Inmost

An excellent experience despite a few annoying flaws.
First, the graphics are very nice. Very good use of pixel art. Lots of atmosphere, beatiful art and animations.
Second, the music perfectly sets the mood and adds to the emotional journey, never taking over.
Third, the gameplay is smooth, though never really challenging. Some platforming, some basic puzzle solving, a little bit of "combat", lots of walking and very little metroidvania elements, where things locked or not available in the level at first, will become so, once certain item is obtained or puzzle is solved, backtracking pending. Overall, none of those overstay its welcome, and the game switches between activities at a very good pace, keeping the gameplay flow nicely.
Now to the flaws:
First, the story is bashingly confusing at first. It's all atmosphere and mystery, but lots of confusing nonsencial narration that basically means nothing and has very little effect on the eventual resolution. The meaning behind all the alegories and metaphors got so lost, I barely remembered anything while playing. Only towards the end, things begin somewhat to make sense and then the ending bashes you on the head with an "aha-a-a!" moment that really feels quite disconnected, though starting to fit the narrative in retrospect. But not before that. So, the narration gives very little motivation to play. Thankfully, everything else compensates nicely.
Second, the knight sections are frustratingly simple and repetative. These are the only sections where you're barely engaged in anything but button smashing in extremely simplistic combat, except the enemy doesn't really fights back. I understand that narratively it works, but gameplay-wise it is simply boring and annoying.
Same with the old man's sections. You just walk. Very slowly. It halts the game and tests your patience. Fits the narrative, but works against the gameplay.
Third, the controls can be wonky sometimes. It doesn't bother most of the time, but occasionally it would really hurt the experience.
So in the end, the game left me with a very pleasant after-taste. The story was good and packed the emotional punch needed after the confusing beginning, the gameplay was fun and easy and the graphics along with the music contributed a lot to the short but very good experience.

Oh this was such a good surprise! I walked in knowing basically nothing, the artstyle drew me in, I loved the "monochrome but not really" pixel art but that was it. This was very fun! Very fun puzzles, incredible story-telling imo, a good amount of foreshadowing but that still keeps you guessing, the story is very moving (I will warn you it is on the heavy side). The fighting sections as the Knight were fun to move through, I liked how throughout the game, the gameplay felt organic but didn't get in the way of the story and wasn't punishing so as to get a more streamlined experience, the cutscenes were beautiful and the music was great! This is a very solid − albeit very short − game, I'm happy I got to experience it.

I loved 90% of this game. it gives you very little direction and expects you to solve puzzles through context clues and a bit of trial and error, and 90% of the time that worked great. it made for a nice challenge and a satisfying sense of accomplishment when I figured out a puzzle with so little assistance.
then the other 10% of the time was infuriating and I had to either bash my head against a wall for an hour trying seemingly the same 3 things over and over again or i just said fuck it to my pride and looked up a solution.
that being said, it was still a really fun experience overall and the story was compelling and dark. I definitely recommend doing a lil research after you finish to understand the story better, especially reading the 3yr anniversary post in the news section from the creators bc there was a lot of cool little details that I missed and it was so cool to see the level of detail with which everything had been thought out!
definitely recommend :3

Usually not much into platformers, but this narrative-driven adventure kept my interest throughout. It has a nice method of switching between three characters, each with different playstyles. There is the child who explores house by moving platforms, the bearded man who uses tools to open passageways, and the knight who uses combat to advance. I thought the gameplay was surprisingly good, especially the knight-strafing with the gamepad.
So I am not sure why there were so many negative reviews. Admittedly, it is a short game for the full price - although it often goes on sale or gets put into bundles. But the game does one thing that I think many gamers find unforgivable, which is unskippable movie sequences. That forces the player to put down the controller and wait to play again. And the story is not all that great, either. Well, had they put a SKIP button, then I think there would have been less anguish.
There are so many other good parts to the game: the soundscape, the gamepad controls, and the graphics and character animations are especially terrific. I enjoyed the level designs, unusual achievements, and finding the hidden crystals when the faint ringing was heard. I can tell that a lot of time went into making this game special, so I wanted to leave a positive review to counter all the criticism.

Amazing storytelling. The amount of feelings this game can transmit in 4 hours just confirms video games are another form of art

No, but also yes. There are a lot of dark themes in Inmost, but that doesn't mean it's not a fantastic story about love and pain. My ONE(1) complaint is that there's no way to change the key binds and that to dodge you have to hit control... but otherwise its fucking great, little confusing until the end, but great nonetheless

It's a decent story if not a little disjointed and hard to follow at times. Ultimately this is heavily story based and the gameplay is extremely average. If you're interested in a story about mental health and grief and are okay with metaphors then you'll probably enjoy this on a sale.