Okabu is a cooperative action-puzzle-adventure developed by HandCircus and released on PlayStation 3 in 2011. Players control two cloud-whales, Kumulo and Nimbe, as they work to protect their people and their world from the encroaching industrialized forces of the Doza clan. The game is built around cooperative play, with its puzzle and adventure mechanics designed around the complementary abilities of the two whale companions. The threat posed by the Doza clan drives the narrative, framing the environmental and mechanical challenges players encounter across the journey. Okabu blends lighthearted visual style with collaborative gameplay, making the pairing of its two central characters central to both its storytelling and its core puzzle-solving structure.
