

KAKUDO
Bad Weather Studios · 2023 · Choose Your Own Adventure, Puzzle Platformer, Puzzle, Tutorial, Arcade
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Positive86% · 14
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About KAKUDO
✦ AI summary
Explore mysterious labyrinths as Tamashï, solving environmental puzzles across 50 levels while uncovering an enigmatic story through collected pieces and haiku poetry. Enjoy a relaxing, story-driven adventure with three gameplay modes—Story, Time Attack, and High Score—designed for casual puzzle enthusiasts seeking emotional depth without combat or complex strategies.
KAKUDO is a single player adventure game within you explore and solve puzzles playing a small humanoïd named Tamashï. Who is Tamashï ? What is his purpose ? And what does all this labyrinthic metaphor mean ? Escape labyrinths, collect as many coins as possible, beat your personal high scores and the more important thing : try to discover KAKUDO's enigmatic story within its 50 levels !
There are no great battles, no hostile enemies, no traps and no complex strategies in KAKUDO. It's just about walking in a relaxing atmosphere that will immers you in some emotional story-driven adventure.
Using a first or third-person view, you will be able to explore KAKUDO's world through 3 different game modes :
- Story : complete all 50 labyrinths to collect story pieces and discover the mystery
- Time attack : finish each level within the time limit
- High score : beat your personal high scores
- Single Player Game with 50 unique mazes and find their secrets
- Emotional and engaging background story as you progress through the game
- A new haïku (japanese poetry) at the end of each level
- Three game modes in first and third-person view : story, time attack & high score
- Playable with both mouse/keyboard and gamepad
- Colorful low poly graphics rendered using Unreal Engine 5
- Relaxing atmosphere and intuitive gameplay
- Designed for puzzle lovers with a limited game time on their hands
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
For maze fans who prefer a relaxing experience instead of racing against time or score. While the main story mode works fine, the other modes are currently broken. The primary purpose of this game is to tell a story, and navigating mazes is only a means of moving on to the next act. You only receive a paragraph read aloud in French as part of the presentation, which is pretty basic. There are no animations or special effects. Since there’s no predetermined score or time limit in the story mode, mazes are relaxing. These can be played in either first or third person, which is more gamer-friendly because it enables you to see what's on the other side of walls. They become more complex as you go. Coins, gems, and keys are scattered around, but they only count in the secondary "times" and "scoring" modes. Both become available after finishing every stage in a chapter. The structure of each chapter is the same: the chapter begins with a story piece, you have to solve five mazes to receive the middle story part, and you have to solve five more mazes to acquire the final story piece. There is no gameplay change between chapters, the only difference is slightly different walls. Unfor…5 found this helpful
KAKUDO is a unique single-player adventure and puzzle experience that invites players into a mysterious and introspective world filled with symbolism, exploration, and quiet reflection. Rather than relying on combat, danger, or fast-paced action to maintain engagement, the game focuses on curiosity, discovery, and personal interpretation. It places players in the role of a small humanoid named Tamashï, a mysterious traveler whose origins, purpose, and connection to the strange world around him gradually become central questions throughout the adventure. From the moment the journey begins, KAKUDO establishes a tone that differs significantly from most modern adventure games. There are no armies to defeat, no monsters lurking in the shadows, and no life-threatening traps waiting around every corner. Instead, players are encouraged to slow down, observe their surroundings, and immerse themselves in an environment designed to inspire contemplation. The game embraces a more peaceful philosophy, allowing exploration and puzzle-solving to take center stage while creating an atmosphere that feels calming and reflective. The world of KAKUDO is built around a series of fifty carefully desi…4 found this helpful
A small and unpretentious independent game that offers an interesting story and manages to captivate us. In terms of gameplay, it's not the most difficult game but it offers two alternative modes that manage to offer a little challenge that gives the title some interest. In short, a little game that I recommend4 found this helpful
Nice little labyrinth game with a nice and cute story to lead you all along. Has a time limit mode for the people who wants to do it with some challenge, definitely has speedrun potential ! Has a functional colorblind mode aswell. Loved to play it while i was high tho, definitely another experience. This game is working perfectly on a steamdeck too. Nice job man !1 found this helpful
Looks like crap. Runs with FPS like crap too. Ray tracing is non functional and turns itself off. There are far better one-person games out there buddy. No need to waste your time on this.1 found this helpful
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