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Thomas Was Alone is a jumping and puzzle-solving platform game where you control different-coloured rectangles. It sounds boring and derivative but each of the distinctly coloured shapes comes to life in the game as a character embroiled in this escape story about friendship, curiosity and sacrifice. Like any platform game, you jump, run and use special abilities to complete levels. As you do so, you get to know each shape’s personality through the storytelling of the quipping narrator.
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Release Date: 18/04/2013, updated in 2014
Out Now: PS Vita, PS3, PS4, Switch, Wii U and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Platform (Action and Narrative)
Accessibility: 1 feature
Components: 2D Side-On
Developer: Mike Bithell (@MikeBithell)
Costs: Purchase cost
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