Ico
Ico is a 2001 puzzle-platformer developed by Team Ico under director Fumito Ueda, a minimalist and atmospheric game in which a young boy born with horns, cast out and imprisoned in a vast, crumbling castle, must escape alongside a mysterious, ethereal girl named Yorda.
The game centered on the bond between the two characters, often literally guiding Yorda by the hand through environmental puzzles, boosting her to high ledges and calling to her, while fending off shadowy creatures that tried to drag her into portals. Its spare storytelling with almost no dialogue, dreamlike architecture, subtle sound design and restrained, unhurried design created a powerful sense of emotion, loneliness and place.
Widely praised as a defining example of games as art and cited as an influence by many later designers, Ico has been remastered for later hardware, keeping its quiet, evocative adventure available to modern players seeking something contemplative.
Where can you play Ico today?
Device by device, which of the 1 alternative below you can play on it.
- PC
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (€ 14,99).
- Mac
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (€ 14,99).
- Linux
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (€ 14,99).
- iPhone
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (€ 14,99).
- iPad
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (€ 14,99).
- Android phone
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (€ 14,99).
- Android tablet
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (€ 14,99).
- PlayStation
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (€ 14,99).
- Xbox
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (€ 14,99).
- Switch
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (€ 14,99).
- Steam Deck
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (€ 14,99).
Games like Ico
Modern alternatives to Ico, with the devices they run on and their price. Ordered editorially by how well each one stands in for the original, with community votes weighted in as they accumulate.
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Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Indie
€ 14,99An indie adventure about companionship and guiding another character through danger.
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons runs on PC, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch. It is Steam Deck Playable.
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