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Parallel is a single player and multiplayer role playing game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by Rodrigo Banzato and was released on October 5, 2022. It received positive reviews from players.

Parallel is a stylish neon puzzle platformer where you control two characters at the same time.

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87%Audience ScoreBased on 15 reviews
story3 positive mentions

  • Unique and creative gameplay with a free-form approach to exploration and platforming, encouraging experimentation.
  • Beautiful and masterful graphics with varied level aesthetics, voice acting, and interesting creature designs.
  • Engaging storyline with meaningful decision points that affect character progression and multiple outcomes.
  • Stiff character movement and rough translations can impact the overall experience.
  • Game can be frustrating due to harsh penalty on death and lack of convenient save/restart points.
  • Some puzzles lack clear clues or logic, making progress confusing and challenging for some players.
  • story

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The story offers a reflective and engaging experience with unique characters and a beautiful message, encouraging players to interpret its meaning personally. While not fast-paced or straightforward, it combines puzzles, quests, and action to create a calm, thoughtful narrative. The developer's dedication is evident, enhancing the story with quality localization and dubbing.

    • “You start as a lost soul and progress through the game by solving puzzles, quests, and doing a bit of battle with some interesting opponents.”
    • “The character can be enhanced through various quests associated with decision points.”
    • “Lovely environment, unique characters, and a storyline that doesn't make sense to me so far but keeps me engaged, wondering what happens next.”
  • gameplay

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The gameplay received mixed reactions, with some users finding it not to their preference. Overall, opinions on the gameplay appear to be subjective and may vary depending on individual taste.

  • graphics

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users praise the game's graphics for its beautiful and masterful design, featuring varied level aesthetics and creative, wacky creature designs. The free-form level design with minimal invisible walls enhances exploration and platforming creativity.

    • “The game is beautiful, with masterful graphics, method, and design.”
    • “Fun voice acting, varied level aesthetics, wacky Ace Team-esque creature designs, and, best of all, a free-form approach to level design with very few invisible walls, encouraging you to get creative with your platforming and exploration later in the game.”
  • humor

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor starts off funny and unique but quickly becomes confusing and disconnected, losing its charm as the game shifts to obscure puzzles with unclear solutions.

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Parallel is a role playing game with fantasy theme. Common tags for Parallel include first-person, indie, surreal, exploration, third person and others.

Parallel is available on Nintendo Switch, PC and Windows.

Parallel was released on October 5, 2022.

Parallel was developed by Rodrigo Banzato.

Parallel has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Parallel for its story but disliked it for its gameplay.

Parallel is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Through The Fragmentation, Fantasmagorie, Clash: Artifacts of Chaos, The Eternal Cylinder, BLACKTAIL and others.