Stop and Breathe
A 3D puzzle platformer that teaches you a breathing technique to help with your anxiety! Calm your mind by performing the breathing technique, Belly Breathing! Traverse a school environment, solve puzzles…
Stop and Breathe is an indie developed by One Must Imagine Games, released 11 February 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Stop and Breathe is
Stop and Breathe is an indie game developed by One Must Imagine Games and released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Ace is a young teen who starts to feel anxious about kicking off their day at school. As they head towards the school entrance, their anxiousness begins to grow and intensify until they experience an intense panic attack. Feeling scared and overwhelmed, Ace gets closed off into a warped mind world where they now need to find a way out. With the help of their companion Zen, Ace learns the proper timings and physical stance for the Belly Breathing technique, which they can now utilize to expel their anxiousness and colour the way forward.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Stop and Breathe launched on 11 February 2025, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Monster Hunter Wilds and Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
Released around the same time: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Monster Hunter Wilds, Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
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