6 games that will make you see the world in black and white

But life in black and white doesn't have to be dull! As Karl Lagerfeld says, "black and white always look modern". Need proof? Well, here's a selection of six monochrome games we've put together just for you.

Black & White Bushido

The invisible gamer. A fighting game in the Super Smash Bros mould, where 2-4 players do battle in a 2D arena, manipulating light and shade to hide or break cover. A great game for a quick blast with pals!

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Publisher: Green Man Gaming Publishing

Developer: Good Catch Games

Type : Platformer, Arcade, Fighting, Indie, Multiplayer
Subtitles / Interface : English
Session duration : < 10 minutes
Difficulty : medium
Multiplayer mode : Local, Competition, 2 to 4 Players
Rating :

Playstation Universe : 7/10
God Is A Geek : 7/10

Online multiplayer mode is not available at the moment.

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Dry Drowning

A great game if you liked Seven by David Fincher. Will you be able to track down the serial killer known only as Pandora? A "visual novel" narrative game that will give you nightmares.

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Publisher: VLG Publishing

Developer: VLG Publishing

Type : Narrative, Fear, Point & Click, Parents, TV Remote
Subtitles / Interface : English, Italian, Chinese
Session duration : > 30 minutes
Total duration : 20h
Difficulty : medium
Rating : Game Space : 8,7/10

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The Bridge

We loved its amazing artistic direction! Discover a world with no up or down, inspired by an encounter between two great minds: Escher and Newton. That's right: you do have to find your way through these impossible perspectives without getting lost! Just fantastic.

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Publisher: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild

Developer: Ty Taylor and Mario Castañeda

Type : Puzzle, Indie, Platformer, Challenging, Parents
Subtitles / Interface : English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Danish, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Turkish, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai
Session duration : 10 - 30 minutes
Total duration : 4h
Difficulty : medium
Rating :

Destructoid : 9/10
Switch Player : 4/5
Hardcore Gamer : 4/5
Nintendo World Report : 8/10
Nintendo Life : 8/10

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Chicken Police - Paint it RED!

Farmyard P.I. This video-game murder mystery is set in a barnyard, and will whisk you along on a black-and-white adventure with a niggling jazz soundtrack and a real sense of nostalgia for 1950s cinema.

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Publisher: Handy Games

Developer: The Wild Gentlemen

Type : Narrative, Funny, Indie, Parents, Point & Click, Popular games
Audio : English
Subtitles / Interface : English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Hungarian, Chinese, Japanese
Session duration : > 30 minutes
Total duration : 8h
Difficulty : medium
Rating :

Xbox Addict : 93/100
Game Grin : 9/10
Game Space : 9/10
The Xbox Hub : 4,5/5
God Is A Geek : 8/10

The commands are indicated in the game options.

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Beholder 2

Experience the fear of a totalitarian state, inspired by 1984. Your job is to manage a building and its residents. So, will you play the collaborator or join the resistance, and will you be able to survive? This management game will have you quaking in your boots as you try to avoid getting caught red-handed in some espionage.

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Publisher: Alawar Entertainment

Developer: Warm Lamp Games

Type : Management, Indie, Parents, Strategy – RPG, Popular games
Audio : English, Russian, Chinese
Subtitles / Interface : English, German, Russian, Polish, Chinese, Korean
Session duration : > 30 minutes
Total duration : 30h
Difficulty : hard
Rating :

Impulse Gamer : 4,6/5
The Xbox Hub : 4/5
Screen Rant : 4/5
Xbox Tavern : 7/10

The commands are indicated in the game options.

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Aragami

Your bloodstained cape is just another life bar. Just like the assassin in the shadows that you are, your aim here is to take out your enemies without making too much noise or ever straying into the light. Stealth and plenty of kills.

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Publisher: Lince Works

Developer: Lince Works

Copyright: © 2018 Lince Works S.L. All rights reserved. The Lince Works and Aragami logos and all other trademarks used herein are owned by Lince Works S.L. or its licensors and may be registered in some countries. Other company and product names used herein may be trademarks of their respective owners and are used for the benefit of those owners.

Type : Stealth, Action, Challenging, Fighting, Popular games, Teens
Audio : Japanese
Subtitles / Interface : English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Russian, Hungarian, Chinese, Japanese
Session duration : 10 - 30 minutes
Total duration : 15h
Difficulty : hard
Multiplayer mode : Online, Cooperation
Rating :

God Is A Geek : 9/10
Twinfinite : 4,5/5
Game Space : 8,5/10
Game Grin : 8/10

The commands are indicated in the game options.
Loading times on this game can take longer than usual.

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