INSIDE

Although the campaign is rather small, its a really fun game. Full of puzzels and mysteries.

A stunning game with a curious story that keeps you pushing onward. The atmosphere this radiates is unique, i wish there was an Inside 2 or a DLC that adds more to the game. Sadly, theres no other game like this, not even Limbo.

It's really hard to put this game into words. Emotionally impactful without doing a lot. Both an aesthetically beautiful and haunting, game. It is definitely challenging enough. The eerie environment and soundtrack tugs at the senses while you're playing, kinda making you feel like you're the main character. Overall, an extremely well designed game.

---{ Graphics }---
☑ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☑ Difficult (for perfectionists)
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good (it's really hard to say, because u have to fantasize and assume.)
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☑ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
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☐ 6
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☑ 9
☐ 10

INSIDE is quite a particular game, from the creators of LIMBO. It follows a similar gameplay loop, and even the way the story is told -or rather, not told- is also along the same lines. However, where I found LIMBO to be somewhat frustrating, I found myself enjoying this game quite a whole lot, even if I still had my issues with it.

Our story begins with an unnamed boy in an unnamed forest, being chased around by an unnamed group. And, as it stands, the whole game is like that; we get to see a lot of stuff happen, but we never get clear answers as to how this worlds works, only that it looks somewhat dystopian, and dare I say, decaying. Usually, I don't enjoy vague stories such as this one, but INSIDE had something in it that kept me going forward, wanting to, if not learn, at least see more of this world. I can't go into a lot more details about the story, as I feel doing so would spoil the experience, and this game is certainly an experience.

As for the gameplay, I already mentioned it's simlar to LIMBO. In case you're unfamiliar, it's a third-person platformer with puzzles and a small touch of exploration. There's no combat per-se, whenever there's enemies, or, as I'd prefer to call them in this case, hostile elements, your usual course of action is either avoiding them through stealth or outrunning them. Other than that, you'll have to move boxes, pull switches, push objects... Lots of puzzles sprinkled throughout the game. Personally, I found this part of the game (and the exploration itself) to be the better part of it; in regards to the presence of hostile elements, the dogs in particular, I found them somewhat annoying.

Sound design is quite minimal, but where the game makes use of sound, it makes an impact. Musical cues, soundtracks that faintly play in the background, I think it's all excellently crafted. And the art style is fantastic as well. While the gameplay remains 2D, the game makes good use of 3D environments, and the level design is great. Sure, you won't get to that platform far away in the background, but seeing it gives this game a huge sense of scale.

All in all, a solid experience, with an eerie atmosphere bordering on horror. I definitely recommend it.

Controversial. Yes, in the end I checked the box for recommending the game, but there is a "but" that lies in the fact it's not my genre (a 2.5D platform game) and I realized it only started playing it. One of the reasons I don't mark it as "I don't recommend this game" is because I didn't expect anything from it from the beginning and when I was buying it I was aware the game could turn out to be not my favotire genre. Another reason is that despite the platform, I was curious about the story. Its ending reserves many questions (which is not bad at all). If you're not sure about the game (same as I wasn't sure about it for some time) but want to discover a new type of games, I'd recommend to take a chance.

Beautiful game, really well put together. But definitely not worth 20$ for 3,5h playtime. Buy when 90% off.

Another memorable experience from Playdead. The gameplay is fun and the story is interesting and dark. Short and fun play through!

I can't exactly put my finger on why I love this game so much, but it is so good. It just sucks me in and I can't put it down. I wish so badly that it was longer.

My type of game
Story Rich in a Dystopian world
Dark, gloomy, quiet and creepy atmosphere
Eerie enviornment and music
Mysterious world and its living beings
Thrilling but brilliant puzzle-solving levels
Ending was beautiful
I wonder if I will get to play a game similar like this in future, I hope I do

9/10

7/10 - Good recommendation.

Very solid and straight forward game compared to Limbo I would say it felt a lot easier.

Enjoyed the sections using mind control and the "corpses" a lot.

The twist at the final section was unexpected...

Not really sure what the story of the game was meant to be tbh but was enjoyable puzzle platformer in general.

It was an interesting experience. It is not for everyone. Inside is like an abstract piece of art, when a man looks with traditional perspective, it is a bit disappointing as for unclear narrative hidden behind the game and overall dissatisfaction after puzzle solving. But the thing is, if the player allows himself to be affected by the deep threatening atmosphere and really engages into the environment, it starts the magic behind it. The game is not about entertainment and fun, but one of the key things in video games is fun. The video games are designed to entertain people and to have fun, even if it is a dark game.

Though, I will recommend it, especially to the people, who have played Limbo, as this is from the same developers.

i had seen pewdiepie play this way back, and i decided to pick it up a while ago and up until today, it was rotting in the backlog. i have to be honest, the ending was amazing, but a lot of the journey felt very slow to me, which is wild to say for a game that's only about 4 hours. idk why or what made me feel like this but i kept wanting to abandon this game. maybe it culminated from the stress of wanting to complete as much as my backlog as possible this year but i can't take that out on this game. the story is great, the puzzles are fun and some are challenging, but the overall package here is great and i think everyone should try picking this game up, as it's not an insane time commitment.

Very good, VERY good!! Wow...that was intense. Great atmosphere, sounds, movements and all the small details in the surroundings... 10/10.

If you played Limbo before Inside, this is more story and less frustrating puzzles (thanks Playdead :))

This Game is Amazing! Visuals and Atmosphere is nice, every level has an interesting puzzle..

Just finished and all I can say is "Wow, that was really cool". Before playing, I wondered how a black and white game could be any good but the graphics, storyline and physics/logic based puzzles are outstanding. I rank this game similar to and up there with Little Nightmares 2 and Unravel.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☑ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☑ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☑ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☑ 7
☐ 8
☐ 9
☐ 10

Best part was the 🐥🐣🐤 following me around. Great game. Thanks for the walkthrough - I needed it a few times

One of the best games I've ever played. Great animations. Great artwork. Great atmosphere. Great puzzles. Basically perfect for what it is.

Very cool very good game with unique solutions to puzzles, an amazing art style and very good gameplay.

Really beautiful and thoughtful game with intriguing ideas, compelling visuals, and interesting challenges for players to face.

eerie, but stunning visuals. quite challenging, but smooth gameplay

Weird game.

INSIDE is a 2.5D platforming game that mixes challenging puzzles and a somber atmosphere to drive it’s narrative. It’s developed and published by Playdead, the same company that brought you Limbo. It released on Jul 7 back in 2016.

INSIDE is purely narratively driven and features no character development. It’s a short experience, only lasting around 4-6 hours depending on how long it will take you to solve the puzzles. The primary mechanical interaction within the title is puzzle platforming, utilizing both moveable objects in the environment and movement itself to solve differing obstacles. A moody and somber atmosphere mix with an equally melodic background soundtrack that escalates during periods of action or the nearing of solving a particularly involved puzzle. A smattering of different environments will spot your exploration as you venture ever onward east, ranging from forests, farms, cityscapes, industrials plants and more. There is no real exploration, only one direction to continue forward with, although there are secret locations that can be double backed to or solved with a puzzle that contain other secrets of their own. There are secrets that can be unlocked to reveal an alternative ending, but aside from this there isn’t any after story content or endgame which is to be expected with a title such as this. The game runs fine and there weren’t any outstanding performance issues or crashes that I had to content with during my time with it. Achievement hunting is enjoyable given the extremely well done checkpoint system, dropping you at various intervals throughout the playthrough. Not only are they placed well, they are plentiful. This is appreciated, especially after having just come from a different largely narrative driven game that featured no chapter select for replayability.

INSIDE’s strongest points are it’s atmosphere, well designed puzzles, and immersion building environment and soundtrack. This title is unique as it doesn’t necessarily feature any weak moments or parts in which it fell short. It’s a comprehensively well designed experience from start to finish. The only critique that I have is that some of the indicators for secrets might be made to be slightly more noticeable, as it’s entirely possible some of these will go entirely unnoticed without the utilization of a guide.

Final verdict, 5/5. I recommend picking this up on sale, as $20 is a little steep given the length and age of the title. This is for players that enjoy platforming puzzle solving games with a dark and moody atmosphere. I won’t play this again, but it is a nice short experience for those that are interested.

what a game, better than limbo and puzzles and story is mind blowing asfcuk

well it is a great game with dark atmosphere just like limbo and i enjoyed it while playing

Inside is a puzzle-platformer set in a bleak, dystopian world. We control an unnamed boy, navigating through the environment as we solve puzzles to carry on. Deadly threats loom throughout and must be avoided in various ways. The story is open to interpretation, with no dialogue and only visual cues to guide us along. The game is artistically beautiful, replete with dark silhouette designs. This is a fairly short adventure but is a memorable, innovative experience.

I liked it, good game to spend your time. No dialogues but you will understand the story it makes you think to solve the puzzles to continue, I recommend it

Absolutely loved playing this game.
The 2.5D gameplay, along with the eerie visuals and music makes this an interesting experience.
I would definitely recommend playing this if you want to try something light and casual but with a mind-bending/horror twist to it

10/10

One of best gameplays. Interesting puzzles. Nice graphics. Especcialy recommend for long flights

Big fan, the visuals and ambient is good. The music and puzzles are also, of course, good. some of the puzzles might be a bit too hard but asides from that. the game has the good quality's LIMBO has.

Game's good. Ambience is great, the sound and the style too. Goes a little down in the final part of the game but still good.
20 bucks? No. I finished it in 3 hours, 20 bucks are just too much, I myself bought it for 2 euros since it was on sale, if on sale buy it, if not stay away from it. It's the typical game where you have a great experience but only the 1st time you finish it. No way I'm going to play it again in future but for 2 bucks, 3 hours of fun is good enough for me.

good game although some puzzles can be too cryptic and a guide may be necessary but the atmosphere makes up for it

Nice game. Even though the death scenes are terrifying, the gameplay is exciting and challenging.

Absolute masterpiece! The atmosphere of creepy grey horror (that Nordic guys are sorta famous for :) and perfect puzzles complexity (not too hard, not too easy)!

This game has mesmerized me in a very similar manner to "Another World" 20+ years ago - a perfect concoction of mystery and gameplay!

Nice game. The movement is superb. Reminded me a bit of Flashback. Now devs make a similar game with guns :) . Good job.

This game is amazing, it never makes you do the same thing twice and is constantly amazing you by how creative it is. It will show you something that is so cool and so mind blowing that it will leave you stunned but it will pack up that amazing moment and show you 3 more in the next 10 minutes all with the same feeling.

A beautiful dystopian thriller with a compelling story and fun puzzles. Takes around two hours to complete, not counting the collectibles required for the secret ending. Plays better with a controller than mouse and keyboard imo.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
☐ 9
☑ 10

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A game of its own. INSIDE proved that even 2.5D game can achieve success. If I would recommend this more, I would.

This is one of the best games I have ever played. It makes you feel stuff. After finishing the game I was a bit messed up for a few days. Will never forget this game.

Really liked this game. Great single-player experience. Very immersive and intriguing.

Everyone knows it is an awesome game, so I can only nitpick about one thing:

There are some puzzles, where you have to advance into dark areas.
The game points you with visual methods the accessible areas (like seeing surface lights from dark underwater), but sometimes, it is just completly dark. There was a few times I thought there is no way out there, but it was just in a very dark area.
So you will surely die many times if you can´t find it at first.

Other than that, I can´t say any bad about the game, it is really a masterpiece of art.

An extraordinary experience that captivated me with its dark atmosphere and well-crafted puzzles. The journey of the child, hunted and immersed in a cruel world, conveys a deep sense of tension and isolation that completely drew me in.

The game features cool puzzles, a great atmosphere, and gives off Little Nightmares vibes.

Genius! I managed to avoid spoilers despite taking so long to get around to the game; spoiler-free is the best way to experience it.

P.S. Don't tell anyone, but I played it so that I could finally watch the Game Grumps playthrough.

If you are retarded or have less than 12 years of age this type of overly simplistic puzzles might be fun for you.
I'm also dead INSIDE so you shouldn't take this review that seriously.

Sort of an escape room. Cool puzzles. The game's atmosphere is excellent.

Gameplay

Difficult enough to give you a sense of satisfaction after solving the puzzles, but not too difficult such that it breaks the flow.

Playtime

Long enough to embed different mechanics and makes the game more interesting, but not so long that it becomes a drag.

Narrative

Shows enough for you to get an overall picture, but also leaves some space for your own imagination.

Soundtrack

Not a single word is spoken during the game, but still keeps you immersed and captivated.

Overall

A simple game, also a masterpiece.
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A simple concept, brilliantly executed. The production is top-notch. They managed to strike a fine balance across every aspect of the game. You can tell they really put a lot of thoughts and effort into the design.

Even though it is a 2D platform puzzle game, the separation of three layers---background, midground (character's action space) and foreground, together with the amazing sound design and gameplay, makes the whole experience really immersive. The occasional transitions between the layers are really cool too.

What truly amazes me is the game guidance. Yes, there is no explicit tutorial or guidance throughout the game, but you can tell it is everywhere. From strategically positioned lights to cleverly placed cul-de-sacs, it shows you where to explore; From slightly higher barricades to towering walls, it tells you what is impossible and what is reachable with clever usage of tools; From explaining new mechanics with simple puzzles to gradually complicating things with combinations thereof, it teaches you how the world "inside" works. In short, it guides you towards your own eureka moments and you don't even realize it---and that's what makes my 4.5 hours an extraordinary gaming experience.

I was genuinely surprised by how dark this minimalist game could become. Its story-rich narrative, paired with side-scrolling puzzle platforming, strikes the perfect balance of challenge and engagement. As they say, “a good puzzle makes the solver think they will get it. A great puzzle makes them feel smart when they do.”

It's top class. Game sucks you in. Few hours of decent action and thrills.

INSIDE is a haunting and atmospheric puzzle-platformer with stunning visuals and a gripping, mysterious story. Its clever puzzles and tense atmosphere keep you engaged from start to finish.