
A short 70–90 minute hand-drawn cozy-gothic puzzle adventure with easy, relaxing puzzles, where color slowly returns to a cursed town as you uncover its secrets.
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The Curse We Made is a short, cozy puzzle adventure featuring easy, relaxing puzzles and a story designed to be experienced in around 70–90 minutes.
The Curse We Made is a short ride into a cursed town.
You arrive in Gravebrook by train, stepping into a place abandoned by time and swallowed by shadows. Each street, shop, and room hides handcrafted puzzles, waiting to be solved.
As you explore, you’ll face eerie ghouls, whispering monsters, and unsettling remnants of the town’s past. With every puzzle completed, color returns to the world, and the story of the curse slowly unfolds.
Featuring hand-drawn art, atmospheric soundscapes, and a cozy-gothic tone, The Curse We Made offers a short, relaxing puzzle-adventure, designed to be experienced at your own pace, for fans of cozy, dark, story-driven games.
Features & Gameplay Highlights:
▪ 32 handcrafted, gentle puzzles set across eerie, hand-drawn locations — from haunted restaurants to candlelit churches.
▪ Explore the town of Gravebrook, uncovering secrets in each shop, motel room, and crypt.
▪ Meet the townsfolk — haunted, regretful, or ghostly — and piece together their stories.
▪ Read diaries, journals, and whispers to slowly understand what really happened.
▪ Follow Pesto the cat, your sarcastic and surprisingly helpful guide through the gloom.
▪ No timers, no pressure — puzzles are designed to feel intuitive and calming, letting you focus on the story and atmosphere.
▪ Solve to heal — every mystery solved brings warmth, light, and color back to the world.
▪ Immerse yourself in cozy-gothic ambience with original soundscapes and atmospheric art.
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Languages: English
Engagement
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Reviews
I absolutely Loved this game. It was short, but relaxing and had a good story and an important message. Will recommend to others.
Great fun. Interesting puzzles.
This is a puzzle game with a dark twist. All of the puzzles make sense when you pay attention to the surroundings and the music is so lovely. It feels both peaceful and eerie at once, a wonderful experience.
Good variety of simple puzzles. Sad story with a message. Nice artwork. Lovely music. Easy achievements in under 2 hours.
What a lovely game! It's cozy, gentle, and the puzzles are straightforward. It's a perfect game to play on a rainy day with a warm drink. Highly recommended!
This is actually a neutral review more than a negative one. I enjoyed playing this for what it is, a short point and click puzzle game however I have some slight issues with it. The artwork is done really well, it was really enjoyable to look at. I loved the gloomy/spooky cozy atmosphere the dev was going for. That being said, it seems that the art and music was all this really had going for it. The story was meh to say the least. I appreciate what angle they were going for with it however you literally arrive in town and it gets thrown on your lap. As a newcomer to town, why are we supposed to care about a random mother and daughter who used to live there? There's no build up whatsoever, no real mystery to solve it just gets handed to you as soon as you get off the train by the townspeople. There's no big reveal either, you're told what happened and know the outcome pretty much almost immediately which imo, defeats the purpose of you as a newbie uncovering the story, it takes away from the story and solving puzzles. We know what happened so why are we completing puzzles to uncover what we are already being told? The puzzles are another thing, they're for the most part seemingly random and are very easy to complete. I do like the direction the dev was going with this and for a short puzzle game the price is good and not outrageous. To the dev, I hope these reviews don't discourage you from making another game. You had a good idea going with this, the art style and music are lovely. The idea is well thought out, just the story could have been better. Looking forward to see what you accomplish next!
I loved this game! the aesthetic was so pretty, the story interesting too. I'd like to see more like this, maybe some puzzles a bit more challenging, but overall a great game!
A very simple game. A series of simple mini games lead through a short narrative. It's only about an hour to complete but I enjoyed it and thought it worth the modest price. For a first time effort it hits enough of the right buttons for me.
A lovely game with a very pleasing art style, both pretty and spooky, with gentle puzzles and a heartfelt story. My only complaint is that it was too short :) Good value for money though, and very impressive for the debut game for what looks like a lone developer, I'd like to see more from her!
Beautiful game, with interesting puzzles. I loved how each puzzle was different!
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