TRACE Definitive Edition

TRACE Definitive Edition

Released Nov 2025

A point-and-click escape game set on a strange, desolate planet. Collect items and solve puzzles to unravel the mystery of this cryptic world.

96% positive · 125 reviews Definitive edition
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

TRACE: Definitive Edition launched on Steam on November 7, 2025. It is a remaster of the 2022 web game TRACE, packaged with a direct sequel called SHAPE. The store description explicitly presents this as a complete two-game bundle. Following launch, the developers hinted at new content coming in 2026. These hints were fulfilled: on September 13, 2026, the developers released SHAPE as a free update to all owners of the Definitive Edition. The launch post thanks players for their patience and describes SHAPE as a "devious new mystery" they've been crafting over the past year — confirming this was the content being teased in earlier posts from December 2025, March 2026, and June 2026. With SHAPE now shipped and bundled into the product, the game as described on the store page — "2 games: TRACE Definitive Edition & SHAPE" — is fully delivered. The developers have made no announcements of additional content beyond SHAPE, and the September 13, 2026 post reads as a conclusion ("Thank you for all your support this past year") rather than a continuation. The content that was previously flagged as planned has now shipped, leaving the game complete as of September 13, 2026.
Evidence
SHAPE launched as a free update to TRACE: Definitive Edition. Developer thanks players for their patience and describes the new planet and puzzles as the content they've been working on for the past year.
news post · Sep 13, 2026 source content shipped
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Store description explicitly states the product contains two complete games: TRACE Definitive Edition and SHAPE. SHAPE is described as the direct sequel featuring brand new puzzles and a new planet.
description · Sep 13, 2026 source content shipped
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Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Coolmath Games
Achievements
18
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

This product contains 2 games: TRACE Definitive Edition & SHAPE

You awake to find yourself locked inside a curious cabin. Explore your surroundings, find clues, and use helpful items to solve the hidden puzzles in each room. Broaden your perspective with each new room to find your escape!

TRACE: Definitive Edition is a remaster of the popular 2022 web game TRACE. Praised for its innovative puzzle design and eye-catching graphics, TRACE: Definitive Edition expands on the original with mind-bending new puzzles, gorgeous new visuals, and new areas to explore.

As one door unlocks, another waits to be opened...

Find items, solve puzzles, and escape from the cloudy cabin!

SHAPE is the direct sequel to TRACE featuring brand new puzzles and a new planet for you to explore!

UNIQUE PUZZLES

Make clever connections to solve devious puzzles. "Eureka" moments abound!

STUNNING GRAPHICS

Immerse yourself in a surreal 3D environment bursting with detail.

AN UNFOLDING WORLD

The world expands as you play, revealing a web of interlocking enigmas.

Last evaluated Sep 15, 2026
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