Fall puzzle oddities

Puzzle-ish games, to be sure, but this batch felt like it leaned in unusual directions. All put a lot of weight on their visuals. Two are nearly walking sims. One (guess which) is mostly a card game. But hey! They were all interesting to write about, so I hope you are interested to read. Rivage Forbidden Solitaire Desolus The Alighieri Circle: Dante's Bloodline Hypnos Rivage by Exnilo Studio -- game site A timeloop metroidbrainia on a gorgeously visual space station. You're the doctor/therapist for a research crew investigating a mysterious exoplanet. Except the rest of the crew has disappeared and the station is on its last dregs of battery power. What happened, and why is fruit levitating in the kitchen? Unlike Outer Wilds, the time loop isn't a fixed time period. Your limit is the power level. Opening any door depletes station power, and when that reaches zero, there's nothing left but the reset button. But you're free to poke around any given room as long as you like. Naturally, a…

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