Forgotten Hill Mementoes

[h1]Forgotten Hill: Mementos — 8.6h played | 35/35 achievements | Steam Deck: Unknown[/h1] [quote][b]TL;DR[/b] — Creepy Victorian point-and-click puzzles in a “nice little town with horrible secrets” vibe. It does the job well… but if you hate pixel-hunting and that childish-yet-gross art style, you’ll suffer like I did.[/quote] Forgotten Hill: Mementos is the kind of point-and-click where you stare at a screen thinking “there’s obviously something here”… then you click on the exact wrong corner 27 times until the game finally admits you were right all along. That’s the core loop: explore, collect weird items, solve puzzles, unlock more weirdness. The atmosphere is clearly the selling point. You’re in a Victorian-flavored, rotten little community where everything feels off: secrets, rituals, unsettling characters, and that constant “something’s not human here” energy. The story is actually solid for the genre: it keeps the mystery moving, and the worldbuilding is made to feel nasty on purpose. Now the visuals. I’m not a fan of the art style: simple, almost childish, but paired with grotesque details. I can respect the idea (it makes the creepiness hit harder), but personally it just doesn’t click with me. I’m giving it a 3/5 because it feels like a deliberate artistic choice. If it wasn’t intentional, it would be a 2. Puzzle difficulty sits in the “fair enough” zone: not brain-melting, not brain-dead, but still very dependent on observation and trial. Tech-wise it’s clean and stable, and the audio does a great job supporting the mood. Recommendation: I’m not the target audience (I don’t love clicky puzzle hunts), but if you like eerie point-and-click mystery with a twisted vibe, this one absolutely delivers. [h2]About the art style (why I’m not a fan)[/h2] The visuals are a deliberate “storybook-but-wrong” style: lots of sepia tones, flat cartoon rooms, simple textures… and then sudden gore/creepy faces on top. I get the intention (cute style + disturbing content = discomfort), but to me it often looks more cheap than artistic. It’s clean enough, just not pretty or consistent enough to pull me in. [h2]QUICK SNAPSHOT[/h2] [table] [tr][th]Category[/th][th]Verdict[/th][/tr] [tr][td]Genre[/td][td]Point & Click / Puzzle / Creepy mystery[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Playtime (me)[/td][td]8.6 hours[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Achievements[/td][td]35/35 (completed)[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Steam Deck[/td][td]Unknown[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Mature content[/td][td]Horror themes + disturbing imagery (no explicit sexual content)[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Buy advice[/td][td]Only if you like puzzle-heavy point & click[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Recommendation[/td][td]Recommended (for fans of the genre), Not for me[/td][/tr] [/table] [h2]MATURE CONTENT (simple)[/h2] [table] [tr][th]Type[/th][th]Notes[/th][/tr] [tr][td]Violence / Gore[/td][td]Some disturbing imagery / horror visuals[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Sexual content[/td][td]No[/td][/tr] [/table] [h2]RATINGS[/h2] [table] [tr][th]Category[/th][th]Score[/th][/tr] [tr][td]Overall[/td][td]★★★☆☆[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Story / Emotion[/td][td]★★★★☆[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Originality[/td][td]★★★☆☆[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Gameplay[/td][td]★★★☆☆[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Art / Presentation[/td][td]★★★☆☆[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Audio[/td][td]★★★★☆[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Pacing[/td][td]★★★☆☆[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Tech Polish[/td][td]★★★★☆[/td][/tr] [/table] Curator group: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/mexargaming [/bbcode]