Onder

Onder

Blue Volt · September 29, 2020 · Puzzle, Adventure, Exploration, Strategy, First-Person

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9 user reviews56% · 9
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About Onder

✦ AI summary

Onder is an underground exploration game where you transport items through ancient ruins to solve puzzles and uncover a path back to the surface. Combine puzzle-solving with creative freedom in both campaign mode and a build-your-own-maps creative mode to share with friends.

Alone and underground. Transport items to repair the ruins of a vanished civilization. Maybe you will find your way back to the surface. Go challenge yourself in this game called "Onder".

key features :



Explore the remaining ruins of an established civilization underground safe from all human forms
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Solve puzzles left behind during the apocalypse
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Carrying items can help you along your underground journey
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Creative Mode, Build what you want and share your maps with friends
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Onder — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Onder has polarizing reception among players. Some appreciate its minimalist, atmospheric style and meditative exploration-focused gameplay with resource gathering and survival elements, while others find it frustratingly unpolished with poor physics, unclear objectives, minimal visual detail, and puzzle design that feels incomplete or impossible to progress through. Players appear divided on whether it's worth purchasing, with complaints centering on technical execution and accessibility rather than concept alone.

Recommended Jul 20, 2025
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6 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 8, 2023
[quote][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/9686972/]Follow "[b]First Person Exploration and Puzzle Games[/b]" for more games like this![/url][/quote] The first puzzle of this game is to take a disc and put it in a disc-shaped hole. I have no idea what the second puzzle is, because I can't find it. I think I need to make an extremely tight jump onto a platform, but after about 50 attempts (from someone who has done a lot of KZ maps), I was only able to make it once, and I immediately bounced off due to the terrible physics. As you can see from the screenshots, this game is extremely ugly. There are almost no textures, and there's a horrible contrast-killing haze covering everything. I'm not sure how to get to the rest of this game, and based on the other reviews, I'm not the only one. Avoid this game.
6 found this helpful
Not recommended Jan 28, 2025
The initial challenge presented in this game involves placing a disc into a corresponding disc-shaped receptacle. However, the subsequent challenge remains elusive, as I have been unable to locate it. It appears that executing a precise jump onto a platform is necessary, yet after approximately 50 attempts—despite my experience with numerous KZ maps—I succeeded only once, and even then, I was immediately repelled due to the subpar physics. The visual presentation of this game is notably poor, as evidenced by the accompanying screenshots. The lack of textures is striking, and a pervasive haze diminishes contrast throughout the environment. I find myself at a loss regarding how to progress further in this game, and it seems I am not alone in this sentiment, as reflected in other reviews. This game should be avoided. It is an unplayable experience produced by developers who appear to have exerted minimal effort. I initially aimed to support small developers, but the game ultimately offers no meaningful engagement; players merely navigate a frictionless space that resembles a rudimentary creation a young child could have produced in Blender within a matter of minutes. It is a regrett…
2 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 12, 2026
Onder is a really atmospheric adventure that I found interesting almost immediately because of its lonely underground setting. I explore the remains of a vanished civilization beneath the surface, transporting objects and trying to repair the ruins while searching for some way back to the world above. I liked the feeling of being completely isolated in a place that clearly once belonged to something much larger. The main gameplay revolves around exploration and puzzle solving. I have to examine the ruins, work out what different objects are for and transport items to the places where they are needed. I enjoyed the slower pace because it gives me time to look at the environment and think rather than constantly pushing me toward the next objective. Carrying objects is an important part of the experience and makes the puzzles more physical. I cannot simply press a button to solve everything, so I have to actually move things through the environment and figure out how they fit into the larger ruins. Some of the puzzles are fairly simple, but I liked the satisfaction of figuring out what the game wanted me to do without being overwhelmed by complicated mechanics. The atmosphere is ea…
Recommended Nov 16, 2025
Игра 'Onder' – это атмосферное и медитативное приключение о выживании в таинственном, постоянно меняющемся мире. Игроку предстоит исследовать процедурно сгенерированные острова, собирать ресурсы, крафтить инструменты и строить убежища, чтобы противостоять суровым условиям и загадочным существам. Визуально игра выполнена в минималистичном, но при этом завораживающем стиле. Мягкие цвета и плавная анимация создают ощущение умиротворения и спокойствия, несмотря на постоянную угрозу. Саундтрек отлично дополняет атмосферу, подчеркивая меланхолию и одиночество в этом неизведанном мире. Геймплей сосредоточен на исследовании и выживании. Сбор ресурсов, крафт и строительство – ключевые элементы, которые позволяют игроку продвигаться дальше и открывать новые территории. Боевая система проста, но эффективна, а разнообразие существ добавляет элемент неожиданности в игровой процесс. 'Onder' не предлагает четко выраженного сюжета или конечной цели. Вместо этого, игра предоставляет игроку свободу исследовать и раскрывать тайны мира в своем собственном темпе. Это игра для тех, кто ценит атмосферу, медитативный геймплей и не боится погрузиться в неизведанное. Рекомендую любителям подобных проект…
Recommended Jun 19, 2025
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