While we’ve covered a ton of metroidvania-style games to the point that the genre is well and truly overdone, occasionally one comes out that still catches us off guard. Exographer […] is that game today, taking the genre and adding a number of science-based mechanics to metroidvania which have traditionally has played fast and loose with science.
The Otaku Authority [link]
I’ve played puzzle games that appear smarter than they are, and puzzle games that deceive with their apparent simplicity. Exographer is the first example I’ve encountered that is both at the same time, which is fitting given its theme.
Thinky Games [link]
Exographer a tout de la grande épopée. Une civilisation technologiquement avancée disparue, des pouvoirs liés à la mécanique des particules, une direction artistique retro-pixel mais bien contemporaine, que demander de plus ?
Gamatomic [link]
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February 2025
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January 2025
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December 2024
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November 2024
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Gamatomic – Rencontre avec SciFunGames [link]
JusteGeek – Paris Games Week 2024 : Plongée dans l’événement du jeu vidéo [link]
Game Guide – Quand le jeu vidéo rencontre la science [link]
Gamatomic – Matière à réflexion [link]
October 2024
XboxOrNot – Jouer en plein cours de sciences! [link]
France Info – À la Paris Games Week, le jeu vidéo français indépendant tente de rayonner malgré la crise du secteur [link]
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Thinky Games – A different kind of physics puzzler [link]
The Pixel Post – Les particules élémentaires [link]
September 2024
GameKotation – La fusion des sciences et du jeu vidéo [link]
TheXboxHub – A Scientific Adventure Plays Out on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and PC [link]
Radio France – Exographer, le jeu vidéo : les sciences montent en « game » [link]
God is a Geek – Exographer review [link]
GameReactor – An intriguing proposition for lovers of exploration and science, but also for a general audience looking to have fun jumping around and solving scientific puzzles [link]
Nintendo Everything – Exographer out on Switch this month [link]
École Polytechnique – Catherine Rolland, a woman committed to science and culture [link]
GamingOnLinux – Exographer is a metroidvania inspired by real science – will be fully Steam Deck playable [link]
August 2024
WorthPlaying – ‘Exographer’ Comes To Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox And PC In September – Trailer [link]
June 2024
The Otaku Authority – A New Take On An Old Genre – Exographer Demo Review [link]
May 2024
GameRes (NetEase) – 一位物理学家带队制作的平台解谜游戏，有哪些奇妙之处? [link]
Symmetry Magazine – The physicist gamer [link]
April 2024
CNRS Nucléaire & Particules l’IN2P3 – Raphaël Granier de Cassagnac : « La chaire d’enseignement conclue entre Ubisoft et l’École polytechnique a donné des ailes à notre projet de jeu vidéo » [link]
February 2024
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WorthPlaying – ‘Exographer’ Is A Science Based Metroidvania Coming To Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox And PC In 2024 – Screens & Trailer [link]
Nintendo Everything – Metroidvania game Exographer announced for Switch [link]
God is a Geek – Exographer announced, is a Metroidvania coming in 2024 [link]
Nintendo Life – New Metroidvania From CERN Physicist Focuses On The Wonder Of Science [link]