Traverser’s dystopian, Tim Burton-like world values oxygen greater than oil

When you think of Adult Swim Games, you probably picture ridiculous, silly browser-based titles like Robot Unicorn Attack or PizzaWizard+. Traverser, the latest from Adult Swim, is not like those games.

With its dystopian, propaganda-littered world and its gravity-bending puzzles, Traverser (out now on Steam for PC) resembles a cross between the depraved first-person shooter-adventure series BioShock and Gravity Rush, the 2012 PlayStation Vita game where you manipulate gravity to traverse a giant cel-shaded city. And like Gravity Rush, you play as a girl — in this case, a kid named Valerie Bennett, the daughter of an esteemed inventor.