Chants of Sennaar

“Chants of Sennaar is an ingenious linguistic puzzle game that takes the right notes from genre greats like Return of the Obra Dinn.”

An immensely clever and unique game, Chants of Sennaar expertly captures the power of language through its well-crafted cultures and its intricate and perfectly-challenging puzzles, turning the art of translation into a captivating bit of gameplay. By the time you'll have validated your last glyph, you'll still be left wanting more, but what we have here still makes for a terrific journey that is ...

Legend says that one day, a traveler will reunite the Peoples of the Tower who are unable to communicate with each other. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the myth of Babel. Switch version reviewed.

Communication is one of the most important aspects of civilization. It’s the foundation for how well we thrive as a community and as a species as a whole. Without the ability to understand one another, miscommunications can lead to tension, mistrust, and the inability to coordinate necessary tasks. That is to say that lack of proper communication can lead to war and hinder our basic abilities to s...

In the Book of Genesis after the great Flood, the descendants of Noah, united under one language, strive to build a tower in the land of Shinar. They wanted to make a name of themselves, and the Tower of Babel would be so great that its top would reach the heavens. God, seeing how powerful humanity could become with the ability to communicate and work together, ceased these plans by scattering its...

Crack a handful of languages and then wield them in this mesmering adventure game.

Unique in its art style and its approach to gameplay, Chants of Sennaar filled with captivating puzzles that are a joy to solve, set against a backdrop of a world that you’ll be desperate to learn more of. Figuring out the meaning of each glyph is supremely satisfying, but also is solving the game’s wealth of other puzzles. Even a generous helping of stealth is not enough to dampen our enjoyment o...

Chants of Sennaar and the way it explores the relations between different groups of people is really engaging as a game. With language at its core, it highlights both the differences and the similarities between people and cultures. Chants of Sennaar is a puzzle game that deserves attention.

The concept of language is fairly compelling when you think about it. Every culture has one, and there are differences between each; some subtle, some extreme – and that’s before we get into any jargon terms or hyper-local references, ya bloody larrakin. Finding those commonalities between different languages can be difficult, but rewarding, as anyone who has learned another language or traveled t...

Chants of Sennaar is defined by its peaks as its valleys. For every moment of mind-blowing, brilliant puzzle design comes an inversely frustrating moment stymied by '90s adventure game logic. The game's ability to teach a player aspects of a language is awe-inspiring, and its way of guiding players along with as little information as possible is intensely rewarding—when it works. Even though it is...

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Taking inspiration from the Tower of Babel mythology, Chants of Sennaar provides an intriguing puzzling experience with a striking visual style that stumbles slightly with unnecessary stealth sections and oversized environments.