Blue Prince

Item: Blue Prince
Rating: 83
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-04-11

Summary

Intricate puzzles reward exploration in manor.
Addictive gameplay loop with meaningful progress.
Note-taking is important for solving puzzles.
Great art style and music.
Roguelike puzzle manor with resets.
Poor language support, readability issues.

Reviews (sample size): 113
Helpful reviews: 69%
Unhelpful reviews: 31%
Protest reviews: 0%

83%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
17%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 167
Negative points: 66
Gameplay points: 50
Perf. points: 5
Rec. points: 69
Misc points: 11

Point	Description	Importance
Intricate puzzles reward exploration Description The game is praised for its intricate, interconnected puzzles and secrets that encourage exploration and reward player ingenuity. Solving puzzles provides a sense of accomplishment and often unlocks permanent upgrades, enhancing the overall experience. The game world is filled with hidden depths and layers of complexity. Importance 96%	The game is praised for its intricate, interconnected puzzles and secrets that encourage exploration and reward player ingenuity. Solving puzzles provides a sense of accomplishment and often unlocks permanent upgrades, enhancing the overall experience. The game world is filled with hidden depths and layers of complexity.	96%
Addictive gameplay loop Description The game's design and mechanics create a compelling and addictive gameplay loop, encouraging players to keep playing. This addictive quality stems from the desire to solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and progress further in the game. Importance 55%	The game's design and mechanics create a compelling and addictive gameplay loop, encouraging players to keep playing. This addictive quality stems from the desire to solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and progress further in the game.	55%
Note-taking is important Description The game encourages players to take notes and retain knowledge between runs to solve its complex puzzles and mysteries. Information is subtly conveyed through in-game elements, rewarding careful observation and deduction. Importance 54%	The game encourages players to take notes and retain knowledge between runs to solve its complex puzzles and mysteries. Information is subtly conveyed through in-game elements, rewarding careful observation and deduction.	54%
Meaningful progress with each run Description As players learn the game mechanics and unlock features, runs become easier and more rewarding. Each run contributes to meaningful progress, making the experience worthwhile and encouraging continued play. Importance 52%	As players learn the game mechanics and unlock features, runs become easier and more rewarding. Each run contributes to meaningful progress, making the experience worthwhile and encouraging continued play.	52%
Great art style and music Description The game features a well-received art style, visual design, and soundtrack that contribute to an immersive and atmospheric experience. These elements enhance the overall presentation and align with the game's lore and world. Importance 33%	The game features a well-received art style, visual design, and soundtrack that contribute to an immersive and atmospheric experience. These elements enhance the overall presentation and align with the game's lore and world.	33%
Reviewer enjoyed the game Description The reviewer enjoyed the demo and is looking forward to resuming play. This indicates a positive initial impression and anticipation for further engagement with the game. Importance 9%	The reviewer enjoyed the demo and is looking forward to resuming play. This indicates a positive initial impression and anticipation for further engagement with the game.	9%
Easy to pick up Description The game is easy to pick up and play, with an intriguing core mechanic that has potential for additional content. This accessibility makes it appealing to a wide range of players. Importance 5%	The game is easy to pick up and play, with an intriguing core mechanic that has potential for additional content. This accessibility makes it appealing to a wide range of players.	5%
Appeals to fans of similar games Description The game's knowledge-based progression system will appeal to fans of games like Outer Wilds, Obra Dinn, and Tunic. This system rewards players for learning and applying their knowledge to solve puzzles and progress through the game. Importance 2%	The game's knowledge-based progression system will appeal to fans of games like Outer Wilds, Obra Dinn, and Tunic. This system rewards players for learning and applying their knowledge to solve puzzles and progress through the game.	2%
Story requires extensive reading Description The story is interesting but requires a lot of reading to fully understand. This may be a barrier for some players who prefer more visual or interactive storytelling. Importance 2%	The story is interesting but requires a lot of reading to fully understand. This may be a barrier for some players who prefer more visual or interactive storytelling.	2%