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Vision Soft Reset (itch.io)

This game fucks. It's basically a 4D metroidvania, so while you're exploring the standard Super Metroid-style cavernous alien planet, you're also exploring different timelines that you create "nodes" in each time you save, which also function as fast travel points. Minor upgrades like extra health can't travel with you between timelines, but major upgrades do, so you can quickly hop between timelines to solve puzzles. But also, like a game like Outer Wilds, you'll sometimes have to start completely new timelines or use some outside-the-box thinking to solve certain puzzles.

I will say that while the game is a normal length for the genre (about the length of Super Metroid, I'd say) I kinda wish it was longer and really went deeper with the time travel mechanic! I also beat the game on accident -- I was doing something that I thought was a major sidequest, and it ended up leading me to the final boss. Whoops!

This game can be kind of punishing at the beginning while you're still getting the hang of the mechanics - and especially in combat, thanks to low health and an inability to shoot diagonally - but stick with it and it's totally worth the effort.