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Some games attempt to tell a story and explain mechanics visually. The world in Below is more ambiguous than it is interesting, sadly. Some things can be discerned from exploration, but the game’s mechanics shouldn’t be coated in that same ambiguity. Below would have been better served with either clarity for the crafting and campfire system or simpler objects to work with so it’d only take a bit of logic to figure out, as opposed to leaning entirely on trial and error.","2025-02-08T09:14:51.971862-05:00",{"id":82,"logo":97,"name":98,"slug":99,"tags":100,"bluesky":19,"twitter":99,"youtube":101,"facebook":99,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":102,"website_url":103,"score_format":46,"average_score":104,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":48,"headquarters_city":105,"news_editor_email":106,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":107,"reviews_editor_email":108,"editor_in_chief_email":109,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FShackNews-Logo.jpg","ShackNews","shacknews","[  \n  'corporate_owned',\n  'online_media',\n  'ingestion_pending'\n  ]","Shacknewsgames","Gaming News on the Cutting Edge of Technology.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.shacknews.com\u002F",76,"Canton, OH","tj.denzer@shacknews.com","United States","bill.lavoy@shacknews.com","asif.khan@shacknews.com",{"id":111,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":112,"author":113,"original_score":120,"normalized_score":121,"review_url":122,"review_date":123,"summary":124,"created_at":125,"updated_at":125,"author_id":114,"last_edited_at":12,"outlet":126},102004,138,{"id":114,"bio":19,"name":115,"avg_score":116,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":117,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":118,"claim_token":19,"article_count":119,"claimed_by_user_id":19},8955,"Kyle Nicol",72.84188034188034,"2025-03-25T16:26:59.210749-04:00","2026-07-28T13:51:18.863648-04:00",246,"8.0",80,"https:\u002F\u002Fwaytoomany.games\u002F2019\u002F01\u002F12\u002Freview-below\u002F","2019-01-12","This one has been a long time coming. Originally announced way back in 2013 as an Xbox exclusive there were five years of delays and PR silence. But BELOW was finally released. So how does it live up to expectations?","2025-03-25T17:02:52.676501-04:00",{"id":112,"logo":127,"name":128,"slug":129,"tags":19,"bluesky":19,"twitter":128,"youtube":130,"facebook":131,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":132,"website_url":133,"score_format":46,"average_score":58,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":48,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":19,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":19,"reviews_editor_email":19,"editor_in_chief_email":19,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FWayTooManyGames.png","WayTooManyGames","way-too-many-games","@WayTooManyGames","waytoomanygames","We play the good, the bad, and the so bad it's good. 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Now, having spent more than 30 hours with it, there’s still only one word I feel compelled to say when talking about Below: interesting. 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One of the hazards of the game’s design is the clock is almost always running (you can pause if you need a think, but it’s hard to get out of a bad situation even with time to think). There was a time when just having food and drink and crafting and survival mechanics made your game interesting or noteworthy, but now that covers pretty much everything. How many survival\u002Fcrafting games are on Steam right now? Way too many. 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Well, to look at it. To run around in the grass. To examine the strange ruins and wonder about them. To see the crystal crab monsters advancing when you fall over a tripwire, because somehow they know. To hear the clack-clatter-clack as they die, and fall into pieces. To say you did it, perhaps. But not me. “The caves are… beautiful... but so treacherous that only one warrior in a generation is drawn to them. 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Den of Geek is the top news source for TV, movies, games, books, comics & more.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.denofgeek.com\u002F","tips@denofgeek.com","jsaavedra@denofgeek.com","rfletcher@denofgeek.com",{"id":276,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":200,"author":277,"original_score":284,"normalized_score":91,"review_url":285,"review_date":286,"summary":287,"created_at":288,"updated_at":288,"author_id":278,"last_edited_at":288,"outlet":289},55523,{"id":278,"bio":19,"name":279,"avg_score":280,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":281,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":282,"claim_token":19,"article_count":283,"claimed_by_user_id":19},1037,"Alan Wen",78.07692307692308,"2024-11-27T14:23:43.593408-05:00","2026-06-18T16:11:06.885301-04:00",118,"6.00","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamegrin.com\u002Freviews\u002Fbelow-review\u002F","2018-12-26","Uncompromising to a fault, Below is a unique and often hauntingly beautiful game but its punishing design eventually becomes a tedious slog, sucking out any intrigue or enjoyment of its initial hours.","2025-01-23T19:48:31.638547-05:00",{"id":200,"logo":290,"name":291,"slug":292,"tags":154,"bluesky":293,"twitter":291,"youtube":291,"facebook":291,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":294,"website_url":295,"score_format":46,"average_score":161,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":48,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":296,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":19,"reviews_editor_email":19,"editor_in_chief_email":297,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameGrin%20Logo.png","GameGrin","gamegrin","gamegrin.com","Check out GameGrin for a great community, with gaming news, reviews, previews and articles!","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamegrin.com\u002F","luz_victoria@staff.gamegrin.com","andrew@gamegrin.com",{"id":299,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":300,"author":301,"original_score":308,"normalized_score":309,"review_url":310,"review_date":311,"summary":312,"created_at":313,"updated_at":313,"author_id":247,"last_edited_at":206,"outlet":314},1111,1,{"id":247,"bio":19,"name":302,"avg_score":303,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":304,"profile_id":305,"updated_at":306,"claim_token":19,"article_count":307,"claimed_by_user_id":305},"Austin Suther",79.53571428571429,"2024-10-07T11:28:22.188059-04:00","ebd20b79-91ac-419b-b4ea-c3b8f92afa95","2026-07-22T10:50:56.410633-04:00",140,"5.5",55,"https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net\u002Fgaming\u002Freviews\u002Fbelow-review-below-expectations","2018-12-24","If you like to unravel a mysterious world that doesn't hold your hand, then you might find something in BELOW. If you're looking for an action-packed roguelite, BELOW is not it.","2024-10-07T18:41:46.292917-04:00",{"id":300,"logo":315,"name":316,"slug":317,"tags":72,"bluesky":318,"twitter":316,"youtube":319,"facebook":316,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":320,"claimed_at":19,"description":321,"website_url":322,"score_format":46,"average_score":23,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":323,"stats_updated_at":324,"headquarters_city":325,"news_editor_email":326,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":327,"reviews_this_month":328,"active_authors_count":328,"headquarters_country":107,"reviews_editor_email":329,"editor_in_chief_email":330,"published_authors_count":331,"published_reviews_count":332},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FTechRaptor%20Logo.png","TechRaptor","techraptor","techraptor.net","@techraptor","https:\u002F\u002Fmuckrack.com\u002Fmedia-outlet\u002Ftechraptor","TechRaptor is a gaming website that covers topics around video games and tabletop games for gamers.  Whether it is news, reviews, features, or guides – we're your source for high quality game coverage since 2013.","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net","2026-04-16","2026-04-21T12:25:16.686278","Indianapolis","jallen@techraptor.net","8df87287-e31d-40dd-bd62-4fe839efbe0e",5,"sam@techraptor.net","aotton@techraptor.net",144,1466,{"id":334,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":335,"author":336,"original_score":343,"normalized_score":145,"review_url":344,"review_date":345,"summary":346,"created_at":347,"updated_at":347,"author_id":337,"last_edited_at":347,"outlet":348},67152,10,{"id":337,"bio":19,"name":338,"avg_score":339,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":340,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":341,"claim_token":19,"article_count":342,"claimed_by_user_id":19},1479,"Jordan Devore",76.1574074074074,"2024-11-28T10:43:46.962363-05:00","2025-01-29T08:28:16.72411-05:00",108,"\n\t\t\t6.5\t\t","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.destructoid.com\u002Freviews\u002Freview-below\u002F","2018-12-22","Some players will relish the challenge, but I just couldn’t. Not in this game. Below puts its best foot forward in its early hours and then never stops losing steam. If the experience were somehow compressed into a tighter six- to eight-hour adventure, I’d confidently recommend it to a wide audience. As it stands, the game has a masterful command of ambiance, but it comes with too many caveats.","2025-01-29T07:52:11.969847-05:00",{"id":335,"logo":349,"name":350,"slug":351,"tags":352,"bluesky":353,"twitter":351,"youtube":354,"facebook":350,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":355,"website_url":356,"score_format":46,"average_score":23,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":48,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":19,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":19,"reviews_editor_email":357,"editor_in_chief_email":19,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FDestructoid-Logo.png","Destructoid","destructoid","[  \n  'corporate_owned',\n  'inactive',\n  'online_media'\n  ]","destructoid.bsky.social","@DTOID","Destructoid is a Webby Award-winning video game-focused blog that was founded in March 2006 by Yanier Gonzales.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.destructoid.com","chriscarter@destructoid.com",{"id":359,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":360,"author":361,"original_score":368,"normalized_score":360,"review_url":369,"review_date":370,"summary":371,"created_at":372,"updated_at":372,"author_id":362,"last_edited_at":372,"outlet":373},72874,69,{"id":362,"bio":19,"name":363,"avg_score":364,"outlet_id":360,"created_at":365,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":366,"claim_token":19,"article_count":367,"claimed_by_user_id":19},5586,"Leana Hafer",77.22680412371135,"2025-02-06T08:40:40.737205-05:00","2025-11-10T18:34:48.555032-05:00",97,"6.9","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002Farticles\u002F2018\u002F12\u002F20\u002Fbelow-review","2018-12-20","I wanted to love Below for its amazing art, stellar sound design with echoing chambers and atmospheric music, and clever, inspired environmental storytelling. 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Perhaps it's intentionally pared-down, but the resulting game is enjoyable for an hour or two, and a relentless chore thereafter.","2025-05-08T10:47:18.60555-04:00","2025-05-08T11:02:38.453881-04:00",{"id":459,"logo":472,"name":473,"slug":474,"tags":19,"bluesky":19,"twitter":475,"youtube":476,"facebook":477,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":478,"website_url":479,"score_format":160,"average_score":104,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":48,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":480,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":50,"reviews_editor_email":480,"editor_in_chief_email":481,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fxbox-achievements-logo.jpg","Xbox Achievements","xbox-achievements","XboxAchs","reseronetwork","XboxAchievements","Your number #1 non-stop Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One & Xbox 360 resource site.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.xboxachievements.com\u002F","rich.walker@reseronetwork.com","dan.webb@reseronetwork.com",{"id":483,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":484,"author":485,"original_score":492,"normalized_score":58,"review_url":493,"review_date":494,"summary":495,"created_at":496,"updated_at":496,"author_id":486,"last_edited_at":496,"outlet":497},104542,141,{"id":486,"bio":19,"name":487,"avg_score":488,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":489,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":490,"claim_token":19,"article_count":491,"claimed_by_user_id":19},9106,"Daniel Tack",82.09876543209876,"2025-03-26T08:05:45.365264-04:00","2025-03-26T08:20:57.704217-04:00",81,"7.50\u002F10","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameinformer.com\u002Freview\u002Fbelow\u002Fcuriosity-and-consternation","2018-12-18","Below is an experience shrouded in mystery and discovery. Your character is a mere speck on the screen, with a zoomed-out camera providing a sense of scale that shows how tiny you are in relation to a vast, often-unforgiving world. The highly stylized art style combines with Jim Guthrie’s enthralling soundtrack to create an immersive adventure that’s easy to get lost into. No matter how strange, everything in Below’s world feels like it belongs, from meandering foxes on a desolate beach to the soft breakaway of blocks as your lantern’s light creates a path through the darkness. 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