Cradle (video game)

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Cradle
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Developer(s) Flying Cafe for Semianimals
Publisher(s) Flying Cafe for Semianimals
Engine Unigine
Platform(s) Windows
ReleaseJuly 24, 2015
Genre(s) Adventure game
Mode(s) Single-player

Cradle is a 2015 science-fiction first-person adventure game on the topic of transhumanism, developed by Flying Cafe for Semianimals.

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Gameplay

Cradle is a first-person adventure game where the player solves puzzles in and around an abandoned amusement park located in the Mongolian steppe. The gameplay varies between solving inventory-based puzzles in the environment, and arcade-style platforming puzzles in a virtual space. [1]

Reception

Cradle received "mixed or average reviews", according to the review aggregator Metacritic. [2] The game was reviewed by various critics. [7] [8]

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