Pragmata

Pragmata is an action-puzzle game about a man in a space suit trying to protect a mysterious girl in a dystopian future. Play involves a striking contrast between slow, deliberate exploration to solve environmental puzzles and frantic shootouts with hostile robots. It stands out for its eerie sci-fi visuals and how your suit’s tech lets you manipulate the environment and defend the girl in real time.

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Set on a cold lunar base, you play Hugh, an astronaut who rescues a young robot named Diana after a disaster rips through reality. As you explore, you use tools like a drone and augmented vision to solve puzzles, such as restoring power, hacking computers, or disabling enemy robots. The puzzles are unusually paired with substantial shooting mechanics where Hugh must juggle weapon use, dodging, and cooperative timing.

As you progress, both the puzzles and shooting grow more demanding, requiring timing, observation, and strategic use of your gear. You might adjust gravity to float over obstacles, disable surveillance systems, or align satellite data to open new paths. You go from simply scanning areas for clues to actively reshaping the environment through hacking systems, shifting gravity, or rebuilding damaged platforms - all the while dealing with the heated gun fights.

The result is an elegant fusion of shooting, puzzle, and narrative. It's a game where both accurate shooting and manipulating your surroundings are key to progress. Hugh’s brute force and Diana’s cerebral hacking form a symbiotic gameplay loop, anchored in a moody lunar setting.

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Our examiner, Will Oster, first checked Pragmata 3 weeks ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 9 days ago.