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Gentoo Rescue
A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pickup items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Solve tightly-designed challenges in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.
A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pick up items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Uncover surprising twists hidden in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.
About Gentoo Rescue
- Released
- May 2025
- Developer
- Jagriff
- Engine
- Unreal
- Platforms
- Linux · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Mac
Where to get it
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Browse everything
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From the developers
Official announcements, newest first. Posted on Steam.
- Community Announcements1.2.2 - Small UI fixesIt's been great seeing old players return to the game for some more penguin puzzling. Thanks to everyone that has shown support for the 1.2 Anniversary Update and our appearance in the Thinky Direct! Here's the trailer in case you missed it. Usually after a big update there will be a few small follow-ups and this update is no exception. MacOS build is here (which was missing for 1.2.1), and the...
- Community Announcements1.2.1 - More puzzle tweaks (Windows/Linux only)Hello! Originally I had plans to include these changes in a bigger patch that will drop once Simplified Chinese translation of all hints and puzzle names is finalized. However I did not want to delay some of these changes (particularly to G and Diplopia since they were introduced in 1.2.0), so I'm pushing it out now to Windows and Linux users. It takes quite a bit more work to get builds ready...
- Community Announcements1.2 - Anniversary UpdateThe second major update is here! Here's the exclusive trailer for the Thinky Direct in case you missed it. Before anything else, I have a note for returning players. There's one thing that will be a little confusing if you're loading your old save. I recommend checking out the world Pass to see if you see anything suspicious. After investigating that, you can reveal this spoiler. Each world has...
- Community AnnouncementsHappy 1-year Anniversary!A year ago my goal for Gentoo Rescue was 100 reviews and 1k units sold. Thanks to your word of mouth, we're sitting well over both of these thresholds. So while the penguins blow out their candle, I want to thank everyone in the community for the tremendous support! There's some exciting news coming soon as part of the Thinky Direct, which takes place on May 28. Check out the livestream stream...
- Community AnnouncementsGame Awards, Localization, and moreHey everyone, it's about time for a small news update. Game awards I'm really excited to share that Gentoo Rescue won two big awards last month! The first was the "Best Challenging Game" award at The 3rd Annual Thinky Awards hosted by Thinky Games. Gentoo Rescue was also a runner-up for the "Best Puzzle Design" and "Game of the Year" awards at the same event. I'm really grateful to everyone tha...
- Community Announcements1.1.5 - New puzzle, Inception Tweaks, Improved UI, and BugfixesThe results from the Thinky Awards will be announced later today, so I thought it would be appropriate to drop this patch now. If you're available at 10am PST / 1pm EST / 6pm UTC today (February 4th), then please tune into the Thinky Games stream to cheer on Gentoo Rescue. It is nominated for Game of the Year, Best Puzzle Design, and Best Challenging Game. Here's a link to the YouTube stream. I...
- Mods indexed
- 92
- Versions
- 0
- Newest tracked
- none yet
- Most disruptive update
- No breakage data for this game
of 188 on Steam Workshop
Most downloaded
Measured from the source's own counts, summed across every release.
- TrivialEvery level can be solved in one move!284 downloads
- Not paraboxaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa233 downloads
- stackeda bug with stacked penguins140 downloads
- GentroidvaniaA metroidvania style level pack. Unlock new characters and items to reach new areas. 3/5 difficulty, no bugs used. Walkthrough:138 downloads
- Levels that shouldn't existI did it for science127 downloads
- 3x3 Mania108 downloads
- The DragonA longer levelpack featuring a variety of puzzles both in terms of difficulty and style (though nothing too crazy). Took a fair bit of effort so I hope you enjoy!103 downloads
- 39-Move 2x2With ideas from Adthor, Big Brian, TNT Dragon, xplodous Feel free to try to make the solution even longer!65 downloads
- It Takes Gentoo55 downloads
- infiniportwonder what happens when two levels get to import to each other? no hints for this one, nor journal entries. sorry even the solver doesn't know the solution, but it may be due to not accounting for inport export stuff, I don't fully know53 downloads
- Catcher in the maze48 downloads
- SelfportA small levelpack that explores using Exports in recursive puzzles to reach new areas in puzzles. There are also a few more Export shenanigans but I'm not the good at puzzle design so I might make a more interesting sequel eventually with tougher puzzles and more unique interactions with Exporting.48 downloads
- Dreaming of SpiralsA Gentroidvania-like levelpack. Playing Gentroidvaina first is not required. 4/5 difficulty, no bugs used.47 downloads
- False PositiveThis impossible puzzle exposes a flaw in the infinite rebound detection.46 downloads
- Very Silly TransportA very silly pack. 1/5 difficulty, no bugs used44 downloads
- Gentoo Rescue DemoLearn the basics, the spring, and find some teasers in this accelerated introduction to Gentoo Rescue. This demo explores less than 3% of the full version.40 downloads
- The magical disappearing itemAn item deletion bug (Single level). 1/5 difficulty, bugs used.39 downloads
- Seven Move 2x1Check out Badger's eight move 2x1 at 1/5 difficulty, no bugs used37 downloads
- Space StationProperly themed levelpack! hope yall like it36 downloads
- Completely Sane Levelpack34 downloads
- InstigatedA neat level using a wacky setup involving infinite loops created by infinite loops.34 downloads
- jankshort showcase of a silly little bug (patched as of 1.1.3. this levelpack is broken now!) hints contain information on how it works34 downloads
- Red RightMoving red to the right results in the move being cancelled (the state is the same after the move and therefore it is not added to the move counter)34 downloads
- hive (demo)a demo for a much larger levelpack im working on33 downloads
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Why Gentoo Rescue mods break
A mod is compiled against one version of a game. When the game updates, anything that reached into the parts that moved stops working, and it usually stops working silently rather than with a message that explains itself.
That is what the table above counts. It is not a guess: each row is a mod the community has reported as broken by that specific release. The number is a fair measure of how disruptive an update was, and it is the reason people delay updating a game they have modded heavily.
Common questions
Does IndexGG host Gentoo Rescue mods?
No, and it never will. Every download link points at the author's own page on Nexus, GitHub, CurseForge or wherever they published it. We index the ecosystem; the files stay with the people who made them.
Where does the compatibility data come from?
From the communities that maintain it in the open, not from guesswork. Each claim carries how it is known, so a reported breakage is never presented as though the author said it.
Why is a mod listed as broken when it works for me?
Compatibility depends on your exact game version and the rest of your load order. A mod marked as broken in one release may work fine on an older one, which is exactly why the version is recorded next to the claim rather than a bare yes or no.