Filament
Top-down spaceship puzzle game about routing a tether around pillars
Beard Envy · Published by Kasedo Games, Maple Whispering Limited · Released Apr 23, 2020
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 85% of 762
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 1
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 6 years ago
- Apr 24, 2020
Metacritic: 82/100 (critic reviews)
What is Filament?
Filament is a single-player, top-down puzzle game set aboard a locked-down research ship whose crew has gone missing. You explore the ship, guide a robot with a tether to activate pillars, and solve more than 300 puzzles in almost any order. Crew records and conversations with the pilot, Juniper, help piece together what happened.
For you if...
- +you like varied puzzles built around one central mechanic
- +you enjoy exploring a ship for story clues
- +you prefer choosing which puzzle to tackle next
Not for you if...
- −you want a gentle difficulty curve
- −you prefer a short game with few puzzles
- −you want quick answers instead of prolonged trial and error
What players say
85% of 762 reviews are positive
Players praise the puzzle variety and the story revealed as they explore. Common complaints are sudden difficulty spikes and slow attempts to test or revise solutions; some players also find it hard to judge whether a route will clear an obstacle.
Screenshots and trailer
Filament system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 7, 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1) or 64-bit Windows 10
- Processor
- Quad Core
- Graphics
- 1GB AMD Radeon HD 6870, 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 or better
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- Notes
- Requires a 64bit Processor and Operating System
Recommended
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 7, 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1) or 64-bit Windows 10
- Processor
- Quad Core
- Graphics
- 2GB AMD Radeon R9 280, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 or better
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- Notes
- Requires a 64bit Processor and Operating System
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Achievements
- 29
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil.
Tags
- Puzzle
- Difficult
- Indie
- Sci-fi
- Story Rich
- Strategy
- Space
- Beautiful
- Top-Down
- Great Soundtrack
- Minimalist
- Colorful
- Singleplayer
- Casual
- Logic
- 2D
Recent updates
- Apr 24, 2020 · Filament Bug Fixes & Updates - 24th April 2020
- Apr 23, 2020 · Attention: Marmalade Edition Update
1 DLC available.
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