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Gentoo Rescue

A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pickup items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Solve tightly-designed challenges in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.

22 May 2025

Gentoo Rescue is an indie developed by Jagriff, released 22 May 2025 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Gentoo Rescue is

Gentoo Rescue is an indie game developed by Jagriff and released in 2025. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pickup items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Solve tightly-designed challenges in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Gentoo Rescue launched on 22 May 2025, within three weeks of Doom: The Dark Ages, Dune: Awakening, Elden Ring Nightreign and Mario Kart World.

Released around the same time: Doom: The Dark Ages, Dune: Awakening, Elden Ring Nightreign, Mario Kart World.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Gentoo Rescue come out?
Gentoo Rescue was released on 22 May 2025 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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