Cocoon (Geometric Interactive)
Geometric Interactive is a small indie studio in Denmark by former employees of Playdead, i.e. the studio behind Limbo and Inside, two of the most incredible 2D puzzle platformers ever. Cocoon is their new project and it’s a top-down adventure game where you play as a bug-like creature buzzing around an alien planet. The core mechanic is straight out of the marble scene at the end of Men in Black where our universe is revealed to just be the plaything of higher dimensional beings. Each world in Cocoon exists in an orb that you can hop out of and carry around to solve other puzzles in other worlds. The “hierarchy of worlds within worlds” is the mindfuck, but there are also Zelda-like boss fights to bring you back down to Earth. I think this one’s going to be very special.
Platform: PC, PlayStation, Xbox (Game Pass)
Release date: 2023
