Messy Recipe: A Hidden Object Game

Bardzo krótka, mało angażująca. Praktycznie przeklikałam wszystkie dialogi bez czytania :/

Super short and sweet game you can 100% in one sitting!

Read the full review with accompanying screenshots here: https://playcritically.com/2026/04/11/messy-recipe-a-hidden-objects-game-review/ When I play Messy Recipe, I am constantly aware of its limitations. There are ten levels in total; I feel there should be more. Every level takes place in a single environment that only changes two or three times; I feel there should be more. Reaching the ending takes about twenty minutes and completing every recipe takes about ninety; I feel it should be longer. The narrative’s conflicts are resolved with little actual difficulty for anyone involved; I feel it should make braver choices. Sometimes a videogame being short and simple is a point in its favor. It offers exactly the amount it needs to feel rewarding for the player then ends before it overstays its welcome. I cannot bestow this compliment on Messy Recipe. It leaves me with a feeling of dissatisfaction. Messy Recipe was not made for me. It is not suited for an intense play session followed by analysis of its interacting and intersecting systems. Completionists will dash through its short length then dash it off their backlogs, already forgetting it as they hurry on to a new list of achievements. Hardcore players will scoff at its friendly visuals and gentle activities and click away, never giving it a chance at all. Messy Recipe was not made for them either. I would not be doing my job as a critic if I exclusively considered these elitist, discerning perspectives when evaluating a videogame. It is true that there are times when I only need to consider my own expectations and biases when writing a review. The videogames with the broadest appeal, where it is presumed most players already have a general idea of what they will encounter, are where I am most free to be this insular. I am already speaking to my bubble. Messy Recipe is not that kind of videogame. It is with this in mind that I urge myself to look past my misgivings to Messy Recipe’s strongest qualities. Its premise is simple, its graphics are appealing, and its scale is easily managed. I imagine the kinds of players who may enjoy a videogame with those qualities. I see a harried remote worker squeezing in one or two puzzles between service calls. I see an exhausted professional, with no time or energy to play an epic RPG or demanding live-service shooter, finding satisfaction in finishing a short and uncomplicated puzzle videogame after an easy evening meal. I see a parent with a toddler on their lap, introducing their child to a simple videogame in preparation for bigger and deeper videogames in years to come. Messy Recipe is not for me. It is for them. I’m not going to be so arrogant as to say they should not enjoy this videogame. I do not wholly enjoy Messy Recipe. I believe they will.