Rime
A land of discovery stretches out before you. Explore the beautiful yet rugged world of RiME, a single-player puzzle adventure. In RiME, you play as a young boy who has awakened on a mysterious island after a torrential storm. You see wild animals, long-forgotten ruins and a massive tower that beckons you to come closer. Armed with your wits and a will to overcome—and the guidance of a helpful fox—you must explore the enigmatic island, reach the tower's peak, and unlock its closely guarded secrets. Explore – Discover the mysterious island at your own pace. Interact with wildlife, search for hidden items or simply take in the sights and sounds. Solve Puzzles – Make your way through the ancient ruins and its hidden marvels by solving puzzles with sound, light and shadow projection, perspective, platforming, and even time manipulation.
Steam User 16
It’s near damn crazy to me that this is technically a 4–5 hour game… because I’ve put 60+ hours into it just walking around, replaying moments, sitting with the music, and just existing in its world.
The tower isn’t just a tower. The island isn’t just an island. It’s a mind trying to survive loss.
When the truth settled in, it didn’t feel like a twist for shock value. It felt heavy. Real. Human. And now that the initial shock has passed, I’m just… grateful I got to experience it.
It’s rare for a game to say so much with so NO dialogue. The world building, the symbolism, the music — it all works together quietly. No overexplaining. No forcing emotion. It just lets you feel.
9.5/10
Steam User 9
RIME let's you experience the 5 stages of grief in such a respectful, meaningful and understandig way. It gives another perspective to it. Amazing gameplay and storyline! Really knows how to pull you into the story and built connection with your characters you meet along the way.
Sometimes the controls on the desktop are a bit funky when you've got your preset camera angles in some parts of the game. But other than that very enjoyable!
Steam User 4
Favorited as soon as I was done with it. Such a blast of a game in all possible ways: in terms of narrative, visuals, design, gameplay, direction, storytelling devices, just wow. It's really hard for me to comment on this because I really have no complaint whatsoever, even though I wish the movement was slightly quicker. Still never got bored and easily gathered the plot despite the simplicity of the way it's shown off.
Would suggest to anyone ever tbh, doesn't matter the genre you're into or the difficulty you can handle since it's not like it's hard or anything, but despite that it never feels underwhelming. I mean, for those who want an extra challenge there are a lot of achievements and collectables to go through and those are incredibly well designed and hidden and surprisingly relevant to the gameplay. 10/10
Steam User 4
This is the first Game in my Life that touched my Heart to the Point where I just Cried at the End Credits and sat there without a Plan what to do. It is a Truly touching and Sad Story paired with a beautiful Art Direction and an Amazing Soundtrack. This is not only a Recommendation but a Request to play this Game and experience this Heartbreaking Story.
Steam User 5
Can't put into words how much I love this little game. It could be frustrating at times, but what game with puzzle-focused gameplay isn't sometimes? But anyway.
I give this two big thumbs up. It's pretty, it's fun, and it'll have your emotions by the throat by the end.
Steam User 3
This game is beautiful. Every puzzle is engaging but not too difficult, the scenery is gorgeous and the story is still one of my favorites. I can confidently say that this game changed me.
Steam User 3
I"m doing my 4th play through. I love this game. So relaxing with the fantastic music. Extremely emotional. Even though I know the ending, it's just about "being there", going through the story again. Unfortunately, Tequila Works has gone belly up. I was hoping for a sequel. Too bad. It's hard to find a game that touches you so much.