The Last Campfire

The Last Campfire is a fantastic blend of smart puzzles, eye-catching art direction, and a beautifully told tale that make Ember’s journey nothing short of a joy. With puzzle boxes Nintendo would be proud of, its inspirations are clear to see. Alongside its storybook sense of style, these parts come together to create a memorable experience filled with themes close to all of us, set in a world far...

The Last Campfire is a cozy puzzle game with impressive variety to its satisfying, bite-sized conundrums.

The Last Campfire is a delightful little game that succeeds on both an emotional and a mechanical level, combining  tried  and tested environmental puzzles with an intimate and personal story. It represents a huge departure from the title that made Hello Games (in)famous but is a perfectly formed experience that continues to entertain throughout its well-judged duration. Probably the best thing to...

The Last Campfire is relatively easy to complete, and while the story is fairly surface-level when it comes to exploring meaning, loss, and frustration, it is easy for everyone to understand and that is good enough. The visuals are dark and the sun rarely strikes through, but its art style and music are cohesive in that they are pleasing to the eye and kept me interested until the end. Indie puzzl...

Hello Games spent the last four years expanding and improving on their (in)famous title, No Man’s Sky. But while they turned one of the biggest upsets from disappointing to divine, they also developed The Last Campfire. The Last Campfire is nothing like No Man’s Sky. It is a small, handcrafted and remarkably linear puzzle game that barely even shows you a skybox let alone lets you travel between t...

The Last Campfire sets out what it promises to do, tell a heart-warming and tear-jerking story about life, death, and the emotions one feels when all hope seems lost. While the narrative does take a few beats to get started, the real problem lies in the overly simple puzzles that the game is built on. It’s a lovely experience that is quickly forgotten.

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