Play Ice Nine (EU) Online

Ice Nine came out for the Game Boy Advance in 2005, published by BAM! Entertainment. It was part of that wave of late-era GBA titles that tried to push the hardware a bit further, offering a solid action-adventure experience without a lot of fanfare. If you were into exploring tight, atmospheric worlds on the go around that time, this was one of those games that might have slipped under the radar but offered a decent challenge.

You control a lone explorer making their way through a frozen fortress, screen by screen. Your main goal is to find and collect nine pieces of a powerful artifact, the Ice Nine itself, scattered across interconnected rooms and hazardous chambers. You use a mix of platforming, careful enemy evasion, and light puzzle-solving, often involving freezing mechanisms or timing your movements to avoid environmental dangers. The pacing is deliberate, and the difficulty can feel unforgiving if you rush. It feels methodical and tense, like carefully picking your way through a place that doesn't want you there.