Fez heading to Steam

Polytron’s charming puzzle-platformer Fez has broken free of its XBLA exclusivity and is now headed for Steam with a 1 May 2013 release date. There is currently no price, and therefore no pre-order option currently available.

Fez has won numerous industry accolades celebrating it’s awesome indie-ness, including “Excellence in Visual Art” award at the Independent Games Festival in 2008, Story/World Design and Grand Jury, at IndieCade in 2011, and “Seamus McNally Grand Prize” at the Independent Games Festival in 2012.

Aside from the visuals, the 2D puzzle-platformer uses a unique mechanic to rotate its world in a 3D plane, thereby revealing hidden and inaccessible areas, or completely changing the dynamic of a level.

Quinton thought it was a cracker when he reviewed Fez on Xbox 360, saying:

Fez is just one of those games – and I hate to use this expression – that needs to be “experienced” more than played.

There’s nothing here that it expressly challenging or daunting – but at the same time, it’s probably more memorable that the countless shooters out there.

For now you can gaze longingly at the Fez Steam Store page until it launches.