Tell Me Your Story

Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.

Hours played at review time, across 47 reviews with recorded playtime.

positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up

It feels a bit weird reviewing TMYS. At a glance, it would be fair to say the game is a collection of mini-games/puzzles wrapped around cozy vibes and a sweet story. All of this is true, but I would take the concept of mini-games/puzzles very loosely here. A lot of them don’t have any real logic, it’s just trying to figure out what’s required. When I say it this way, you might think this is the point of many such games, what am I rambling about? But it’s really not the same. This game reminds me of being a kid, when they play with toys, they make up childish rules that only make sense to them. They have a blast while an adult looks confused at all the fun they’re having. The game gives me those fuzzy warm feelings I haven’t felt in ages. It was frustrating when I tried to approach the game as a pure game. But it became better when I threw away that concept and just enjoyed what was thrown at me. It helps that the art is beautiful, the story without text is cute, the gameplay is varied, it’s an easy game to get into and the length of about 2 hours (including achievements) is just right. The balance is widely off though. Some mini-games/puzzles are super easy while a few are difficult to figure out. You can use hints, you’re even encouraged to use hints through an achievement. I managed to solve everything on my own and used the in-game hint 3-4 times. I never felt the need to search for a video walkthrough online. Another flaw that weights more heavily is the game’s support for resolutions. Fullscreen goes up to 1080p. I can get 1440p with window mode but I can’t see the bottom part of the screen, there was text I was unable to read. I managed to understand the developer’s intentions and I managed to find fun in something that doesn’t adhere to established concepts. But there will be people who will get it and still don’t like TMYS. There is a demo you can try which you should if you ever consider this game. As for the normal price of about €8, I don’t know if I would have been happy paying that much. But I’m happy with the €1 it costed me on steam, I’ve even wishlisted the team’s next game ‘Cook for Love’ which costs twice as much. People are rightfully panning that game for being too expensive on steam.