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Recursed
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“So this is a really cute little puzzle-platformer ! I have somewhat of a different perspective on this game Personally, as a software engineer, I found this game really easy. I’ve played less than 2 hours and already cleared through most of the game. Thats because Recursed is…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Very interesting concept . A challenging and engaging game where you get to understand about the abstract concept of recursion.”
— a player, Steam review · 52 hrs played“The logic is nice. And so are puzzles. But audio design (sfx) and that commenter ring (it's comments make no sense) are terrible. Gets annoying really fast. Not surprised such a gem is not known to a public. Game design is underdeveloped”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedLatest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Puzzle · 2D · Puzzle-Platformer · Difficult · Adventure · Great Soundtrack · Pixel Graphics · Female Protagonist · Family Friendly · Platformer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Czech, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 17 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.shamblessoftware.co.uk |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Yes Memory: 100 MB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.1 Storage: 80 MB available space