Oeuf is a punishing platformer in a cozy shell

Entertainment Gaming Games Review Oeuf is a punishing platformer in a cozy shell Getting over it. Getting over it. by Geoffrey Bunting Mar 21, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC Image: Increpare Games Part Of The best indie games we’re playing right now see all updates The funny shape of eggs is the curious lifeblood of Oeuf , the new physics platformer by prolific developer Increpare Games . In a gaming landscape saturated with complex systems dropped into simple games, that grapples with metaphor within straightforward narratives, and that is desperate to bring cinematic sensibilities into gaming, Oeuf only asks that you briefly consider how an egg might move as you roll, slide, and hop across its world. That world is realized in crunchy, ’90s-era 3D that brings to mind Ultima and Might and Magic . Like this archaic-seeming style — that Oeuf was released within a month of Resident Evil Requiem is a fun graphical comparison — Oeuf is refreshingly simple. Blown from the nest atop a church steeple, you, a brown-speckled egg, must navigate church grounds, climb up trees, cross sloping roofs, and clamber over jutting bricks to get home. Your nameless egg is unpredictable. Smooth but prone to being overzealous in its haste when on its side; less controllable but more balanced on its end. Much of the challenge in Oeuf comes from positioning yourself, through tiny movements on similarly tiny platforms, to build momentum for a jump and arresting that motion before you tumble to the ground on the other side. When you fall — and you will fall — the game greets you with an “oof.” Being an egg, however, this is rendered as a pleasing “oeuf!” If this is all sounding too Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy , Oeuf is generous with checkpoints that remove much of the grinding irritation of similar games while maintaining the surmountable frustration that makes them satisfying. Those checkpoints create a comfortable rhythm. There is a temptation in games built on repetition and accompanying frustrat...