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Stop and Breathe

One Must Imagine Games · 2025-02-11

Steam

CasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 11, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A 3D puzzle platformer that teaches you a breathing technique to help with your anxiety! Calm your mind by performing the breathing technique, Belly Breathing! Traverse a school environment, solve puzzles, move platforms, all while being accompanied by your companion, Zen!

89%
positive of 53 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

Ace is a young teen who starts to feel anxious about kicking off their day at school. As they head towards the school entrance, their anxiousness begins to grow and intensify until they experience an intense panic attack. Feeling scared and overwhelmed, Ace gets closed off into a warped mind world where they now need to find a way out. With the help of their companion Zen, Ace learns the proper timings and physical stance for the Belly Breathing technique, which they can now utilize to expel their anxiousness and colour the way forward.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 45% of 28,670 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieCasualLinearPhysicsColorfulStylizedEducationControllerPlatformerFree to Play

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