Schim

Schim is a 2024 video game developed by independent Dutch developers Ewoud van der Werf and Nils Slijkerman, and published by Slijkerman's development studio Extra Nice. Playism released the game in Japan. The game is a platformer in which players guide a "schim", a creature that lives in shadows, throughout the environment to be reunited with its host's shadow. Van der Werf developed the game inspired by childhood games involving shadows, with the game's title being a Dutch expression for a shadow. The game received mixed reviews upon release, with praise directed to the game's visual presentation and novel gameplay concept, and critiques to the repetition and lack of variety of its gameplay across its levels. Following release, Schim received awards at the Tokyo Game Show and nominations at the London Games Festival and A Maze festival.