Tunic

Tunic is an unapologetically challenging action-adventure game that is charming, multi-layered, and immensely rewarding to solve.

Tunic harkens back to the 16-bit era with a challenging adventure full of discovery and wonder.

Tunic turns its many influences into something that feels both familiar and gloriously new.

Delightfully difficult combat and meaningful exploration make Tunic a retro-inspired modern marvel.

It felt nostalgic, like playing a video game sitting next to a friend, taking turns flipping the manual pages back and forth. It felt like making notes in those margins, circling hints and clues to come back to later. Sometimes, it was utterly surprising. A person found something so bizarre, unlike anything I'd seen yet in this world - and it flipped the game upside down. There's the community aspect to the language, too: Little bits open up as others present theories and translation methods, each pulling a different piece of information into the puzzle. When someone makes even the tiniest breakthrough, it feels unreal.

Tunic brilliantly captures the feeling of that special childhood title that made you fall in love with video games.

Zelda-like adventure game starring an adorable fox recalls a pre-internet era when games felt like secret worlds

An isometric homage to Zelda that is loyal from top to bottom.

It’s the perfect palate cleanser, taking anywhere between six and 20 hours, and absolutely essential if you’ve got a fondness for adventure games with a potion in their pocket, a cape around their neck, and a twinkle in their eye.

It speaks the language of games gone by while injecting both modernity and its own personal twist.