The Tangled Tapestry

Developer: Clemicle, Julie Besançon

Aug 2, 2025

Visual

hand drawn
side scroll

Structure

exploration
interconnected map
non linear

Sub-Genre

Metroidbrainia
Micro / Mini
puzzle heavy
Metroidvania Lite

Summary

You're a monster who got banished to a very strange world, a prison shaped like a Möbius strip: The Tangled Tapestry. Use your unique morphology and understand the shape of this looping world to find a way out.

Last updated August 08, 2026

Where to play

- Windows
- itch.io

Resources

Links

IGDB

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- ability gated
- item gated
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- side scroll
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Very Positive

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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
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- side scroll
- Metroidbrainia
- puzzle heavy
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- pixel
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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- Game Jam Entry
- side scroll
- Micro / Mini
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- Differences
- pixel
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Positive

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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- interconnected map
- non linear
- side scroll
- Metroidbrainia
- Micro / Mini
- puzzle heavy
- Differences
- ability gated
- pixel
- no combat
- cat
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Overwhelmingly Positive

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- Similarities
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- interconnected map
- non linear
- side scroll
- Metroidbrainia
- puzzle heavy
- Metroidvania Lite
- Differences
- Demo Available
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- pixel
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Very Positive

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MV Temperature
- Similarities
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- non linear
- side scroll
- Micro / Mini
- puzzle heavy
- Metroidvania Lite
- Differences
- item gated
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- pixel
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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- interconnected map
- non linear
- side scroll
- Micro / Mini
- puzzle heavy
- Metroidvania Lite
- Differences
- Demo Available
- ability gated
- fantasy
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