Game overview
Recursion Deluxe
A crash landing on a world inhabited by bee-like lifeforms. Stranded, our hero must unravel the rules of this uncharted planet to find their way home. Navigate a world where left is right, up is down, and you don't know where the simulation ends and you begin.
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A crash landing on a world inhabited by bee-like lifeforms. Stranded, our hero must unravel the rules of this uncharted planet to find their way home. Navigate a world where left is right, up is down, and you don't know where the simulation ends and you begin.
Recursion Deluxe features puzzle platforming inspired by many of the great classics of the past, with carefully designed levels intended to provide an enjoyable difficulty curve. Meticulously-crafted pixel art creates a throwback to classic 16-bit aesthetics.
From its humble beginnings as 'Recursion', a Flash game released in 2012, Recursion Deluxe has been rebuilt from the ground up in a new engine. This deluxe version features new puzzle mechanics, additional biomes, remastered original content, twice as many levels, new music and more!
Key Features
Classic Platforming - Overcome puzzles and challenging obstacles!
Choose Your Hero - Choose between the two starting heroes and unlock more as you progress.
Loads of Levels - Over 65 levels spanning 4 unique worlds offers hours of platforming fun!
Full Controller Support - Playable in Big Picture mode.
Pixel-Perfect Rendering - No rotating pixels or sub-pixel movements here!
Speed Running Love - Deterministic gameplay and ability to track the number of frames elapsed.
Heavily Moddable - All levels, graphics and sound files are exposed and editable. Make cool stuff!
Steam Integration - Achievements, Cloud Saves and Trading Cards!

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Windows
Minimum
Minimum:- OS *: Windows XP SP2, Vista, 7, 8, 10 or newer
- Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
- Graphics: GPU with DX9 (shader model 2.0) capabilities; generally everything made since 2004 should work.
- Storage: 100 MB available space
macOS
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: Mac OS X 10.8 or newer
- Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
- Graphics: GPU with DX9 (shader model 2.0) capabilities; generally everything made since 2004 should work.
- Storage: 100 MB available space
Linux
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: Ubuntu 12.04+ or SteamOS
- Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
- Graphics: GPU with DX9 (shader model 2.0) capabilities; generally everything made since 2004 should work.
- Storage: 100 MB available space
Game details Languages, features & support
- Publisher
- 2D Heroes
- Achievements
- 20
- Controller support
- full
- Features
- Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
- Languages
- English
- Website
- Official website ↗
- Support
- [email protected] Support site ↗
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features
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Structured language support (1)
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
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| English | Yes | No | No |
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Buy Verdict
Decent deal at 75% off, but might drop further. Watch for better opportunities.
Value Score
Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 90th percentile. Priced as Market at $4.99.
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