Get ready for an extraordinary gaming adventure with Keeper, a unique puzzle game from the brilliant minds at Double Fine! This game is a departure from their usual offerings, like Broken Age and Psychonauts, focusing on an immersive atmosphere, captivating story, and an engaging experience. While it has its tricky moments, we've got you covered with this comprehensive Keeper walkthrough.
A Journey Through Keeper's World
In Keeper, you'll mostly be navigating through the game's linear environments, so getting lost is not an issue. Our guide is packed with helpful pictures and clear headers to keep you on track.
Mastering the Mechanics
Keeper revolves around three main mechanics: dashing (A), shining your light (RT), and sending out your bird companion, Twig (X). These mechanics are the key to solving every puzzle in the game.
Exploring the Game's Progression
As you progress, Keeper's gameplay evolves, but the core mechanics remain consistent. You'll encounter detailed yet small environments, making exploration a minimal but necessary part of puzzle-solving.
The Lighthouse Adventure
In the lighthouse section, you'll navigate through caves, remove overgrowing plants with your light, and use Twig to free your path. You'll encounter forks in the road, where you'll need to shine your light on flowers to create bridges.
Battling Obstacles
You'll face giant skulls, strange trees, and bulbous creatures, but don't worry, they won't harm you! However, you'll need to use your light and Twig strategically to overcome these obstacles and progress.
Getting Past the Giant Tree
To defeat the giant tree, or treant, you'll need to send Twig to its head and peck at it. Then, you'll manipulate the ice lake by shining your light on creatures to collapse wooden structures, sending them onto the ice.
Navigating the Cave with the Giant Door
In this section, you'll move through the tree, dashing when necessary, and using your light beam to open sealed pathways. You'll encounter several dead ends, but keep pushing forward.
A Broken Light and Time Manipulation
When your light breaks, you'll need to control another beam to clear blockages. You'll climb a spiral staircase and fix a broken step with your light. As you progress, you'll manipulate time by shining your light on a sun and a moon, reversing and advancing time to solve puzzles.
Repairing the Broken Beacon
To repair the broken beacon, you'll need to interact with sun and moon symbols, moving levers and cogs to align patterns. You'll also use Twig to grab medallions and place them on the beacon.
Jumping Across Floating Islands
As you gain the ability to jump, you'll navigate a chain of floating islands, using your light to lower some and your bird companion to reach others. You'll also encounter pink geysers to gain height and navigate through obstacles.
Battling the Rainfall and Dark Waters
In these sections, you'll use your light to clear growths and vines, and dash against the wind. You'll also navigate through dark waters, shining your light to rescue creatures and clear blockages.
Becoming a Boat
In a surprising twist, you'll transform into a boat! You'll navigate through water, finding gaps in the land and dashing up ramps. You'll encounter caves and growths blocking your path, which you'll need to remove with your light.
The Final Boss and Conclusion
As you face the boss, you'll need to move back and forth, destroying blockages and igniting geysers. You'll also use your light to destroy the boss's arms.
In the final section, you'll take on your final form and navigate through the path, pressing A occasionally.
And there you have it! You've completed Keeper, an extraordinary journey filled with unique puzzles and an immersive experience. We hope this walkthrough has been helpful and that you enjoyed your time as a lighthouse, a rolling light, and everything in between!
