This co-op platformer was a "boyhood dream" for the self-taught stop-motion animator now directing it, and it might just rival It Takes Two with a more earnest story and action less likely to destroy your relationships

Out of Words.

Out of Words makes a great first impression – then an incredible second impression, and a third, until suddenly it becomes clear that this is genuinely something special. Picture a blend of It Takes Two's co-op puzzle-solving and the tightly paced direction of a Limbo or Inside, then wrap it up in an absolutely beautiful stop-motion aesthetic with a genuinely endearing coming-of-age love story at its heart.

You and a co-op partner take on the roles of Kurt and Karla, a pair of kids experiencing their first awkward tastes of love. In a pretty direct metaphor, they promptly lose their mouths and find themselves unable to speak, thrust into a fantasy world where they're going to have to face their feelings in some very literal ways.