Lifeless Planet surprised me.

Actually, the moment the game started and I looked around at the desolation and then took my first steps into the unknown, I knew I was going to love this game. It just had that kind of promise to it. And I'm glad to say that playing it was totally worth it.
The game starts out innocently enough - an astronaut stranded on an alien planet, looking for the rest of his crew, hoping to survive it all. But then our hero stumbles into a deserted town and it looks all too familiar, exactly like a scene from Earth: even a Russian flag flies in the alien wind. Strange indeed, but it's just the beginning of more strange and weird but spectacular things to come on a very personal journey about surviving loss.
You can't help but wonder what lies behind the next dune, the next giant doorway, the next turn in the path and where it is all going to lead to.
You get to explore the seemingly lifeless planet, learn about what has happened there, using your jetpack in the lowish gravity to get to otherwise unreachable places and solving puzzles by interacting with the environment. The controls are uncomplicated and the scenery is stunning.

Lifeless Planet gets my vote and I'm definitely going back to experience it again.

Lifeless Planet surprised me. Actually, the moment the game started and I looked around at the desolation and then took my first steps into the unknown, I knew I was going to love this game. It just had that kind of promise to it. And I'm glad to say that playing it was totally worth it. The game starts out innocently enough - an astronaut stranded on an alien planet, looking for the rest of his crew, hoping to survive it all. But then our hero stumbles into a deserted town and it looks all too familiar, exactly like a scene from Earth: even a Russian flag flies in the alien wind. Strange indeed, but it's just the beginning of more strange and weird but spectacular things to come on a very personal journey about surviving loss. You can't help but wonder what lies behind the next dune, the next giant doorway, the next turn in the path and where it is all going to lead to. You get to explore the seemingly lifeless planet, learn about what has happened there, using your jetpack in the lowish gravity to get to otherwise unreachable places and solving puzzles by interacting with the environment. The controls are uncomplicated and the scenery is stunning. Lifeless Planet gets my vote and I'm definitely going back to experience it again.