Aloof

Aloof is a puzzle-fighter like Puyo Puyo Tetris, but plays completely different. In the world of Aloof you summon and defend small islands all the while you build combos against your opponent.

25 March 2021

Adventure Indie Puzzle Simulator Strategy Action

Aloof is an adventure, released 25 March 2021 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 19 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Aloof is

Aloof was released in 2021. It was published by RedDeerGames. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Aloof is a puzzle-fighter like Puyo Puyo Tetris, but plays completely different. In the world of Aloof you summon and defend small islands all the while you build combos against your opponent.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Aloof launched on 25 March 2021, within three weeks of It Takes Two, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut and Monster Hunter Rise. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: It Takes Two, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, Monster Hunter Rise.