Beautiful pixel art and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The soundtrack is amazing and perfectly matches the relaxing but curious feeling of exploring the world.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
FEZ
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%Polytron Corporation2013Platformer · Puzzle · Adventure
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A groundbreaking perspective-rotating puzzle platformer with gorgeous pixel art and music, hiding a deep cryptic puzzle layer. Skip it if you hate guides, backtracking, or obscure meta puzzles.
Great for
Players who love cryptic, notebook-and-ciphers puzzles and atmospheric exploration like Tunic or Animal Well
Main risk
Late-game puzzles and map navigation become guide-dependent, tedious backtracking
What changed in the last 30 days
24 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews mostly complain about homework-like cipher puzzles, tedious puzzles and backtracking, and some bugs or crashes. Based on few reviews, so moderately sure.
24 recent reviews
What players love
Unique perspective-rotation mechanic
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The way the level and puzzles change depending on your perspective is honestly mind blowing, especially with how the game just normally looks 2D.”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗
Deep, rewarding secrets and cryptic puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the ciphers, puzzles, and way the clues are cleverly concealed, makes you go 'Woaaaah' everytime you figure something out.”
Steam review · 24.8 h played ↗
Influential classic that holds up
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“If you liked Tunic, Animal Well and other Knowledge based games, this is one of the pioneers.”
Steam review · 14.3 h played ↗
Atmospheric, relaxing exploration
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“when i get mopey I play this game to just sit and listen to the starting town's music and stare at its sky. it brings me a ton of comfort.”
Steam review · 12.6 h played ↗
Works well on Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“Easy to pick up and put down, works well on the Steam Deck”
Steam review · 17.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Obscure puzzles need guides or outside tools
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Why do they keep making these games where I need a pen and paper, a phone for a qr code, a rumble controller”
Steam review · 9.9 h played ↗
Tedious backtracking and confusing map
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the last 3rd becomes a slog to play. Getting around the map is really slow and boring, the lack of a proper fast travel make collecting the last few cubes really un-fun.”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
Mechanic is shallow and gets repetitive
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“it gets extremely boring when you realize you're just jumping to blocks and swapping your perspective.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Floaty, slow platforming controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“The platforming feels very slow and not responsive or snappy.”
Steam review · 2.7 h played ↗
Crashes, bugs and lost saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“I lost all of my progress in the infinity waterfall area. I had all of the gold cubes, all parts of the heart and 30 of the anti-cubes and all of that was gone in a moment when the game crashed during a save”
Steam review · 18 h played ↗
Flashing lights and visual strain
Mentioned in ~1 in 38 negative reviews
“there are rooms where the background intentionally flickers from black to bright blue for less than a second. multiple times a second.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support500 MB
Minimum
OSWindows XP
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.8Ghz or equivalent
Memory2 GB RAM
Graphics2nd Generation Intel Core HD Graphics (2000/3000), or dedicated GPU with OpenGL 3.0 Support
Storage500 MB HD space
Recommended
OSWindows 7
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce GT 240 or better
OSWindows XP
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.8Ghz or equivalent
Memory2 GB RAM
Graphics2nd Generation Intel Core HD Graphics (2000/3000), or dedicated GPU with OpenGL 3.0 Support
Storage500 MB HD space
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