The Rivers of Alice – Extended Version
A surreal, point and click adventure game, The Rivers of Alice: Extended Version is a journey of self-discovery and enlightenment where the player will need to help Alice confront the fears of her everyday life like: sloth, envy, and dishonesty that manifest themselves in the form of mysterious characters and puzzles.
A gentle game, The Rivers of Alice: Extended Version will see gamers enjoy experiencing the beautiful watercolor, ink and pencil-drawn images of Ane Pikaza, as well feeling the emotion of the beautiful soundtrack (composed expressly for it by Spanish, indie-rock group, vetusta morla) wash over them.
The graphic adventure includes 10 characters and 20 puzzles on 15 screens, with 11 sound environments and 13 exclusive compositions by vetusta morla. 700 main character animations, 177 conversations and 717 objects and characters in more than 1500 art-filled illustrations bring Alice’s weird and wonderful universe to life.
Features
- Challenging Puzzles Await – Use your wits and converse with a mysterious cast of characters to find out what lies deep within Alice’s subconscious. Venture on a journey of self-discovery and enlightenment as you help Alice confront the fears of her everyday life like sloth, envy, and dishonesty.
- Vibrant Soundtrack – From the gentle guitar giving way to the opening scene, to the dreamy piano compositions throughout the game, vetusta morla’s 13 exclusive tracks fill every area of the game with intense emotion.
- Artfully crafted adventure – 700 main character animations, 177 conversations and 717 objects and characters in more than 1500 art-filled illustrations bring Alice’s universe to life in this surreal, point and click adventure game.
Game Discussion
Steam User 14
The Rivers of Alice is a classic point and click game where emotions, music and beautiful concept art are perfectly matched. If you're home alone on a nostalgic rainy afternoon looking for some relaxing activity this game is the perfect plan to dive into. And of course if you like the spanish band Vetusta Morla or just heard about them and want to know more about their music this game is for you. Music and art are the main elements of the game so I recommend you playing using some good headphones.
I warn you this is a very short adventure but it's perfectly balanced with game's difficulty. Just like the classics.
Hope you enjoy it just as much as I did.
Steam User 5
Highly stylized with beautiful artwork and a lovely soundtrack, The Rivers of Alice is, as much as I hate to admit it, simply far too short for its price. According to Steam, I played this game for 3.7 hours. During that time I beat the entire game twice (you'll have to, if you want all the achievements), went to go make lunch, forgot I still had the game open, and came back to it. There's between 1-2 hours of playtime, depending on how quick you are at solving the puzzles. At 7.99, that's honestly a bit steep.
If you can snag it on a discount, though, it's an excellent little beginner adventure game.
Steam User 3
Beautiful art and some challenging puzzles. This game is not for all people, just for those that enjoy point and click adventures, puzzle games and "indie" art.
PROS:
✅ Calm game to let you think.
✅ Nice art work.
✅ Surrealist universe.
CONS:
❌ Good music, but sometimes it is too repetitive. I miss an option to mute inside the game.
❌ Music puzzles are hard for normal people. If you are not musician, it is difficult to identify the sounds. Hopefully, try and error works well without taking a long time.
❌ The puzzles are linear, so, if you are stuck, you cannot try other puzzles.
Steam User 3
Pros:
- nice atmosphere
- good art
- good puzzles
Cons:
- that impossible and illogical maze in the caverns
- control is wonky and difficult
Altogether: I have mixed feelings about this game, it would be nice if someone would fix the controls and made that maze a bit easier. Seriously, I got stuck there like HOURS! There is no pattern, no logic to it or what so ever and this pisses me off to no end. Otherwise it would be one of my fave games.
Steam User 6
The Rivers of Alice is a short and sweet point and click puzzle game that manages to hit all the right spots. The game follows a young girl, presumably Alice, as she adventures through a dream sequence solving puzzles and meeting friends. In my opinion, this game is a great example of what a point and click game can be: an adventure where intuition and some observation make for rewarding puzzling experiences. While no game is perfect, and this one is no exception, the few flaws the game has are quickly buried by everything it does well.
I credit the beautiful art direction coupled with the great backing soundtrack to really drive the experience home. Gameplay itself is fairly standard point and click fare. The game offers in-game hints and dialogue with characters which are essentially another form of hints. I found that playing through the game without "talking" to the characters offered a well-balanced difficulty, the puzzles took a little bit of thought to figure out what needed to be done, but it was never so hard that it seemed unfair or the solutions illogical once you worked them out. Don't worry about missing out on story by not "talking" to the characters either, "dialogue" is really just pictures that hint at what you need to do to solve the puzzles. The puzzles themselves were mostly well designed and I did find myself using pen and paper to take notes on a few of them, something I always consider a mark of a good puzzle game such as this.
I'm always a fan of games where the different elements of the game come together and work with one another to make a truly remarkable experience, and I think that's exactly what has happened with this game. It's a very unique and very enjoyable experience from start to finish. Often point and click games rub me the wrong way and I often have to take breaks between sessions and lose interest. That's not the case with this game, every time I stopped playing it to do something else I had the itching desire to get right back to it so I could beat it. I rarely buy games at full price, but this is one game I would not regret buying at the full price.
At the end of the day, I play games for the experiences they offer, and this game offers one worth experiencing.
Steam User 8
A gorgeous, challenging point and click game. The music is fantastic and sets an ethereal but hopeful mood. The puzzles are challenging but interesting. The art style is original and beautiful. Even though I've beaten it I want to play it over again for the dreamy relaxing feel and environment. Check it out!
Steam User 1
The Rivers of Alice is a nice point'n'click game. It has a great hand painted design and oozes personality. Also has a nice soundtrack. The puzzles aren't very difficult once you figure out what are you trying to solve, since the game only gives you hints with pictograms.
It is a short, beatiful and relaxing game. Give it a chance if you like point'n'click games.