Recent reviews by Varyx

I've been launching this through desktop and am closer to 150+hrs than what's listed on Steam, just to give some context.

Love the functionality - I run this on my second monitor as a body doubling substitute when I'm working and find it's very effective. Highly recommend for this context.

QOL improvements:
- Chest size slider - as an AFAB the lack of body shape customisation is jarring as the only option is a single slider from triangle shape to itty bitty waist and/or fat waist to skinny waist.

- Shorts model does not flatter or really fit the femcoded model particularly well - they flare out in a way which pants rarely do in real life, especially those designed for female fashion.

- I'd love to see dresses available as an option for clothing.

- Availability of interacting with pet beyond singular click animation/alternative positions for pet to be placed in. This one would be huge IMO.

Absolutely gorgeous game! Visually charming and beautifully made - it had me absolutely engrossed. About 10-15 hours of playtime unless you like checking absolutely everything out (I do) and one of my favourite short games in recent years. If you liked Outer Wilds or old-school point and click games, Myst, or Duolingo (lol) this one's for you. Still not sure? Check out the demo - it's a very good sample of the most basic aspects of what made this so enjoyable. It gets steadily more complex but at no point feels punishing for anyone that enjoys puzzling, and the narrative is lovely as well (and quite nicely connected with gameplay). 11/10

I... don't know exactly *what* I'd recommend yet, but I know puzzlers should play this. 10 hours in at time of review, and it feels like this game has secrets that it's not going to share easily. I love it. The basic gameplay is satisfying and feels completely fair, even the tricky levels. I'll hopefully come back with a more comprehensive review when I figure out what's even going on here.

Back at 20 hours: hell yeah hell yeah hell yeah hell yeah hell yeah (continue ad infinitium) buy this game NOW

Back at 60-something hours: still an extremely hell yeah from me but I'm tapping out at most of the way through the "extra" content. Extremely good value for the price!

Another outstanding piece of work from Sam Barlow and co.! If you like David Lynch's works or Silent Hill you'll probably enjoy the narrative bent and stylistic choices of this work. I'm a huge fan with one small (moderate) caveat: this game really is just super unpleasant to play without a controller. Keyboard and mouse simply does not make the experience enjoyable and visceral in the same way. 9/10 would get amnesia to play it again.

An absolutely outstanding fishing simulator for those of us that enjoy 1) fishing by pressing the X button and 2) horrors from the deep. I'm a huge fan.

lisbon

it's good, actually

An incredible experience and worth every cent. Beautifully designed, outstanding soundtrack, fascinating worldbuilding and puzzles that combine zero-g platforming and actual thought exquisitely. A must-play!

The best story-based exploration game I've ever played, by far.