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As lightning flashes overhead, you’re transported to a strange, abandoned, yet oddly familiar world, surrounded by puzzles that revolve around the 5 senses: touch, taste, sight, smell, and hearing. With no indication of where to go or what to do, you have no choice but to explore, solve puzzles, and try to find a way home.
Staying true to the Myst-vania genre, nothing in the game is outright explained to you; a big part of the game is about exploring, learning, and piecing together clues about what’s going on and how everything works.
Steam User 1
Short but very interesting game. Cool soundtracks. A lot of secrets. Final section is also cool. Overall it's a good game.
I really like the idea of giving the player a game development museum as a reward for solving the tree puzzle
Steam User 0
This puzzle game was fun most of the time!
I always loved first-person puzzle games. The theme of 5 senses is fun.
Only a few puzzles felt a bit non-puzzly.
This game is not a mind-bending one, but an overall fun and not too challenging one.
Definitely give this a go when you like puzzle games!
Playtime to 100% is at least 5-7 hours.
Steam User 0
A bit clunky at times but personally I thought this was a fantastic way to iterate on the first person panel-puzzle experience. I'd argue against the world feeling lived in or like something you explore as a traditional space, but I do think the game tries to give all of its puzzles personality. Where a game like Qube or even Portal are very sterile, Sensorium feels like each area presents a set of ideas that engage different parts of the brain (by vibes, less by neuroscience) and so its world stays interesting because of its shifting presentation.
I wasn't a huge fan of the pause menu puzzle but that's about it. I really love this game and think it's worth your time.
Steam User 0
Yes, the game is recommended. Kept me busy and thinking a lot which is a good thing. Good story that you discover as you play. The way you do things in other games is sometimes helpful. A couple of puzzles are unorthodox and the logic is difficult to grasp. Way to dark in some important places. The scenery is rudimentary but it works. Overall though, I enjoyed it very much.
Steam User 0
Sensorium is an amazing little puzzle game that isn't too difficult but still provides some amount of challenge. The game without any extra puzzles and without 100%ing it took me around 4.5 hours.
The game is inspired by games such as Myst and The Witness especially, with some puzzles being near exact copies (not a bad thing though). Not only the puzzles but also the setting was inspired by other puzzle games, with it being a simplistic and mostly empty world at first glance but with small details around to make you feel like you are apart of something bigger; very Witness-esque.
With a puzzle game being based around the 5 senses, you would wonder how senses that don't translate to video games like smell and taste fair, and the answer is it's okay. Obviously there would be no way to implement these things, and the method that the developer chose does make some sense, but if you didn't know that the game was about the 5 senses then there would have no guessing as to what those puzzles represented. There is a developer room accessible after the game has been completed (which I implore you to go to) that does describe the method to the madness behind these puzzles.
All in all this is a beautifully crafted game that deserves to be played if you enjoy casual puzzle games.
Steam User 0
A fun puzzle game that explores its mechanics to the fullest. Rendering style is nice to look at. 2D art is rough around the edges, but doesn't detract from the gameplay. Lots of secrets to find, though I couldn't get them all without some guides. All in all recommended.
Steam User 0
I got 100% of the achievements in ~4.5 hours while having fun.
Pros:
- Interesting idea of using the 5 senses for puzzles.
- The later puzzles really make you think, but they’re not extremely difficult to the point that you have to look up solutions.
- All areas connect to the smell area which is a cool concept.
- Simple graphics which makes the puzzles easier to understand/see.
- An open world puzzle game.
- 100% is easy to get while also being fun (for achievement hunters)
Cons:
- It is almost impossible to solve some puzzles without taking notes.
- The audio area could be too difficult with hearing issues, but there’s a tone deaf mode.
This game is overall fun and has an interesting concept. I recommend it