Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy

Item: Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy
Rating: 78
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-07-20

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Summary

Excellent co-op and series continuation
Clever, engaging puzzles
Stunning visuals and art style
Excessive length and repetitive gameplay
Unintuitive and tedious puzzles
Significant bugs and technical issues

Emotions

Satisfaction34%Frustration14%Disappointment11%Joy9%Enjoyment6%

Reviews (sample size): 752
Helpful reviews: 77%
Unhelpful reviews: 22%
Protest reviews: 1%

78%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
22%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 1909
Negative points: 915
Gameplay points: 680
Perf. points: 14
Rec. points: 306
Misc points: 116

Point	Description	Importance
Excellent Co-op & Series Continuation Description Players overwhelmingly praise the game for its fun and engaging co-op experience, making it ideal for playing with friends and family. It's considered a strong, enjoyable continuation of the series, often cited as the best installment. Importance 99%	Players overwhelmingly praise the game for its fun and engaging co-op experience, making it ideal for playing with friends and family. It's considered a strong, enjoyable continuation of the series, often cited as the best installment.	99%
Best in Trine Series Description Many players consider this game to be the best in the Trine series, often comparing its quality favorably to Trine 1 and 2, and noting significant improvements over Trine 3 and 4. It successfully recaptures the essence of earlier, beloved installments. Importance 45%	Many players consider this game to be the best in the Trine series, often comparing its quality favorably to Trine 1 and 2, and noting significant improvements over Trine 3 and 4. It successfully recaptures the essence of earlier, beloved installments.	45%
Clever & Engaging Puzzles Description The puzzles are a major highlight, described as clever, varied, and challenging yet solvable. Players appreciate the physics-based design, the sense of accomplishment from solving them, and the multiple creative solutions available. Importance 44%	The puzzles are a major highlight, described as clever, varied, and challenging yet solvable. Players appreciate the physics-based design, the sense of accomplishment from solving them, and the multiple creative solutions available.	44%
Stunning Visuals & Art Style Description The game receives high acclaim for its stunning visuals, beautiful art style, and vibrant, detailed environments. Reviewers consistently highlight the game's fairy-tale aesthetic and impressive graphical fidelity. Importance 34%	The game receives high acclaim for its stunning visuals, beautiful art style, and vibrant, detailed environments. Reviewers consistently highlight the game's fairy-tale aesthetic and impressive graphical fidelity.	34%
Enhanced Character Abilities Description The game's three unique characters and their expanded, complementary abilities are well-received. These new skills add depth to both combat and puzzle-solving, encouraging players to switch between heroes. Importance 13%	The game's three unique characters and their expanded, complementary abilities are well-received. These new skills add depth to both combat and puzzle-solving, encouraging players to switch between heroes.	13%
Excellent Level Design Description The level design is consistently praised for being excellent, imaginative, and varied. Levels are described as beautifully crafted, with good length, secret areas, and creative boss encounters. Importance 12%	The level design is consistently praised for being excellent, imaginative, and varied. Levels are described as beautifully crafted, with good length, secret areas, and creative boss encounters.	12%
Balanced & Customizable Difficulty Description The game offers a well-balanced and customizable difficulty, with options to increase or decrease challenge. New mechanics and varied enemies contribute to a fresh and engaging experience. Importance 9%	The game offers a well-balanced and customizable difficulty, with options to increase or decrease challenge. New mechanics and varied enemies contribute to a fresh and engaging experience.	9%
Captivating Music & Sound Description The game's music and soundtrack are highly praised for being beautiful, pleasant, and perfectly complementing the magical fairy-tale atmosphere. The audio design enhances the overall immersive experience. Importance 9%	The game's music and soundtrack are highly praised for being beautiful, pleasant, and perfectly complementing the magical fairy-tale atmosphere. The audio design enhances the overall immersive experience.	9%
Improved Combat & Bosses Description Combat and boss battles are noted for being improved, more varied, and challenging compared to previous entries. Bosses are memorable and often incorporate puzzle elements, requiring strategic use of character abilities. Importance 8%	Combat and boss battles are noted for being improved, more varied, and challenging compared to previous entries. Bosses are memorable and often incorporate puzzle elements, requiring strategic use of character abilities.	8%
Light & Engaging Story Description The story is generally considered light-hearted, unobtrusive, and fitting for the game's universe. While not always outstanding, it's engaging enough to carry the player through the adventure. Importance 7%	The story is generally considered light-hearted, unobtrusive, and fitting for the game's universe. While not always outstanding, it's engaging enough to carry the player through the adventure.	7%
Innovative Yet Familiar Mechanics Description The game successfully introduces new mechanics and abilities while retaining the core charm and traditional features of the series. This blend of innovation and familiarity keeps the gameplay fresh and provides more insight into the characters. Importance 6%	The game successfully introduces new mechanics and abilities while retaining the core charm and traditional features of the series. This blend of innovation and familiarity keeps the gameplay fresh and provides more insight into the characters.	6%
Developer Dedication & Refinement Description Developers are commended for their dedication and for refining a successful formula. They are seen as having learned from past mistakes and consistently delivering high-quality entries in the series. Importance 5%	Developers are commended for their dedication and for refining a successful formula. They are seen as having learned from past mistakes and consistently delivering high-quality entries in the series.	5%
Substantial Playtime & Value Description The game offers a considerable and satisfying playtime, often longer than previous installments, without feeling tedious. This provides good value and encourages players to spend more time in the game world. Importance 4%	The game offers a considerable and satisfying playtime, often longer than previous installments, without feeling tedious. This provides good value and encourages players to spend more time in the game world.	4%