Back to Bed

Originally published on my HLTB profile.

Originally written and published on September 10th, 2023.

 

Back to Bed is a short little puzzle game with elegant graphics, inspired by the art of M. C. Escher and Salvador Dalí.

The art is nice, and it is definitely the main draw of the game, but the game’s difficulty is a bit iffy. Your objective is to guide the character to his bed using items to influence his path. This is however not very challenging, except perhaps for a few levels in the main story.

The levels get fun and challenging mostly in the New Game Plus “Nightmare mode”, where you must collect additional pickups, which make the levels more complicated. It is however shame that you have to basically beat the game for it to get challenging.

The narrative could have also been improved, as it acts more as a context for what is happening, but I suppose it is not really the most important thing in a puzzle game. Other than this, the art and the difficulty, there really isn’t much to talk about. It is one of those games where what you see, is what you get.

In the end, it is just a little puzzle game with cool visuals, but not much to offer otherwise. If you stick around though, which isn’t that long to the game’s advantage, it can be pretty fun and satisfying for what it is. 

Overall rating: 60%

Playtime: 4h 2m

Played on PC.