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Lingo is a first person word puzzle game with a large, abstract world to explore. With its epiphany-driven gameplay and impossible geometry, Lingo provides a unique and nonlinear experience.

Lingo is a indie, puzzle and first-person game developed and published by Brenton Wildes.
Released on December 12th 2021 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 598 reviews of which 564 were positive and 34 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Lingo into these genres:

Indie Puzzle First-Person Exploration Surreal Singleplayer Nonlinear Abstract Adventure Word Game Difficult Minimalist Logic Atmospheric Open World 3D Stylized Psychological Horror

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Storage: 53 MB available space
Additional Notes: Mouse & Keyboard Required

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March 2025

This game is a sprawling mess of endless puzzles, getting more and more insane as you keep going, devouring themselves in their own complexity. It's a less easily approachable, more cryptic version of "The Witness" mixed with "Antichamber". It expects you to know a fair bit about the english language and how it works, as well as having a fantastic sense of direction and how to retrace your steps. But I really want to emphasise that I mean none of this in a negative way. Like, 0% negative... in fact, the longer I play LINGO the more I am increasingly sucked into it's world. The gist of the game is simple: you walk around a huge non-euclidean mansion, there are puzzles on the wall, you solve the puzzles by clicking/pressing enter and typing in a response. You're only ever given 1-3 words to work with for the puzzle's prompt, but environmental clues will also do a huge part of the heavy lifting. What is the room like? How are the puzzles arranged? Is there anything connecting the word(s) and your surroundings? Things like that. At the start you'll struggle to solve even the starting puzzles as the beginning is a lot more harsh against you than something like The Witness, but soon you'll have the ability to enter a room and start rapid fire solving things without thinking twice. It's a game about learning rules, and also learning when to apply said rules. Pretty much everything is a spoiler, and I think figuring out how the game works is actually more rewarding than remembering a three letter synonym for "snitch", so i'll leave the description at that. A common expression of speech is saying something has had the "edges sanded off", becoming more casual and mushy to achieve broader mass appeal. LINGO, to me, is the first time i've played a game where it felt like the creator added edges to something else. This game is like The Witness if it was made for freaks, people who want to dive down a rabbit hole of endless knowledge and get lost in a linguistics version of House of Leaves. I grew up playing web riddle games like Notpr0n or DUMB: The Game, and honestly this reminded me a lot of that. It's a puzzle game that builds upon itself to become increasingly more complex purely based on creating more of it's own rules. Highly recommended for anyone who likes exploring, both physically and mentally! PS: Before you even start a new game, go into the settings, set the framerate to 60, and the graphics mode to "inspired". Makes the game look a million times better and i'm not sure why they're disabled by default

March 2025

Great puzzles, interesting spatial mechanics, but really needs more signposting and direction so you're not running in circles looking for one or two puzzles hidden way out of the way

Dec. 2024

It’s not for everyone, and the learning curve is kind of steep, but this is an amazing rule discovery puzzle game similar to the witness. Don’t be fooled by the graphics, this game goes deep, and with steam workshop support and tons of custom maps, there’s definitely enough content to be worth the price Chess Battle Advanced

Oct. 2024

I have about 1000 hours in this game, and I finally feel qualified to write a review. Lingo is a game that, to the naked eye, looks boring and amateur. You will be met with countless unremarkable white hallways occasionally broken by a fleeting "puzzle". Some areas feel incomplete, too long, or do not amount to anything, and doors open without you ever understanding why. You will often be frustrated at the lack of places to go or achievements to chase. The late game puzzles mainly involve a mechanic, which, although I will not spoil it, will fill you with dread when you discover its implications. It has been rightfully compared to Antichamber, although the map is less structured and never explicitly shown to you. It has also been compared to The Witness, but, this game does not share many qualities with it apart from the "panel" structure and frequent metapuzzles. This is what I would say, if I had written this review at say, 50 hours. This is the only game for which I can truly say "mind-altering". While at surface level this game may seem like a basic rule discovery puzzle game, it holds layers of undiscovered truths locked in the developer's subconscious. If you don't take what you know for granted, you will steadily continue to discover connections upon connections upon connections between its areas, its mechanics, and its many worlds. The number of epiphanies I have had with this game is countless, and there are still more to come. This kind of game design is something other puzzle game developers, or developers in general, should aspire to. In the hopefully near future I will publish a map for this game, and while it will not change the "rules" from the vanilla game, they will be used and connected in ways that have never been thought of before, resulting in puzzles, that to any normal player, would seem completely invalid. In a game like Baba Is You, the rules are clearly defined and the only room for creativity becomes making entirely new mechanics, but in Lingo they can be interpreted in multiple different ways, and this will not hinder your experience of the game. The fact this is remotely possible is mind-blowing. Please, if you like either non-euclidean spaces or rule discovery puzzle games, buy this. It has content beyond the reaches of most other puzzle games and the myriad of custom maps will literally keep you entertained forever.

June 2024

Lingo has quickly moved into the conversation for the best puzzle game I've every played. It's got the imaginative puzzles and charm of games like Baba is You and the Witness, head-scratching challenges, breath-taking solutions, and deep unprecedented secrets hidden at every corner. It's everything you want from a puzzle game and there's enough content in it for you to sink your teeth into for hours, if not days. Do not overlook this absolute hidden gem of a game. (bring your own music though, you might go insane) https://youtu.be/jvg7BDVRypk

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