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A puzzle game where the rooms are items and the items are rooms. Get to the goal by moving, rearranging and duplicating rooms and altering the structure of the world.

Recursed is a indie, puzzle and 2d game developed by Portponky and published by Shambles Software.
Released on September 30th 2016 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 9 languages: English, French, German, Czech, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Korean and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 580 reviews of which 568 were positive and 12 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 7.79€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Recursed into these genres:

Indie Puzzle 2D Puzzle-Platformer Difficult Adventure Great Soundtrack Pixel Graphics Female Protagonist Family Friendly Platformer

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: Yes
  • Memory: 100 MB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.1
  • Storage: 80 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: 10.9
  • Processor: 64 bit
  • Memory: 100 MB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.1
  • Storage: 80 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Debian 8 / Ubuntu 14.04 or above
  • Processor: 64 bit
  • Memory: 100 MB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.1
  • Storage: 80 MB available space

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Sept. 2025
This is probably my favourite puzzle game of all I've played, and I've played a lot. There's a few that I really really liked, but if you ask me for only a single suggestion, this is it. And I have suggested it many times indeed. The concept is so unique, the subtle humour perfectly matches the game's vibe, and the mechanics make for a really interesting and mind-bending experience. Being a programmer surely helps with understanding the game's quirky concepts but is in no way a requirement and you can enjoy it anyway. If you like your brain being fried a little in the process that is :) Thanks for this gem portponky!
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June 2025
A really fun, hard puzzler based around recursion. I thought this game and the puzzle design were pretty perfect up until the final two worlds. At that point some of the puzzles, especially with fissures and jars started feeling tedious and often times I would realize what I needed to do to solve the puzzle but the setup or chain of events was too much to store in my head at once. You probably want to use a paper/pen to keep track of the recursion/state in the final levels. Will play Ice Palace once my brain is less fried.
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April 2025
Go play the free fanmade dlc "The Ice Palace" when you are done with this game. Some of the best puzzles i have ever played.
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March 2025
Playing this in 2025, after Patrick's Parabox, makes this game feel less impressive and more limited. I might even recommend PP over this, particularly for lots of QOL features like undo and seeing the whole puzzle. But this came 6 years before! I still am enjoying my time with this perplexing game and if you're looking for something to bend your mind it's a good pick.
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Feb. 2025
This is a tough puzzle platformer game. And when I mean tough, I mean almost impossible to complete without hints or some guidance. Graphics, controls, and music departments are really good. You won't notice anything out of place. A very small tutorial will show you the basic controls but then you are basically on your own. Bear in mind that there's a hidden move that is almost mandatory and the tutorial omits, down + jump to get down from cubes and thin floors. You have to understand and deduce how the world components interact with each other, and as the title implies, expect a lot of recursion as game mechanic. Recursion sounds like a fun puzzle idea, but in reality it gets very easy out of control. Advanced levels tend to combine every possible mechanic, where you will have to remember how many recursion levels are you in, what items are in each, different "parallel" worlds, and other gameplay features. One mistake can immediately make the level unbeatable. There's a raven that appears when the level is unwinnable to signal that you have to restart, but that only seems to work on the easier first puzzles. I beat the game, but unfortunately I had to recur to hints. A lot of hints, I manage to beat most puzzle games without them, but this one is definitely something else. The game also has hidden diamonds and rubies that are the ultimate challenge. You need to bend the rules to even get access to the puzzles that contain those. There are hints of a plot though audio logs but in the end that's just a red herring that just stop after the main puzzle games are done. There's also custom puzzle packs made by the community, so that's a nice feature if you really love the game and want more. To summarize, I really enjoyed the first 3 worlds. Game mechanics and world complexity will escalate fast.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Recursed is currently priced at 7.79€ on Steam.

Recursed is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 7.79€ on Steam.

Recursed received 568 positive votes out of a total of 580 achieving an impressive rating of 9.09.
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Recursed was developed by Portponky and published by Shambles Software.

Recursed is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Recursed is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Recursed is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Recursed is a single-player game.

Recursed does not currently offer any DLC.

Recursed does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Recursed does not support Steam Remote Play.

Recursed 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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Release 30 Sep 2016
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