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The Midnight Walk
Embark upon The Midnight Walk in this reverent dark fantasy adventure built in clay, from the minds behind Lost in Random and Fe. Become The Burnt One, befriend a lost lantern creature named Potboy, and use his flame to light your way through a conflicting world of wonder and horror. Survive and outsmart the many monsters eager to devour your litt...
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The Midnight Walk Reviews
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The Midnight Walk is a beautiful, emotionally resonant stop-motion masterpiece that stays with you long after the credits roll.
The Midnight Walk is a living storybook that blends melancholy, surreal atmosphere, and emotional resonance into something unforgettable.
The Midnight Walk is an astounding achievement of artistic vision that triumphantly tells both a heart-warming and terrifying story of perseverance and finding light in the darkest of times. It is an impressive labor of love that hopefully will find the audience it deserves and be at the top of game of the year lists come Winter.
The Midnight Walk is a special game and one that tells a deeply affecting story while exploring a range of poignant themes. Its stunning art direction and masterful audio design come together to create an experience unlike any other. Though it offers little in the way of traditional challenge, the emotional journey it delivers lingers long after the credits roll.
The Midnight Walk is an impressive feat. Creating this massive world, with these wonderfully bizarre fairy tales is nothing short of fantastic. This feels like a fully fleshed out world, with so much more to explore if they felt inclined on a sequel. That being said, performance on the Switch 2 in both docked and handheld did struggle at times, and lack of surround sound, which is present in other iterations of the game, is disappointing. I also found that the mechanics were just too slight, making for an all too breezy experience. I’ve been keeping my eye on The Midnight Walk for a while no…
An adventure game with puzzle, stealth and horror elements, The Midnight Walk isn't all that complex mechanically. Its dark, intriguing world will grab your attention, though, and you'll soon come to love your companion, Potboy, making you want to see your journey through to its end. If you have the required hardware, you can play in VR, too, which is a nice touch.
As a VR-optional walkabout adventure, The Midnight Walk is light on thrills or variety, but it makes up for that with some of the most arresting and artistically accomplished visuals inside a headset.
The Midnight Walk is a one-of-a-kind, often atmospheric and melancholic journey through a hauntingly twisted and imaginative world made better in VR.
The Midnight Walk is a beautifully poignant kind of experience. It’s one filled with misery, heartbreak, and sorrow — all personified by the game’s impeccable claymation visual design. But it’s one you need to let wash over you before its true brilliance begins to show — and for us, it almost never managed it.
Man, when I saw the first trailer for The Midnight Walk, I was stoked. Even if adventure games with limited gameplay aren’t exactly the type of title I look forward to the most, the vibes, the setting, the visuals… everything screamed “a playable Tim Burton movie”. I really wanted to give it a go, despite knowing very little about it as a game per se. With it finally out, and after giving it a go, I was definitely very impressed with its absolutely sublime presentation. When it came t...
The Midnight Walk delivers a unique, deeply immersive experience—but it’s not for everyone. The slow start, frustrating stealth segments, and prolonged puzzle sequences may turn some players away. But for those willing to embrace this dark clay fable, there’s plenty to admire—from its striking handcrafted visuals and compelling audio challenges to a finale that lingers in the mind. With or without VR, this is a bold and melancholic journey—one worth taking for anyone brave enough to walk alone through the dark.