Ori and the Blind Forest

Generally great! I like the openness of it
Some of enemies and "boss levels" are really annoying but might just be me.

nice game

beautiful art, amazing and emotional story, it is just a bonus that it turns out to be a fun game.

What a great fuckin game, on every level. Fun to play, no tutorial needed, great game design, great soundtrack. It made me very emotional. BTW, I think the Definitive Edition version is what you're supposed to play, it has some bug fixes and other changes. I think I was the last person allowed to purchase this original version.

having played will of the wisps first this game feels rough in comparison, from the save mechanics, to monsters doing ridiculous amounts of damage, the near impossible escape sequences etc. but that being said its still a fantastic game, and its clear why will of the wisps ended up so good

I love this game, Game play is fun, engaging , Love the background art and Music is truly amazing. 100% Recommend.

This game is such wonderful for its excellent sound and visual scene. The process which I fight against the darkness is so excited. I'd like to give it a highly grade and recommend it to yours.

I am curious as of right now and it's pretty addictive i would say so a win in my book i am at the start tho cuz i suck and get lost a lot lol

fun and engaging

Challenging, unique little critter action explorer with a unique premise and storyline. You'll get attached to little Ori just like everyone else that has played this little game. If you can pick it up on sale it's a definite keeper.

Doesn't "have five trans characters in it". Sorry Moon Studios CEO Thomas Mahler.

Good game

Once of the best metroidvanias, and I'm ashamed to say I forgot to review it positively back in the day. I've replayed this once to completion and couldn't figure out where to go half way through the game the third time I played it.

This game is known for its chase sequences, which you'll either love or hate depending on whether you can make it to the end of it in a reasonable amount of time.

The music in this game is one of the few games where its soundtracks are worth buying separately. Nice work, Gareth Coker.

It's a fun game, until you are stuck, then you can just uninstall it because there is no other way to continue.

Still a very good game, but whoever made the Forlorn Ruins inaccessible after the Kuro encounter deserves to have his pee pee chopped off. Had to load a backup save just to 100% the map...

Also some achievements are bugged. Unless it's the OG save on steam cloud (not backup saves too), any progress done will not count towards a trophy pop. Yikes.

Very nice

I used to play this game on Xbox when I was a kid and I didn't have any idea what kind of art I was spending time with! It contains parkour, fighting and puzzles. It might get hard on some parts like boss fights or doing parkour while being chased. but overall its a perfect game.
Also I'm gonna mention that there's some bugs with achievements that everyone in the discussion talked about that they can't get some achievements. I personally had this problem too but suddenly it fixed so I needed to mention it.

Good game. Not best in 2025 but worth a try.

Masterpiece.

Very nice, but a tricky game. Personally I really su ck at these acrobatics. Visuals and music are top notch.

play definitive edition

It is a beautiful game with great plataforming and fantastic design. Very fun to play, challenging enough to keep you engaged, but not so much to frustrate you. Excellent for casual gamers with adult responsibilities

What a shame for such a beloved franchise to be tarnished by the studio execs posting bigoted, hateful content online and treating their employees so poorly, including sexual harassment and hate speech. Thomas Mahler and Gennadiy Korol are fascists, bigots, and tyrants as bosses, and they deserve no quarter in our industry. If you haven't heard about their escapades as terrible humans, look it up before you purchase anything from Moon Studios. They got laughed out of their German audience online, and lambasted - rightfully so - by former employees. Buyer beware. Bigotry and oppressive work culture ahead.

A really awsome game with a chill atmosphere

definitely a back and forth game as you later on obtain new skills to then unlock new areas

这是我第一次写评价。我非常兴奋，无法控制自己。虽然这款游戏在Steam上获得了很高的赞誉，但我还是想称赞它。长期以来，奥日是很长一段时间以来让我再次沉浸的游戏。买完后，我立即玩了，并一直玩，直到我玩完为止。这个过程花了我一天时间，非常值得。奥日太好玩了，以至于我忘记了时间。我昨天下午买了它，今晚就通关了。最后一个让我如此沉浸的游戏是《伊迪丝·芬奇的记忆》。虽然它们不是同类型的游戏，但它们都被称为第九艺术。
This is my first time to write an evaluation. I am extremely excited and unable to control myself. Although this game has received high praise on Steam, I still want to praise it. Ori is a game that has kept me deeply immersed for a long time. After buying it, I played it immediately and kept playing until I finished it. This process took me one day, and it was well worth it. The game was so good that I forgot about time. I bought it yesterday afternoon and finished it tonight. The last game that made me so immersed was "The Memory of Edith Finch". Although they are not of the same type of game, they are both called the Ninth Art.

Listen, I wanted to love this game. I tried. Everyone told me, “It’s a masterpiece!” “It’ll make you cry!” “The art! The music! The feelings!” And yeah—Ori and the Blind Forest is stunning. It’s like playing a painting. The soundtrack? Straight-up soul massage. The intro? Crushed my heart in the first ten minutes like a Pixar movie with unresolved childhood trauma. But then... the actual game started. What followed was a gorgeous, emotional, and occasionally rage-inducing platforming gauntlet that slowly chipped away at my will to live. I knew it was a "challenging Metroidvania," but I didn't expect to spend so much time swearing at spikes, drowning in water, or watching Ori explode into glowing spirit dust because I missed a jump by a pixel.

The platforming is tight—too tight. Demanding. Sometimes punishing. You get one frame wrong and boom, start again. There are escape sequences that feel like trying to thread a needle during an earthquake while on fire. I could see the beauty, I just couldn’t enjoy it. Like watching a breathtaking sunset from behind a locked glass door while your eyebrows are on fire. And the save system? Manual. In a game where death happens constantly. You forget to drop a save point? That’s 15 minutes of your life gone. Again. And again. And again. It’s heartbreaking, because I respect this game. I see the love, the craftsmanship, the vision. But it feels like Ori didn’t want to hold my hand—it wanted to slap it away and yell “git gud” while I tumbled into a spike pit for the 47th time.

Final Verdict: 6/10 – A beautiful, emotional experience... that I wish I could recommend without caveats. I loved looking at it. I loved listening to it. I just didn’t love playing it. And I’m really sad about that.

Simply put, one of the greatest games of all time.

An Incredibly beautiful and fun metroidvania. Among the best of its genre.

PLAY IT NOW!!!

This is the most annoying game that i played. double jump works every other time. The gameplay itself evokes vary bad emotions because of annoying control. It's a shame i wasted the money

Ori and the Blind Forest is a beautiful and emotionally rich game with a great soundtrack - I still hum the theme to myself. The world is visually captivating, and the game play has a great balance of challenge and reward. An unforgettable game.

Lovely graphics and gameplay

Story and artwork are beautiful. Soundtracks are amazing. Mechanics are challenging, but fun and intuitive. It's one of the best platformer games there is.

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GREAT

While it's nice that they still give you the non-definitive version when you buy the game there's really no reason to play this version... besides getting the steam trading cards which is pretty annoying that you have to play THIS version in order to earn but I'm not mad. Just a little annoyed. 8/10

Beautiful story and game play. 10/10.

Im playing this through for a second time because it is a happy place.

I liked it.

First game I got on steam

Fantastic, beautiful platformer. For some reason the "Definitive Edition" lagged my computer to death no matter what I did. That's ok, nothing wrong with the original version.

Ori and the Blind Forest is a beautiful and emotional game. The art and music are amazing, and the story really touched me. The gameplay can be challenging at times, but it feels fair and rewarding. I loved exploring the world and unlocking new abilities. It’s one of those games that sticks with you even after you finish it.

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I would categorize this as a good "MetroidVania"-style Game. I had fun, though some passages where a bit frustrating.

Avoid the 'definitive edition' if at all possible. I've met multiple people who accidentally followed the added content, got stuck, and ended up quitting the game. The original is perfect.

What grabbed me most when picking up this game was the incredibly fluid movement. It is a joy just to run and jump through the beautiful environments. The music being some of the best ever created for a game also helps.

It's sequel continues the trend and is well worth playing through after finishing the first one.

The Visuals and Story line of this game is just epic...Even the menu music is so beautiful and sad i can listen to it for hours
Worth every penny, i will never regret buying the whole Ori bundle

Great visuals, hard gameplay, lovely story

banger game

the game is a 8/10 but running it is a nightmare.
just play the difinitive edition

a very good game, set up to its sequel, one of the greatest games ever made, an excellent compelling emotional journey