Rinlo
Rinlo is an immersive third person puzzle adventure game designed for VR. Follow Agatha, a young girl unexpectedly cast away from her hometown as a child, in her epic quest. Guide her through dioramas of this steam-powered city, and unlock the truth hiding behind its familiar, winding streets.
Game Experience
Conquer complex puzzles
Grab, shift, twist and unlock tactile puzzles with full VR first person object manipulation in order to progress Agatha and yourself in your quest.
Adventure through stunning scenery
Explore enveloping environments from a third person perspective, and gaze upon wildly fantastic forests, stunning sea shores and vast castle ruins.
Discover the truth
Immerse yourself in Agatha’s story as you explore a steam-powered city left to ruin. Feel every twist and turn along with her as you uncover the mysterious truth of what really happened all those years ago.
Steam User 25
Greetings, I have been watching the development of Rinlo for a good few months. After playing Moss I was hooked on finding another 3rd person game with great scenery, moods, voice acting and atmosphere.
I am pleased to say Rinlo has most of this.
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So i have finished the game now, all my points from earlier are still valid, it looks great when you get out the city. But dam this is too short. It took me 64 minutes to finish the game, in its current state. Currently for $15 maybe it is too expensive, unless you want to support the devs.
Should you buy it ? Long story short, if you havnt been spending your money on shopping or pints and having a spare $15/£15 around its worth checking out. But it is a bit short currently, wait a few months
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Disclaimer - I am only on chapter 2
First impressions review
Priced at $15, onsale for £10 this game is at a great price point, nice and cheap, if it lasts.
I loaded in with little expectations since it is from a small studio whom, by the looks of things have made some mediocre Vr games over the last few years (based of reviews not personal experiences). Rinlo looked like it would be a completely new challenge for the small team.
The game has support for a fair number of headsets, Spanish and English support but easy enough controls and quality settings. When I first loaded up, I was instantly attracted by the simple yet unique and fascinating art style.
The game looks great, and I've only seen a fraction of what Rinlo has to offer. I initially thought the world looked too simple and bare but then you notice all the perfectly layed out props, the shine, the variety.
There is great music, to set the scene and atmosphere, from quest music to inspiring moments.
I have little to say about the gameplay since I have experienced little of it, but so far it seems solid enough.
Interesting little puzzles, locked levers and doors, and crafting. A welcoming surprise. This adds so much more to the game in my opinion, can't wait to see how crafting comes in to play later on.
Voice acting is very important to me in a game, if the voice acting is off the characters are off, if the characters are off the story is off... you get the idea, bad voice acting = a bad game (in my opinion)
However Rinlo's voice acting is great. The main character, Agatha sounds natural and conversations flow.
No performance issues, not that i expected any.
I again have not played much of Rinlo, but I am liking what I have seen so far.
Apart from 1 thing, Things may change as the game progresses and this maybe a fault of my computer but I feel like the loading screens are a second or 2 too long, this maybe since I am used to moss and it's instant scene switches, but the screen is black to often between scenes i find, but its ok.
Thanks a bunch for Rinlo, I will be updating the review as I play more of the game.
So far so good !!
Steam User 10
Experienced on Windows Mixed Reality
You can view my review & gameplay here:
I know my review says I only played 5 minutes, but I actually completed the game on Viveport Infinity. It took me approximately 3 hours (Viveport doesn't keep track of time played so it is a rough estimate). I was offered a free Steam key through the Steam Curator Connect after I had already played & reviewed the game in full. So my only reason to accept the key was to be able to write a review on Steam for you guys.
Anyways, I am giving a tepid recommendation. I enjoyed my time in Rinlo overall. However, it also has some pretty big negatives.
The biggest one for me was the lack of immersive VR interactions and poor controls overall. A lot of the interactions are very basic. Another big negative was just the puzzles and gameplay overall. The puzzles weren't very good; they were too easy and simple and not very thoughtful. For example, you do a wire loop mini-game or move the ball around the maze mini-game or a memory match 2 game. Then you do them again with a timer at the end. Some puzzles were okay, but most of them just weren't good at all. You actually switch to 1st person for these puzzles from a 3rd person God view.
The rest of the gameplay is also not good. There's stealth & combat sections that are too simple and just poorly implemented. They were not fun at all or challenging. The poor controls from even moving from point A to point B or grabbing on to ledges or the jumps just don't make for exciting platforming or action combat. You can craft and use bombs in this game, but I found out that I rarely had to use them and once you have the last bomb that obliterates the robots, you don't need the other two at all.
So you're probably wondering why I'm still recommending this game despite those major issues. Well, the answer is simply because this is a very beautiful game. I often felt like I was playing a game within a diorama. There's several very beautiful environments / scenes within this game. The beauty of this game reminded me of Moss, although with a completely different type of art style.
I also enjoyed the story. Now, unfortunately, just when the story is getting good and looks like it may be going somewhere interesting, it does end rather abruptly. However, the voice overs are done nicely, even if the animations are a bit stiff. There are 7 chapters plus a prologue and an epilogue.
Overall, I don't think Rinlo is for everyone. You have to be okay with puzzles that include stuff like a wire hoop game. You also have to be okay with poor stealth, combat, & platforming sections. If you can look past all that, there is a very beautiful game to enjoy with a nice little story overall. Yes, I do wish the gameplay had been better to match just how lovely the world is here. However, I can honestly say that I do not regret my time in Rinlo. It's simply beautiful to visit.
Rate 6/10.
Please note: I received a free Steam key through the Steam Curator connect program. You can join my Steam Curator Group here:
Steam User 7
1st Impressions Video with Commentary // Oculus Rift S // RTX 2070 Super:
My Initial Impressions:
A classy looking puzzle game with both 3rd person and 1st person puzzles. The puzzles are relatively simple to solve but the game feels highly polished for an Early Access game.
Steam User 7
Why are there not more VR games like this? For those of you who loved Moss, you will LOVE Rinlo! This game needs WAY more attention. I want to give a good shout out to the developers for making such an awesome game! I definitely got my moneys worth with this one, and highly recommend it to anyone. The perspective of Rinlo is somewhat like playing inside of a dollhouse in certain areas, with a good story, and some interesting puzzles to solve. Rinlo is one of those games you play when you get sick of the same old shooter blasting games, and just want to have a great VR experience with some unique settings. You will get several hours of game time for a great price. Rinlo is a hidden gem on Steam that more people need to know about. While everyone else is talking about Half Life Alyx, or Blade and Sorcery, I'm one of those people that looks for titles like this one. It's a must have in your library. So please, spread the word about it, and let's get the developers some well earned cash in their pockets. Thanks for making a unique experience. Definitely going to have another play through soon!
Steam User 5
Wonderful! Love it!
Not as polished as Moss maybe but still full of beautiful environments. If you like 3rd person VR games, you will most certainly find much to love.
If there is one thing that slightly breaks the rhythm here it is the puzzles - I would prefer to have more interaction in the game itself, instead of having to solve puzzles that aren't really related to the actual story. Also, I find the constant changes of viewing point within a given scene to be a bit irritating. If there could be a way to move the viewing point manually instead, that would be great.
Having said that, I am very much looking forward to seeing how the story unfolds as new chapters are added!!
Steam User 2
Seems a great game, and the atmosphere is very good, but the controls are annoying.
Jumping to ledges is very difficult, and when you grab the ledge and press the jump button again you fall instead of climbing up. In every other game you climb with the jump button, not fall off. Please fix it.
Steam User 3
I liked this, on balance, but there is a lot wrong with it and it is no classic by any stretch. It is beautiful, and there's about 3 hours of content.
However, the crafting system is rubbish and the controls are clumsy. The story is a bit rubbish too.
I recommend Moss as an alternative.