What are the best PC games with abstract artwork?

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Best PC games with abstract artwork	Price	Steam Rating	Genre
-- Antichamber	-	Very Positive	-
-- Strata	-	Very Positive	-
-- Thomas was Alone	-	Very Positive	Puzzle, Platformer
-- Mini Metro	-	Very Positive	-
-- Rymdkapsel	-	-	-

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Antichamber

Top Pro

Unique minimalist visuals

Using stark white halls with glowing colors there is a minimal beauty to Antichamber. One room houses great abstract art which changes depending on which way you are looking at it. See More

Top Con

Lack of story leaves the player wanting

There is not much of a story to be found in the game and what there is is pretty convoluted and has the player asking what even happened by the end of the game. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Top Pro

Brilliant puzzles

The primary theme to puzzles in Antichamber is that things aren't how they appear. If you walk down a hallway and turn around, you might be in a totally different area. This leads to some incredibly interesting and difficult puzzles, forcing you to think about the world around you in a totally new way. See More

Top Pro

Good for speed running

A great game to put your speed skills to the test! Great for those who love any percent speedruns! See More

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Strata

Top Pro

Addictive gameplay that steadily increases in difficulty

While the gameplay starts out as being quite straightforward (therefore easing the player into the game), the difficulty does build as one continues to play. See More

Top Con

Gameplay is too simplistic

The game is easy if you can figure out the pattern in question. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Top Pro

Original design and gameplay

The minimalistic look of the game as well as the way the gameplay works is quite original while still staying intuitive. See More

Top Con

Includes in app purchases

Strata is an upfront paid game at $2.99 which is why it is disappointing to see that in app purchases later apply. See More

Top Pro

2D minimalistic "weaving" that requires thinking in 3D

While represented in 2D the puzzle solving aspect of the game requires thinking in terms of "levels" as one would while weaving. See More

Top Con

Short

The game can be beaten in about six and a half hours, which is really not all that long for a PC game. Of course originally this was a mobile phone game, which shows its roots in the length. See More

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Thomas was Alone

Top Pro

Polished ethereal soundtrack

Haunting guitar strums mixed with beautiful piano chords and bits of chiptune creates a very fitting soundtrack that allows for an experience of polish not often found. See More

Top Con

Some puzzles can be difficult

Here an there are a few really tough puzzles in the game which can be frustrating, luckily they are few and far between as the gameplay does not tend to repeat itself too often. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:Puzzle, Platformer

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Top Pro

Pretty decent plot

For what is a pretty simplistic looking game, Thomas Was Alone offers a truly great story that actually gets the player to care about what are basically squares and rectangles. See More

Top Con

Rather short

You'll finish the game in a few hours, but for a game of this type, less is more. See More

Top Pro

Enjoyable professional narration

What really drives the well crafted story home is the wonderful narration done by British filmmaker, comedian, writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television, Danny Wallace. Not many indie small budget games receive the polish this game has in their voice acting, which really adds to the experience when playing the game. See More

Top Pro

Nice and simple controls

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Mini Metro

Top Pro

Soothing gameplay

Minimalist design and relaxing music makes this a very different experience from the bustle of some others. A minimal zen like game that allows one to relax while playing. While gameplay may get hectic there are modes of play that do not allow for loosing meaning that you can relax and just play without worry. See More

Top Con

Takes a while to get the hang of

Learning the game may take some time, though the mechanics are not too difficult to grasp, the gameplay itself can be frustrating. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Top Pro

Very minimal puzzle sim aspects

Very basic and abstract in design and gameplay the user uses limited resources in order to create the most effective routes for a transportation system. See More

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Rymdkapsel

Top Pro

Unique base building mechanic

You build out your base by attaching tetronimo shaped rooms. It's a unique kind of constraint that is rarely seen in base building games. See More

Top Con

Gameplay novelty doesn't last for that long

The game only has enough mechanics to really last a few hours, and after a few levels it's done. There is no infinite mode. See More

Top Pro

Relaxing "Zen" mode

There is included in the game a "Zen" mode where users can play with no enemies in the levels, which makes for a more easy going and relaxing experience. See More

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Reassembly

Top Pro

Unique building based gameplay

You have building blocks that you use to design and create with. The more you explore and gather the more building blocks are unlocked. You can choose to be aggressive or not. The designs you make are as unique as you are. The gameplay is absorbing, you can be as much artist or engineer as you like. You get to see how your creations exist in the universe against the environment and other players creations. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

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Glitchspace

Top Pro

Inventive 3D representation of programming

The player needs to get from point a to point b by fixing glitches in the environment by using a programming language called Null, which allows user manipulation of the environment. Through this manipulation the game focuses on an inventive way of showing 3D representations of the mechanics of programming. See More

Top Con

Intimidating to learn

Upon first boot it is quite obvious that the game will take a bit of play to learn, this is made worse by the fact that there is no tutorial. Though the game is in early access, so that may change. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

Top Pro

Helps you learn how 3D game geometry works

While the 3D programming language in the game doesn't have much scripting or logic in it, it does teach you about how 3D geometry works through concepts like scaling, translating, and transforming objects and vectors. See More

Top Pro

Non stress environment

The music in game is similar to elevator music and the visuals are simple and relaxing, combined it creates an atmosphere that is pretty stress free, which is good as the further one gets the more complicated the game can become. See More

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Race the Sun

Top Pro

Everchanging levels

Top Pro

Nice soundtrack

Top Pro

Pretty graphics

Very simple, yet beautiful. See More

Top Pro

Really good physics

The physics in the game are really responsive and have a really good feel to them. See More

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Kami

Top Pro

Challenging but fun puzzles

KAMI's puzzles can be quite challenging but once they have been completed, the player experiences a certain sense of accomplishment. See More

Top Con

Unable to purchase the full version of the game in one go

This game contains numerous "packs" which cost $1.03 a piece and cannot be purchased in full all at once. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive

Top Pro

Impressive graphics/artistic design

There is a nice visual appeal to the graphics, almost like stop motion or actual folding paper. See More

Top Con

Hard

This game gets hard, like really hard, especially considering how simple it is. See More

Top Pro

Simple gameplay

You use your mouse only, the rules are extremely simple. See More

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9 Games Considered

My Recommendation for Antichamber

My Recommendation for Antichamber

Unique minimalist visuals

Lack of story leaves the player wanting

Brilliant puzzles

Good for speed running

My Recommendation for Strata

My Recommendation for Strata

Addictive gameplay that steadily increases in difficulty

Gameplay is too simplistic

Original design and gameplay

Includes in app purchases

2D minimalistic "weaving" that requires thinking in 3D

Short

My Recommendation for Thomas was Alone

My Recommendation for Thomas was Alone

Polished ethereal soundtrack

Some puzzles can be difficult

Pretty decent plot

Rather short

Enjoyable professional narration

Nice and simple controls

My Recommendation for Mini Metro

My Recommendation for Mini Metro

Soothing gameplay

Takes a while to get the hang of

Very minimal puzzle sim aspects

My Recommendation for Rymdkapsel

My Recommendation for Rymdkapsel

Unique base building mechanic

Gameplay novelty doesn't last for that long

Relaxing "Zen" mode

My Recommendation for Reassembly

My Recommendation for Reassembly

Unique building based gameplay

My Recommendation for Glitchspace

My Recommendation for Glitchspace

Inventive 3D representation of programming

Intimidating to learn

Helps you learn how 3D game geometry works

Non stress environment

My Recommendation for Race the Sun

My Recommendation for Race the Sun

Everchanging levels

Nice soundtrack

Pretty graphics

Really good physics

My Recommendation for Kami

My Recommendation for Kami

Challenging but fun puzzles

Unable to purchase the full version of the game in one go

Impressive graphics/artistic design

Hard

Simple gameplay

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