A friend showed me the steam page and this trailer and not even halfway through it I stopped watching it, just to jump directly into the demo before dropping that soon to just play the full game. Everything I saw seemed perfect for me, the character designs, animation, voice acting, silly humor, chill but atmospheric music and fun puzzles.

The mystery in this story has a simple premise but it has more layers than you might expect, and the design of Tangle Tower makes it really fun to look at everything you find as you talk to the characters and collect your evidence.

The puzzles always have pretty simple logic to them, but after the first couple you'll likely find yourself having to think a decent bit without losing your sanity, very well balanced for a short game.

The story maybe falls a little short by the end, but that didn't stop me from enjoying the ride nonetheless. Besides, there's a lot going on if you just pay attention to the characters when they simply talk about seemingly inconsequential things, so maybe I missed something.

This game is very short but meaty throughout, if I had played it in 2019 it'd be in my top 3 of the year. It may not be perfect or for everyone, but I am giving it all 5 stars because it didn't drag and I loved going through it. Looking at the trailer should actually be enough to know if you'd love this as much as I did.

Reviewed on Jun 27, 2023


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