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Induction
Induction is an abstract puzzle game about time travel and paradoxes. As you master its logic, Induction will rewire how you think about cause and effect.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.
“A fun sokoban-based puzzle game with an interesting mechanic investigating the successor map on N. Some excellent ideas that require thinking many steps in advance (or into the past) and looking at the problems from different viewpoints. I particularly enjoyed the rule…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Quite a doozy. If you enjoy coordinating a team, this is for you. Induction is a puzzle game about going back in time to curate an ideal timeline, where the most recent iteration of yourself gets to the exit, and past iterations cleanly transition into the next, without any…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.
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Transfer progress between Nintendo Switch and PC
This update allows you to transfer your progress between Induction on PC and Nintendo Switch. To transfer progress: Open the pause menu on the device you want to transfer progress from Go to the Data
Induction Update 1.1.2
Changes Add support for French, Dutch, Portuguese, Canadian French, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Traditional Chinese Replays show your most recent success (thanks to File_xor for
Induction Update 1.1.1
Changes Grid option available in 'Video' settings Credits music respects volume settings Fix a minor bug where rewind ability wouldn't be unlocked early if used on the fourth level If you experience a
Induction Update 1.1.0
This update moves Induction to the latest stable version of the Unity engine, which means the desktop version of Induction will be in sync with ports to other platforms, coming later this year. Unfort
Tim Shiel's soundtrack out now
The Induction soundtrack, by Melbourne-based composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Tim Shiel, is out now . The soundtrack combines the game’s signature theme with a collection of bespoke ambie
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Puzzle · Abstract · Time Travel · Minimalist · Difficult (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Italian, German, Korean, French, Dutch, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 6 |
| Official site | http://www.inductiongame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Memory: 2 GB RAM DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 300 MB available space