzles then I'll get that level of difficult I crave, but it's honestly a non-issue. I could go on but I'm not writing this one for a review website, so I'll make my point now: On sale or not, I think this game is absolutely worthy of your time
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Kairo is a weird game, and I mean that as a compliment. It's a 3D first-person puzzle game, through and through. I don't know why some people chose the walking sim tag, as I feel the vibe is completely different to that of games like Gone Home, Tacoma, or the Suicide of Rachel Foster. In those games, puzzle solving is almost secondary, and you're there to soak in the detailed environments. Kairo, on the other hand, is a world made of impossibly gigantic megastructures of raw concrete that have very little detail and are connected by ethereal gateways, each one with an (usually) self-contained puzzle to be solved before you can proceed. The core of the game is figuring out what you can do in each room, and then, what you need to do to 'solve' it. This intricate architecture is ominous and foreboding, aided by some weird lighting artifacts and the immaculate (yet terrifying) soundtrack. The dev has told in interviews that the early releases of the game had calm and soothing music, and he decided to switch it for a dark, rhytmic track that keeps you on the edge. It's alienating. It helps to explain the 'Horror' and 'Psychological Horror' tags, because the combination of visuals, sound and the blurred depth of field limiting your view cone, plus some elements like a coffin room and a skeleton on a throne definitely are edgy. Despite all of that, I liked it. It was reasonably easy to get through, with many puzzles not being obvious but also not obtuse. I have used a guide in a screen or two after a lot of unsuccessful tinkering. It's not a game for everyone or that can be played at any time, but if you're in that particular spot where this will work, go for it.
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[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43083373/]Clever games curator review: 8/10 . Half abstract puzzle game, half walking sim set in a minimalist world of brutalist architecture. The puzzles all involve figuring out what you can even do, with no explicit guidance. And then also, what the goal might be. While that might sound like a criticism, I actually enjoyed these puzzles. They encourage attention to detail and hypothesis testing, and don’t feel overly obscure. Furthermore, all of the mandatory puzzles feature a built-in hint system that goes from vague to explicit with each additional request for help. Only one of the puzzles felt truly unfair once I finally found out what I was expected to do from the hints. A good deal of the enjoyment of this game comes from exploring the mostly abstract environments and marveling at the geometric brutalism that is employed. But I think you can tell from the screenshots whether or not that’s going to be your thing. Probably because it’s an older game there are some rendering artifacts, at least on my Win11+3070m rig. Also, probably in an attempt to reduce the required specs to 2015 era graphics cards there are some lighting artifacts that cause a bit of flicker in corners. A modern remake could eliminate all these without changing the minimalist aesthetic at all, and would be a welcome change. If you’re not fussy though it’s easy to ignore. Although you can both jump and run in the game, this is in no sense a platformer and reflex demands are essentially nonexistent. I only recall a couple of puzzles where there was a tiny bit of timing element where I needed to push a button within a half second window. The game description seems to imply that they think there is a story being told by all that you see. I think that there is, in a very very light sense, but it’s not going to contribute much to your experience. This is mostly an abstract game with abstract puzzles and abstract cubey levels.
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A cool little puzzle game with (minimal) nonsense where progression is impractical. The atmosphere and ominous architecture are definitely the main attraction. There's even a cool little story buried deep under it. Worth the price of entry. If you're looking for fast-paced game play or don't have a ton of patience, this isn't really for you.
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Kairo is in stark contrast to most first person puzzles. It doesn't flesh out it's universe much and doesn't uses some new puzzle mechanics. Actually it feels more like a fleshed out version of a very early attempt at making a 3d game. You know, you make some 3d objects, you launch your engine and you get weird, empty, vast spaces. This is the feel that you'll get with Kairo. It's weird, vast and empty. But even though it feels like a very cheap, try hard "weird" game, it actually manages to be consistently good at keeping attention with clever puzzles one after the other. The industrial soundtrack is helping a lot as well. I don't know. It's not a game for everybody, but it's quite an interesting 3 hours.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Kairo is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.
Kairo is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.
Kairo received 1,265 positive votes out of a total of 1,717 achieving a rating of 7.12.
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Kairo was developed by Locked Door Puzzle and published by Lupus Studios Limited.
Kairo is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Kairo is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Kairo is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Kairo is a single-player game.
Kairo does not currently offer any DLC.
Kairo does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Kairo does not support Steam Remote Play.
Kairo is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Locked Door Puzzle
Publisher
Lupus Studios Limited
Release
24 Apr 2013
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