Stunning hand-painted visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“It’s as fun as it is pretty, which is an incredible achievement when its one of the most gorgeous games I’ve ever seen.”
Steam review · 69.6 h played ↗
Ori and the Blind Forest
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Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%Moon Studios GmbH2015Platformer · Metroidvania · Adventure
The verdict
A gorgeous, emotional hand-painted metroidvania with tight movement and a superb soundtrack, but punishing escape sequences. Skip it if you hate trial-and-error; the Definitive Edition is the better version.
Great for
Players who love emotional stories, art and music and don't mind retrying hard platforming
Main risk
Trial-and-error escape sequences with no checkpoints and no difficulty setting can turn it into rage
What changed in the last 30 days
16 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews complain about excessive difficulty, the Ginso Tree escape, and inability to return to the map after the ending. Few recent reviews, so moderate confidence.
16 recent reviews
What players love
Moving, emotional story
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Ten minutes in, I was bawling my eyes out.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Beautiful, memorable soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The music is the best reason to play this game.”
Steam review · 47.9 h played ↗
Fluid, tight movement and abilities
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The platforming itself is tight, responsive, and satisfying, especially once the movement really clicks.”
Steam review · 15.2 h played ↗
Challenging but rewarding
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“I died a total of 532 times while playing through the game, and yet it never once annoyed me.”
Steam review · 12.3 h played ↗
Short, focused metroidvania
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“It has short, fun gameplay in a beautiful setting.”
Steam review · 8.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Brutal escape sequences without checkpoints
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“you run for your life in a sequence you can't save, it won't save mid-way, you need to restart the entire escape-sequence all over again.”
Steam review · 15.3 h played ↗
Unresponsive, floaty controls and wall-jumps
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Walljumping is unresponsive and incredibly inconsistent”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
Areas lock, no fast travel, hard to 100%
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“There are three "dungeons" so-to-speak in the game each you cannot return to once beaten that have collectibles in them.”
Steam review · 18.3 h played ↗
Too difficult, no difficulty settings
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“It would be more fun if there was a difficulty setting, or at least hints where to travel to, or more checkpoints.”
Steam review · 8.5 h played ↗
Save system tied to energy, harsh progress loss
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“The ability to open up pathways and the ability to save the game should never be coming out of the same resource pool.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Poor visual clarity and hidden hazards
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“too often the foreground obscures part of the level, which is totally unacceptable for a 2D platformer.”
Steam review · 11.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support8 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ @ 2.8 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 240 GT or Radeon HD 6570 – 1024 MB (1 gig)
Storage8 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel Core i5 2300 or AMD FX6120
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 550 Ti or Radeon HD 6770
Storage8 GB available space
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ @ 2.8 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 240 GT or Radeon HD 6570 – 1024 MB (1 gig)
Storage8 GB available space
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