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LIMBO
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Limbo is a puzzle-platform video game with horror elements developed by independent studio Playdead and originally published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. The game was released in July 2010 on Xbox Live Arcade, and it has since been ported by Playdead to several other systems, including the PlayStation 3, Linux, Android and Microsoft Windows. Limbo is a 2D side-scroller, incorporating a physics system… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
394 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
84
LovedLoved
255 positive · 48 negative
95% range 80–88%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 255 | 48 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 21 | 1 | 61 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
19,429 of 21,180 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
85% recommend · 218 yes, 38 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 256 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (57,381 of 62,248 positive).
Players praise LIMBO's dark, atmospheric world and minimalist art style. [1][2][3] Many find the puzzles clever and satisfying, though some note frustration with trial-and-error. [1][2][4] Some reviewers criticize the short length and slow pacing. [5][6][7]
Liked
Representative posts
- [5]
I finished this game, but I'm still not sure why. I've been playing games like this for a long time, and I love all kinds of puzzle games as well as pretty much any 2D platformer. Unfortunately, I can't recommend this one. It took me about 3.5 hours to finish, although I was sick while playing. I honestly think it could be completed in under 2.5 hours without rushing. The problem is that I don't think there's even …
- [1]
Minimalist yet haunting. Smart puzzles, tight controls, and a chilling atmosphere that sticks with you after the credits. Short but memorable. A must-play if you appreciate mood and design over dialogue.
- [2]
Limbo is pretty short and minimalistic, but with its dark, mysterious atmosphere, clever and challenging puzzles, black-and-white style, and sometimes macabre, dark humor in the death scenes, it totally won me over. I highly recommend it.
- [3]
LIMBO is a short but powerful experience: a black-and-white puzzle platformer that stands out for its dark atmosphere and silent storytelling.
- [4]
LIMBO is a dark and atmospheric puzzle game that’s simple but really well done. The world feels creepy and quiet, and figuring out the puzzles is satisfying. It can be frustrating at times, but finishing it feels worth it a classic indie game for sure.
Summarised from 34 of the 318 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
85% of the 256 Steam reviewers we collected recommend LIMBO. The complaint that keeps coming up: short playtime for the price. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Limbo's initial release on the Xbox 360 has received acclaim from video game critics and journalists; the subsequent release of the game for the PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows platforms received similar praise, holding Metacritic aggregate scores of 90/100 and 88/100, respectively, compared to the 90/100 earned by the Xbox 360 version. Some journalists compared Limbo to previous minimalist platform games such as Another World, Flashback, Heart of Darkness, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Ico, Portal and Braid. Reviews consistently noted Limbo's short length for its higher selling price: two to five hours of gameplay for 15 euros or 15 U.S. dollars. Reviewers asserted this length-to-price…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 394 · most liked firstLIMBO is 16 years old today Yea, you read that correctly—16 YEARS I remember when this game released on XBOX 360 and I had to get it immediately. There wasn't anything else like it and as a huge fan of horror, I loved the dark and foreboding atmosphere so much. GREAT game. Happy Birthday LIMBO 🖤
positive · AI labelView post →It looks like a game called "Inside Limbo" where you kick your little brother into a spike pit.
neutral · AI labelView post →Chaos - Magic & Death on the Plane of Limbo! A 1984 ZX Spectrum release and one of Julian Gollop of XCOM fame's earlier games. An influential title, it tasks you to defeat your rival wizards in a turn-based game of cunning and sorcery. Originally published by Games Workshop, later by Firebird.
neutral · AI labelView post →Explore the Limbo islands, help the locals, and solve Uncle Lou’s mystery, in our cozy high-flying adventure game, Lou's Lagoon! 🛩️ Soaring onto PC, Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox later this year! #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGames
neutral · AI labelView post →Keeper is out today, an Xbox game about a walking lighthouse. The latest release from Double Fine is a "delightfully strange mix of Wall-E and Limbo" www.theverge.com/games/801563...
neutral · AI labelView post →Played Great God Grove recently and had a blast! Another winner from Limbo Lane #greatgodgrove
neutral · AI labelView post →JUST P RANKED ALL OF LIMBO I ALREADU HAVE ENOUGH IF THIS GAME IM CRYING
negative · AI labelView post →In which Noel arrives to the Limbo known as Stage 6 of Ninja Gaiden 1 NES PS: She did clear the game! #ArtSlamm
neutral · AI labelView post →I feel like people don't bring up Limbo anymore. Jesus what an unsettling game this still is.
positive · AI labelView post →Game #13 of 2026 ✅ LIMBO is a great game. Simple concept but challenging enough to stay entertaining throughout. I laughed a LOT while playing as I died many times in many stupid ways. Done in 5 hours, highly recommend it! No review, I'll be editing and uploading my playthrough for YT! 🖤✨
positive · AI labelView post →I really appreciate how much this feels like the video game Limbo.
positive · AI labelView post →Thank you! Limbo is so beautiful. Same with their other game, Inside. Waiting patiently for their next project.
neutral · AI labelView post →You know what game uses assets from Oblivion and does not violate a Microsoft boycott? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbo_o...
neutral · AI labelView post →Minimalist yet haunting. Smart puzzles, tight controls, and a chilling atmosphere that sticks with you after the credits. Short but memorable. A must-play if you appreciate mood and design over dialogue.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yeah the game was ok but does anyone remember the original Great God Grove novel by Y.G. Limbo? It was one of my favorites as a kid. #greatgodgrove
neutral · AI labelView post →Walked into a charity shop and found Playdead presents Limbo Special Edition for two pounds. I honestly don't see something like this. All intact, everything in there.
neutral · AI labelView post →Speedpaint process of one of my characters of Limbo Cafe – visual novel deduction game where you play as a barista employed by Death. #indiegame #gamedev #LimboCafe
neutral · AI labelView post →Dottie is intensely interested in this guy’s playthrough of Limbo
neutral · AI labelView post →#HorrorWritersChat Hey, I'm Anna and I have got horror stories in two anthologies right now. My favourite horror games are Limbo and Dredge. Limbo has some very cool puzzles, (be aware of its content warnings though). Dredge is a cozy horror fishing game.
positive · AI labelView post →Hello #horrorwriterschat! I'm Katherine Silva, Kat for short and my specialty is grief, existential and isolation horror! My favorite game that features isolation horror is Limbo. Such a beautiful, minimalist little game.
positive · AI labelView post →(also I say this jokingly because I'm unreasonably excited about a new Legends game but also RELEASE MY HOUND FROM LIMBO NINTENDO)
neutral · AI labelView post →Got myself another platinum 😎 Solid puzzle game from the makers of Limbo and Inside.
positive · AI labelView post →One year of Great God Grove!!! I’m so thankful for this game. It has honestly healed me. Thank you Yugo Limbo and Day Lane for this magnificent game. #greatgodgrove
neutral · AI labelView post →Recorded a demo of this design for some interested publishers! Thinking of renaming it to Limbo: How Low Can You Go? 🍌⬇️
neutral · AI labelView post →"Song of Morus: Limbo Express", is an indie game developed by one person ... without AI. The progress is slow. The graphic is not top-notch. It may be a little bit short with tiny flaw here and there. But it's made fully with human heart. Please support human. #indiegame #gamedev #humanart #noai
neutral · AI labelView post →I spent countless hours with this game as a kid, and replaying it now still brings back that same joy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Xbox Game Pass August Lineup; *A Short Hike *Broforce Forever *LIMBO *Airborne Kingdom *Everspace 2
neutral · AI labelView post →Here is some workflow proof for #GamesWithoutAI . For "Song of Morus: Limbo Express", I use VRoid Studio + Photoshop + Blender for character creations. That helps me to single-handly create all individual anime style 3d characters for the whole game. #indiegame #indiedev #OC
neutral · AI labelView post →the problem with this is democratic strategists see someone this unpopular and think the upcoming election is actually a game of Limbo and they need to make their guy even worse
neutral · AI labelView post →Nothing can be seen in the background because there is steam, and steam is known to be 95% safer
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Limbo is pretty short and minimalistic, but with its dark, mysterious atmosphere, clever and challenging puzzles, black-and-white style, and sometimes macabre, dark humor in the death scenes, it totally won me over. I highly recommend it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →People don’t play the game ‘Limbo’ anymore. #CasualObservation
neutral · AI labelView post →Limbo devs had to have played this game, it had to be a memory seared into their minds
neutral · AI labelView post →Somerville ✅ Playtime: 6hrs Difficulty: N/A 💭 Somerville is a sci-fi puzzle-lite adventure by people who worked on Limbo and INSIDE. After an alien invasion separates you from your family, you go on an adventure to find them. It’s a beautiful game, fairly simple and even had a nice twist.
positive · AI labelView post →I finished this game, but I'm still not sure why. I've been playing games like this for a long time, and I love all kinds of puzzle games as well as pretty much any 2D platformer. Unfortunately, I can't recommend this one. It took me about 3.5 hours to finish, although I was sick while playing. I honestly think it could be completed in under 2.5 hours without rushing. The problem is that I don't think there's even 45 minutes of actual content here. The character moves so slowly that it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simple mechanics and a beautifully progressing story. But the price a bit much for playing time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →⭐ “10/10 would emotionally spiral again” — A totally normal review of Limbo You play as a small boy in a world that clearly woke up and chose violence. Within the first five minutes, I learned three things: Gravity is not your friend. Spikes are very committed to their job. This game hates children. The aesthetic? Gorgeous. Black-and-white, moody, artistic… like a Tim Burton film that forgot to include hope. Every scene feels like a nightmare that went to art school and graduated with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →9.0/10 (Atmosphere, Creativity, Art, Scenery) 6.0/10 (Gameplay) If you approach LIMBO with an experiential and immersive mindset, simply savoring it once, you'll gain an exceptional gaming experience. But if, like me, you also aim to unlock every achievement, you'll inevitably find it tedious and monotonous. The term “limbo” originates from Latin, meaning “the edge of hell.” It's a religiously charged term referring to the liminal state where the souls of virtuous non-Christians or unbaptized…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just finished the 2010 game "Limbo" and now I'm heading down a rabbit hole on the symbolism and meaning. This was an incredible game
positive · AI labelView post →RAID TRAIN HAS GONE TO IT'S NEXT STOP!🚂 We ended stream crying because Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo fucked me UP, but it's such a cute game! Please make sure to follow the raid train and go show love to @buzbee.bsky.social who is the next stop for the next few hours! www.twitch.tv/bumblinbuzbee
positive · AI labelView post →Setting my bar low not because that’s where my expectations are at, but rather because I feel like a rousing game of Limbo is a great way to test the fortitude of potential suitors.
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is about Worker 7569, a servant-class robot who continues to take orders from the humans above, until mine transformed into a living hell and stronghold of rebellion The game is inspired by Limbo and it's called Worker 7569 #indiegames
neutral · AI labelView post →The game overstays its welcome. It’s a style over substance game. Zero story. Because it has no story, it is filled with timed puzzles that waste the player’s time. These puzzles are timed pixel perfect puzzles, where if you don’t do it absolutely perfect, you have to do it all over again. There is no room to breathe or for error. I did not use a guide to play this game and I went in blind. The part that I stopped letting the game waste my time, was when I had to press a button to try and use…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Character of @nsffishy.bsky.social in our D&D game His name is Limbo
neutral · AI labelView post →Limbo ✅ Playtime: 5hrs Difficulty: N/A 💭 I am really vibing with these types of games at the moment and Limbo was another enjoyable experience although I preferred INSIDE. The game, particularly the ending, was pretty haunting.
neutral · AI labelView post →Full crew of "Song of Morus: Limbo Express" Still working hard on the game #gamedev #devlog #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →Limbo has a way of capturing someone’s attention without any context or doing anything special. I remember being glued to the PS3 version, the same is happening today with the Steam version. Not only is the style striking, but a lot is happening at a rapid pace. You need to pay attention to the environments if you want to stay alive for long. Here also lies strength as the game is very good about little details and cues to warn you of potential dangers. Sound effects, lighting and random moving…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I truly love how eerie, gloomy and unsettling the game is. I appreciate that it doesn't hold your hand and challenges your brain despite its simple mechanics. During the first blind run some puzzles may seem easier than others; you might predict what's coming, but then the next step offers another surprise. It was one of those games that had been lingering on my watch list for ages and ignited the spark at the right time. I wouldn't be surprised if Limbo was created by the spawn of the devil…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think it's a strange game, don't get me wrong, I was going to write a negative review at one point, but after thinking it over, I decided to recommend it because structurally it's better than Little Nightmares. I mean, it's not very complex, but you do have to be clever to solve some of the puzzles, which I like. The atmosphere is okay, passable, a black and white that leaves you with a lot of questions. I like to talk about history and I didn't understand a damn thing, but that's typical…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The art direction in this game is very cool, the dark and creepy aesthetic is pretty nice. That's about as far as the positives go. As for the puzzles, they're either super obvious as to how you're supposed to tackle them or "I need to look up an online walkthrough for this bit because I didn't notice the hidden box at the other end of the section". Most of the actual difficulty comes down to the execution. This wouldn't be as bad if the character wasn't so slow and the controls weren't so…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sleebo I did play Limbo last year for first time and then, I love it! ^^ #dragon #derg #fanart #limbo #game #2025
positive · AI labelView post →Announcement: Special Halloween Stream!🎃👻 I am playing #LIMBO for a special stream. I love this game and have wanted to stream it for awhile. Also, I'll have limited B&W channel redeems for the stream too during this event ❤️ Start time Thursday 7PM EST Www.twitch.tv/ryoku_7
positive · AI labelView post →Live now with a BRAND NEW game!!! Join me for some creepy, crawly fun with LIMBO! Can we escape?! 🕷️ Lurkers welcome & extra appreciated! 🖤 twitch.tv/ssophology #LIMBO #IndieGames #FirstPlay #LiveNow #HappyHalloween #TwitchStreamer
neutral · AI labelView post →LIMBO is a short but powerful experience: a black-and-white puzzle platformer that stands out for its dark atmosphere and silent storytelling.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The most overrated ♥♥♥♥ i have ever played. Also the game crashes right at the very end.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Limbo is a beautiful game Screenshots from last night
positive · AI labelView post →LIMBO is a dark and atmospheric puzzle game that’s simple but really well done. The world feels creepy and quiet, and figuring out the puzzles is satisfying. It can be frustrating at times, but finishing it feels worth it a classic indie game for sure.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really love the atmosphere, dark and gloomy. The puzzles are either easy or annoying, nothing in between. I wish I could bother to finish it, but I don't.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🌟 [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45575657]Follow Ainsel Reviews - Curator for the weird & lovely 🌟 “LIMBO” doesn’t tell you what it is. It infects you instead. You stumble through a monochrome purgatory where gravity disobeys, bodies twitch, and every sound feels like a confession. The boy isn’t searching — he’s reliving. Every death feels too specific, too rehearsed, as if guilt itself built this playground. It’s a place where your worst memories play hide and seek, where the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#Game 'Limbo', by Playdead game studio.
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