Devil's Hideout

Very good point and click adventure. Lots of spooky horror. Good amount of dialog, not a lot of long-winded speeches. It had a fun, fast-paced story that unfolded at a good pace. Lots of puzzles to solve that you can think through logically. Recommended ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Quite short game.. some puzzles don't seem to make sense, but since there's only one puzzle going on at a time, it's not a big deal. The items you get from various places don't make any sense either. But I guess they don't have to. Plus points for having voice acting.

Another masterpiece from Cosmic Void! The pixel art and its special color palette gives the game a lot of atmosphere. It shows enough details, but leaves also room for your imagination. The sound design does support the atmosphere. The puzzles are well thought-through, sometimes challenging, but never frustrating. There was one small issue, Playing the Linux version, I didn't trigger any achievement. Maybe this can still be fixed at some point.

Amazing and unique art! Great to have voice actors too. The story and characters feel underdeveloped and not grounded enough to relate to. The puzzles are okay but get very random with the objects and their use—items conveniently fall on you from the sky. You also don’t get much direction or input from your main character about what her goals are. The "jumpscares" started to get silly and annoying.

I sadly cannot recommend the game. I played it through until the end to see where it was going and if it was getting better, tried both endings, and I simply just didn't enjoy it. The graphics are top notch as usual, but the story didn't follow. The initial premise is simple but ok. The execution I found to be poor. The story just didn't have enough substance and didn't make sense, or maybe it just went over my head, I wouldn't know. It feels like a bunch of ideas put together without thinking of how they would fit. The items you find in random places that make no sense. There was this one puzzle that I figured out, but I still had to go find a guide, because apparently I hadn't clicked on all of the clues. But so what? If I figured it out without all the clues, I should still be able to proceed, but that wasn't the case, which was frustrating to find out when looking up the guide. The dialogue was my issue with Bloodnova, the jokes didn't land, stuff like that, and I can't say it was better this time around. SPOILERS TERRITORY: [spoiler]Atticus dying without us having time to even care about him just fell flat. Then or main character saying she'll never forget him, but just it feels like by the end of the game she already has. Same with finding Beth, which was the whole point. It just didn't feel satisfying, Then the medium is never really explained. Same with the accident that apparently was caused by our character, which serves no narrative purpose. What was the clown's point? There are many things like that. The game just opens doors and we never get to explore them, which was disappointing and didn't help getting me invested in the story..[/spoiler] If you're into this kind of aesthetic, try it and see for yourself, or try their other games. But this one unfortunately just didn't work for me.

I enjoyed this. The game has a strong atmosphere, with excellent music doing a lot of the heavy lifting. The retro-synth soundtrack sets the tone immediately and consistently, and together with the pixel art it creates a mood that really works for this kind of story. Visually it’s clear and readable, without clutter or confusion. The story itself is solid — not groundbreaking, but engaging enough to keep things moving. The focus is clearly on mood and narrative, which mostly works. Puzzles are probably the weakest part. They’re not terrible, but often feel more like straightforward gating than satisfying “aha” moments. They do their job, but don’t stand out. My only real disappointment was the ending. It isn’t offensively bad, but it does feel abrupt and somewhat lackluster, stopping without much resolution or payoff. It left me wanting a bit more closure. That said, the game was absolutely worth my time. A short, atmospheric experience with great music and presentation, and enough substance to be enjoyable despite a few rough edges.

Short, sweet and unexpectedly spooky for a Point n Click. Puzzles solutions hark back to the older days of the genre with a good sprinkling of moon logic. Pixel art is, as usual from Cosmic Void, beautiful. Probably wait for sale though - there just isn't a huge amount of game for the price of admission.

Excelente jogo.

While I enjoy and recommend Devil's Hideout to fans of point and click games, it has some issues with pacing and plot in a way that makes it feel like a story fragment rather than a complete experience. Also the clown was a weird inclusion.

A well-written pulp horror with a few solid puzzles to push the story.