Return of the Obra Dinn
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5recommend
1warn against
Nov 13, 2025first mention
Apr 21, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I love puzzle games”
“similar to Return of the Obra Dinn, the whole universe story is weaved perfectly”
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“this is an excellent one”
Caveats and dissent
“the visual style made me feel physically ill”
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“I love puzzle games”
“similar to Return of the Obra Dinn, the whole universe story is weaved perfectly”
“the visual style made me feel physically ill”
“this is an excellent one”
On Return of the Obra Dinn's dithering specifically, here is the original developer blog on its dithering: https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=40832.msg1363742#msg1363742 It's intended, aesthetically, to remind you of Atkinson dithering (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkinson_dithering), a variant of Floyd-Steinberg dithering often used in graphics for the black-and-white Macintosh.
“play 'Return of the Obra Dinn'”