Blue Prince

Above this review, you will see something along the lines of "247.3 hours at time of review." But this does not come close to describing the degree to which Blue Prince has captured my attention and become my obsession. I have dozens of pages of handwritten notes for this game. I have created entire spreadsheets to keep track of patterns, clues, and hints. Even when the game isn't running, I can't help but ruminate over this game's many puzzles and mysteries, and I have a feeling that I will continue to do so for a long, long time. Solving Blue Prince's many puzzles has been a challenge, but more importantly, it has been rewarding every step of the way. Every thread can be pulled, every stone can be turned, and perhaps even every mystery can be solved. It is so rare to find a game that so thoroughly rewards curiosity the way Blue Prince does. This is without a doubt, my favorite game that I've ever played. If you love puzzles, if you love mysteries, if you love games that reward you for obsessively keeping notes on every seemingly meaningless detail you notice... get this game. You won't be disappointed.

one of the best puzzle games out there to date, get your pen & paper, this game will cure your tiktok brain

Very addicting and engaging puzzle roguelike "dungeon crawler" set in a mansion. Would recommend to everyone to experience.

I have yet to find a game that consumes me the way Blue Prince did. With over 200 hours in the game, I still have not 100% completed every achievement. There were multiple times where I thought I had finsihed the story and everytime it just kept going and going and going. "Does it ever end?" This game is definitely worth the money, and then some.

Crowned blue KING. GG game well made.

An S-Tier jewel of a game. Don't miss it. And don't google anything.

Best puzzle game ever made

I absolutely love puzzle games like Portal, The Outer Wilds, The Witness, Return of the Obra Dinn, and The Talos Principal. Blue Prince is less of a puzzle game than it is a masochistic roguelite that requires a ton of luck and guesswork. I want puzzle games to test my knowledge and intelligence, not test my luck. I feel like I've LOST BRAIN CELLS playing Blue Prince. There is just so much frustrating randomness in the game, especially late game after getting past Room 46. While it is a good game, it is so deeply flawed that it does not deserve all the acclaim it has gotten from professional critics. I feel like I've been tricked. This game is SO DISRESPECTFUL to player's time. Late game, it takes hours to roll the right conditions just to solve a specific problem. And the puzzles themselves are often super vague word puzzles that require tons of guesswork. The logical answer is usually not the correct answer the devs are looking for. And the puzzles are so repetitive. I was so tired of solving the same puzzles over and over and over and over and over and over and OVER AGAIN because the game resets every day. The dartboard and lock puzzles nearly broke me. They take SO LONG to solve, and they're not fun after the 20th time, and especially not fun after the 100th time. They're a time-wasters. - It sucks because there are no mid-game saves when a single run can last 2 hours - It sucks because the late-game puzzles are vague and often just guesswork. The "A New Clue" puzzles are super vague. The Aries puzzles are super vague. At least one of the sigils requires guesswork. - It sucks because there are so many red herrings. The game will drop tons of clues that end up being completely misleading and inconsistent. I've spent hours trying to roll the specific conditions to solve a puzzle only to find out that I've been following a red herring left by careless devs. - It sucks because some of the puzzles can't be solved if you miss a single hard-to-find clue. - It sucks because 2 of the puzzles require waiting in the same spot for up to 90 minutes, which is a huge energy waste - It sucks because I have to replay the same puzzles over and over again. Doing the chess puzzle multiple times was so annoying. - It sucks because there is so much RNG involved in rolling the rooms. Late game puzzle requirements are far too rare, even with all the permanent upgrades. Blue Prince is just too frustrating of a game to be enjoyable.