Osmos is a physics-based puzzle game for PC and mobile devices. Players absorb and eject matter to propel a mote through ambient particles and grow it to absorb larger motes. With soothing electronic music and minimalist visuals, Osmos offers an immersive, meditative gaming experience.
Osmos is an award-winning physics-based puzzle game developed by Hemisphere Games and originally released for Windows and Mac PCs in 2009. It has since been ported to iOS, Android, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita.
In Osmos, players control a mote - a tiny microorganism - and attempt to grow it by absorbing ambient particles and smaller motes. The mote moves by ejecting its own matter in the opposite direction. Players must carefully balance absorption and ejection to navigate through the cellular environment and avoid larger organisms that can absorb the player's mote.
With its ambient electronic soundtrack and minimalist visual design centered around particle effects and subtle colors, Osmos offers a meditative, almost zen-like gaming experience. Critics praised the game's hypnotic presentation and emergent gameplay centered around physics concepts like momentum and attraction/repulsion.
Osmos won numerous awards upon its original release, including Independent Game Festival awards for Visual Art and Innovation. It is considered an iconic indie game that demonstrated the kind of artistic, experimental experiences possible in video games. The sequel Osmos: Percolation built upon the original with additional gameplay modes and mechanics.
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