Touching, well-written story
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Delightfully written narrative that gets you to care about shapes in a way you never thought you would.”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗
Thomas Was Alone
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Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%Bithell Games2012Platformer · 2D Platformer · Precision Platformer
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 3 h ago
The verdict
A short, charming puzzle-platformer whose superb narration and music make you care about colored rectangles. The platforming is easy, repetitive and a bit clunky, so skip it if you want challenge.
Great for
Story-lovers who want a short, relaxing, narration-driven puzzle platformer
Main risk
Gameplay is easy, repetitive and clunky, so the story may not carry it for you
What players love
Emotional attachment to simple shapes
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“It's incredible how quickly you get attached to a few colored blocks, which are brought to life through a beautiful narration.”
Steam review · 6.7 h played ↗
Excellent narration and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“I would call this game a 10/10 for the voice acting alone!”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗
Great soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Soundtrack is a sleeper MVP, simple, and repeating without being repetitive.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
Charming, relaxing and easygoing
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The game wants to be a part of your relaxing afternoon, and that’s exactly what it is.”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗
Characters with unique abilities drive puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Chris' short temper is reflected through his limited jump height, Sarah's bouncy energy comes through in her double jump”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive, tedious level design
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Just learned this one trick? Five levels from now you'll be repeating it 4 times in one level just to progress. Dumb busywork.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Gameplay is weak compared with the story
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Good narration but gameplay is mix of braindead puzzles and boring repetitive time-wasting platforming.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Puzzles too easy and shallow
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“None of the puzzles are especially puzzly. See water? use the blue square. Switch on the ceiling? Use the green square.”
Steam review · 4.1 h played ↗
Unresponsive controls and janky physics
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Whenever I press the "jump" button, there's a 10-20% chance that the character will simply ignore the input”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Technical issues, bugs and abandoned support
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The Game does not run properly on windows 11”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗
Music and audio glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“There is currently a bug where music can overlap when you die; in the later stages of the game 3-4 songs can be playing at one time.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support400 MB
Minimum
OSWindows XP
Processor500 Mhz
Memory1 GB RAM
Storage400 MB HD space
OSWindows XP
Processor500 Mhz
Memory1 GB RAM
Storage400 MB HD space
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