Trüberbrook

The painting-like art style, clay animation-esque imagery, movie-like immersion, fairy tale-like storyline, and overall retro atmosphere, along with its distinctive characters, are captivating. While it may seem typical and ordinary in some respects, it was nonetheless enjoyable.

Nice little relaxed (sometime funny) point and click adventure with good story and items to look for and put in the right place (press the spacebar to show interactable items/spots marked with a red x). Sometimes, you have to trade items with a non-player-character. This game is not in a hurry and so you can be not in a hurry too!

This strange story never makes it quite clear where it is going. It is an average point and click, with beautiful graphics and quirky characters. The awkward animations do not diminish the charm of the silly adventure. Most puzzles have background information provided to help resolve, even though there will be a lot of back-tracking.
Additional Details

Operating System
Ubuntu Linux 22.04 x64


CPU
Ryzen 7 5800h


GPU
RX 6700m


Game Saves
Automatically at each scene transition


Notes
Hard to recommend at full price, but it has been heavily discounted and bundled more recently


Technical Notes
Unity game engine, no problems

We played this two and a half times, and overall it's very enjoyable.
The art style is impeccable, and the best part of this game.
On some puzzles, it's not immediately clear what the goal is or, in some cases, the solution is somewhat silly. Nonetheless, they are generally satisfying to complete.

I love a good puzzle game. My 9yr old and I have been playing this together. At times we've found it a bit challenging and even needed some assistance. The artwork is lovely and the story is interesting.

Very interesting puzzle game! Loved the design, and voice actors. Puzzle solutions mostly made sense, if were a bit silly at times. Lovely!

Trüberbrook's a very strange point-and-click adventure game that feels pretty heavily inspired by Twin Peaks and/or Lynchian surrealism in general. I personally found it quite enjoyable, though the tonal shifts were sometimes quite jarring (which, I suppose, is in keeping with its Twin Peaks influence). For instance, the game starts out playing it pretty "straight" for the most part, but soon you're randomly destroying town monuments for no good reason and riding a tram system using coat hangers, before eventually whipping back to more grounded activities like informing a character that you've just found her brother's dead body. The game's full of your typical adventure-game antics which I feel are often a bit at odds with the general tone. It does also suffer from the usual adventure game conundrums where you may not have a clue how you solved a puzzle even after you've solved it -- there's one in particular involving getting a cat down from a tree where I'm not even sure which items I used in the attempt.
Regardless, it's a pretty delicious slow burn, and it's visually lovely. I don't think I've ever played a point-and-click adventure game quite like this one, and I was glad to have the experience.