Schein

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Schein is an award-winning, puzzle platformer that tells the story of a father who enters a mystical swamp in desperate search of his son. As he becomes enveloped in darkness and begins to lose hope, a wisp appears, offering him guidance and her magical power: a light that reveals hidden worlds.

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108 reviews
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Developer:
Zeppelin Studio
Release date:
09 October 2014
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (108)

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Description

Schein is an award-winning, puzzle platformer that tells the story of a father who enters a mystical swamp in desperate search of his son. As he becomes enveloped in darkness and begins to lose hope, a wisp appears, offering him guidance and her magical power: a light that reveals hidden worlds.

Use your wits and light to conquer mind-bending puzzles and defeat deadly beasts. Can you save your son in what’s possibly the trickiest platformer you’ve played?

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1
Processor:
1.6 GHz
Memory:
768 MB RAM
Graphics:
256 MB SM3 DirectX 9.0c
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Storage:
1126 MB available space
Additional Notes:
Full controller support

recommended*

Not specified

User reviews

zpangwin
Not recommended | 04 May 2025
19.2h played

As other reviews have already said, this game basically requires pressing button combos (jumps / switching colors / lights) with very precise timing. Some of the early puzzles are fun but it quickly just turns into a

Helpful: 2
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Recommended | 11 Dec 2022
2.5h played

After Limbo people were hungry for more puzzle platformers. What's unique in this one is that you made kind of a bubble or spot where dimension is changed. In this area you see what's beyond the normal stage and you can

Helpful: 4
somebody sometrash
Recommended | 08 Jul 2025
8.2h played

I think Schein got a bit too much unfair criticism - note how many reviews complain about the precision platformer genre rather than the game itself. That being said, the game's not impressive: the aesthetic can leave a

Helpful: 2
Kdosda Hegen
Recommended | 09 Dec 2019
6.3h played

Great indie game. + Simple storyline with few good twists. + Beautiful soundtrack. + Great platforming. + Great puzzles, there's actually quite a lot of puzzles in this game. + Greatly combines puzzles and platforming

Helpful: 2
BonusMop
Not recommended | 02 Jul 2020
2.1h played

Platformer that you are meant to repeat many times. Some platforms or obstacles are only present with the right color light, which makes for some interesting puzzles. However, the field of vision is limited (both with

Helpful: 3
☯YaKudZa☯
Not recommended | 15 Jan 2023
6.3h played

Got bored quite fast, it very depends on the timing and usually the jump sequence repeats itself n times. Puzzles are quite repetitive and boring, for 5e it's not worth, maybe for 2~ it would be fair.

Helpful: 0