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Little Orpheus

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Developer The Chinese Room

Little Orpheus is a 2020 adventure-platform game developed by The Chinese Room and published by Sumo Digital. The game was released on Apple Arcade on 12 June 2020 for iOS, macOS, and tvOS. Ports for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S were released by subsidiary label Secret Mode on 13 September 2022. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Audience score

64
Fresh

125 positive · 70 negative
95% range 57–71%

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Steam's own rating
Mixed
222 of 328 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

What players are saying

64% recommend · 123 yes, 69 no

Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 192 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (463 of 681 positive).

Players praise the game's beautiful visuals and charming, humorous story. [1][2][3] Many find the gameplay too simple, with minimal platforming and puzzles. [4][5][6] Several reviewers report game-breaking bugs in later episodes. [7][8][9]

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  • [6]Steam user Steam user …1068Steam review · Nov 1, 2024 · Not recommended

    I'll keep this brief. The only positive thing I can say is that the game has nice looking locations with enough variety. For everything else just one sentence can describe everything listed here: numb and utterly boring. Which means: - no challenge at all - mindlessly running right with occasional jumps or slides - I felt numb during the game-play - at the beginning it felt like an interesting and funny story, but …

  • [14]Steam user Steam user …5740Steam review · Feb 23, 2024 · Not recommended

    Everything I l o v e about video games: QTEs, mediocre and unchallenging platforming, unskippable cutscenes, unskippable long animations, actions that take 3 button presses to execute or the game has no idea if you actually wanted to do the thing and collectables that are there to force you to replay levels without the ability to skip custcenes. The jumping area is a nightmare. You need at least 5 meters of platform …

  • [1]Steam user Steam user …2545Steam review · Oct 27, 2025 · Recommended

    It feels like an adventure performed on an overblown stage, light on its feet and full of flair. The depth may be shallow, but the spectacle is rich—and that extravagance is exactly what makes it charming.

  • [3]Steam user Steam user …7126Steam review · Dec 3, 2025 · Recommended

    I really don’t understand the negative reviews. This game is a beautiful masterpiece. The environment is breathtaking, vast, beautiful, and designed in a way that makes you feel small within a grand world. The story is wonderfully crafted, filled with exciting and several funny moments. It also supports many languages, including right-to-left ones like Arabic. I played it in Arabic, and the translation is excellent! …

  • [2]Steam user Steam user …5542Steam review · Jul 28, 2025 · Recommended

    Great Game! - Amazingly fun to play. - The graphics are well made. - The story is funny. By the way this game triggers "Prince of Persia" and "Indiana Jones: infernal machine" vibes. :D

Summarised from 34 of the 206 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 9, 2026. How summaries are made

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64% of the 192 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Little Orpheus. The complaint that keeps coming up: very simple, unchallenging gameplay. Deal-breaker or nitpick?

Critics, per Wikipedia

Little Orpheus received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregator website Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received weak approval, being recommended by 34% of critics. Matt Gardner writing for Forbes gave the game a mixed review, praising its story but criticizing its gameplay: "Little Orpheus over-relies its strongest assets–great voice acting, an intriguing script, beautiful art, and engaging gameplay–and doesn't hit these highs with its core gameplay." Nintendo Life's Lowell Bell criticized the narration of the game: "there's no narrative payoff here, no greater meaning or memorable conclusion that sticks with you". Develop awarded it…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1068Steam reviews · Nov 1, 2024 · 8 h played

    I'll keep this brief. The only positive thing I can say is that the game has nice looking locations with enough variety. For everything else just one sentence can describe everything listed here: numb and utterly boring. Which means: - no challenge at all - mindlessly running right with occasional jumps or slides - I felt numb during the game-play - at the beginning it felt like an interesting and funny story, but by the end I couldn't follow it anymore - having 8.4 hours on the record, but…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1382Steam reviews · Feb 18, 2024 · 4 h played

    This game is extremely easy platform jumper. You mostly just keep playing it for the story line adventure, which is interesting but ends up going no where. I would recommend it to a younger age range of 8-12 years or just a casual gamer, if it wasn't for a few bugs also in the game.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2545Steam reviews · Oct 27, 2025 · 11 h played

    It feels like an adventure performed on an overblown stage, light on its feet and full of flair. The depth may be shallow, but the spectacle is rich—and that extravagance is exactly what makes it charming.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1803Steam reviews · Jan 29, 2024 · 6 h played

    Little Orpheus Tall tales Little Orpheus, a former Apple Arcade exclusive, finally makes its way over to PC with mixed results. While the game is visually striking and for the most part looks gorgeous, you can immediately see how its hampered by originally being an exclusive game to mobile devices as Little Orpheus provides very little platforming and puzzle solving challenge (the puzzles in particular are incredibly weak and don't require any brain power to solve). This was no doubt hampered…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5542Steam reviews · Jul 28, 2025 · 4 h played

    Great Game! - Amazingly fun to play. - The graphics are well made. - The story is funny. By the way this game triggers "Prince of Persia" and "Indiana Jones: infernal machine" vibes. :D

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  • Steam user Steam user …1695Steam reviews · Apr 3, 2025 · 3 h played

    It's a fun little walking simulator/2d platformer that's generally worth checking out. However, there is a game breaking bug in the 2nd to last level which might stop you. Kept me playing just long enough to not be able to get a refund when I deserve one. Screw this game.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5740Steam reviews · Feb 23, 2024 · 2 h played

    Everything I l o v e about video games: QTEs, mediocre and unchallenging platforming, unskippable cutscenes, unskippable long animations, actions that take 3 button presses to execute or the game has no idea if you actually wanted to do the thing and collectables that are there to force you to replay levels without the ability to skip custcenes. The jumping area is a nightmare. You need at least 5 meters of platform in front of you which mean you can't make tight turns and jumps. If you want…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1777Steam reviews · Apr 11, 2025 · 8 h played

    My five year old son and I began this journey together not knowing what we were diving into. This game will always have a place in our hearts as it was our first game to play together over a span of multiple days, start to finish. The dinosaur level was hands down, awesome. He loved it so much, yet, couldn't help but throw me the phone and cover his eyes when the T-Rex popped out. I realize this review may not be helpful to most, but if it is, for even just one, it's worth it.

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  • Weyland - ttv/weyland_here @weyland.liveBluesky · Dec 17, 2024

    QUICK adjustment to the schedule: - Abzu has been moved to the 22nd - Sayonara Wild Hearts and Thomas Was Alone will now be a dual-stream on the 23rd Don't wanna have to make up ANOTHER game next month so just shuffling some stuff around. See you tomorrow for Little Orpheus~

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  • Steam user Steam user …5296Steam reviews · Jul 19, 2025 · 13 h played

    100% Achievement Review: Based on my experience completing all the (available) achievements. Feel free to follow my [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45897386/]Steam Curator & [url=https://www.youtube.com/@Awijii]Youtube Channel for more 100% reviews, videos & achievement content! Title: Little Orpheus Summary: 2D story platformer game Personal notes: Little Orpheus is a platforming story based game which ultimately leads you down into the earth's core (Shoutout JTTCOTE). The…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0050Steam reviews · May 26, 2025 · 4 h played

    Kind of a simplified 2d Little Nightmares like game. The graphics, voice acting, and game play are all really good. That said, I think the mixed rating is warranted. The game promises you early on you need to know the whole story to understand what happened, but ultimately none of it comes together. Some people will probably like it but I found myself sympathizing with the general and getting frustrated with the main character. There will definitely be many players who feel like the game…

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  • KORNdoggychub @korndoggychub.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 21, 2024

    Finished a game called Little Orpheus today. It's stylistically great, and animates well. It even has some inventive visual ideals...but they never improve on the simple left to right basic platforming much and so the game suffers from repetition. There are better games that do this kind of thing.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5107Steam reviews · Jun 4, 2024

    one of those games where a narrator never stops talking

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  • Steam user Steam user …8965Steam reviews · May 11, 2024 · 5 h played

    This is an imaginative and whimsical tale, charmingly voiced and animated, but the negatives overwhelm the positives. The game is relatively short, and the gameplay is very easy despite slightly unresponsive controls. I could have given the game a thumbs-up in spite of all that, but towards the end there are frequent bugs so bad you have to restart the entire chapter over and over until you are lucky enough to have a glitch-free run. Seriously, how did this train wreck even get released?

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  • Steam user Steam user …1891Steam reviews · Sep 9, 2023 · 7 h played

    A pretty (as expected with a Chinese Room game) with good music (as expected with a Chinese Room game) but it's also a very simple puzzle platformer with barely any puzzles just walking (also as expected with a Chinese Room game) and narration that tells a story (as expected with... I think you get the point by now). Make no mistake, this is a walking simulator disguised as a puzzle platformer, and while that's not automaticaly a bad thing it is in this case. While it looks pretty good, and…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0439Steam reviews · Jun 14, 2026 · 4 h played

    It's boring. The story has some good moments, at least. I cleared the game in under 5 hours and it still felt too long. In a poor effort to add replay value, there are costumes that can be unlocked by getting collectibles. Though said collectables only appear after you already cleared that level, and I didn't want to play again. Also, the game has some bugs that required restarting the game to fix.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7383Steam reviews · Apr 4, 2026 · 4 h played

    Don't buy this for the gameplay. Buy it for the humour, the beautiful environments, and the great soundtrack. I had 4 absolutely hilarious hours with it. The ending didn't bother me, I felt it fits the story. Gameplay is light platforming, light stealth, light quick time events and light chase sequences. I found it very approachable and chill.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7126Steam reviews · Dec 3, 2025 · 6 h played

    I really don’t understand the negative reviews. This game is a beautiful masterpiece. The environment is breathtaking, vast, beautiful, and designed in a way that makes you feel small within a grand world. The story is wonderfully crafted, filled with exciting and several funny moments. It also supports many languages, including right-to-left ones like Arabic. I played it in Arabic, and the translation is excellent! The only drawback is the presence of a few bugs, such as falling through a…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0214Steam reviews · Apr 27, 2025 · 4 h played

    Fun and wacky game. Story is funny and interesting. Gameplay and art is good. In episode 8 there is problem that breaks game because you die many times with no reason. Lucky there is guide in Steam help fix bug.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5342Steam reviews · Oct 3, 2024 · 12 h played

    WARNING! Unplayable due to soft lock bug in later episodes! In the second to last episode, the game breaks at a certain point and instantly kills you with no regard for your hitbox. A bit later if you do everything correctly, the game decides that it is a failure state and counts you as dead and forces a restart, even if you are still alive and moving! Worst of all, is when you respawn on that broken part or in the air and continuously fall and respawn only to die again. Restarting the level…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2284Steam reviews · Jul 7, 2026 · 4 h played

    Just go right. Little Orpheus is a side scroller walking game. Just keep presing ''D'' for the most part. There is some platforming and chase events but nothing much. It is an easy and simple game. It would take you about 3-4 hours to walk all the way to the end. While simple in gameplay the levels are very pretty and well made. As you traverse wild worlds you are being narated by, well, you, Ivan Ivanovich. As you tell the tale of your journey deep deep below. It is a funny story, not one…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0547Steam reviews · Mar 25, 2025 · 10 h played

    Despite I really enjoyed the beginning of story, the visual and the dialogs (since I speak both English and Russian), I can’t recommend the game because I of it’s really low quality. The plot is boring, the gameplay is repetitive, and its final is just disappointing. Also, there are some minor bugs in this game in addition to the major one which really has drove me crazy (the Ep.8 “death loop”). All those bugs are well known but they aren’t solved until this very moment. This game should be…

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  • Steam user Steam user …3976Steam reviews · Jan 14, 2025 · 12 h played

    Great game that I would have recommended but for two reasons. One the ending of the story, which is basically the entire focus of the game, is very weak and makes me want to get back the 11 hours I spent 100%ing this game and two, there is a debilitating glitch that the China Room, the developers of this game, neglected to fix on the final level of the game which makes doing a play through of it almost impossible unless you are able to find a work around yourself. I tried to reload the game…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9833Steam reviews · Dec 13, 2025 · 4 h played

    Good graphics, nice music, an excellent narrative, great voice acting, but utterly tedious gameplay.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0542Steam reviews · Dec 27, 2024 · 7 h played

    ha, this one is interesting. its like Roberto Benigni and Stanley Kubrick had a child, This is very heavly story driven game based on "delusional" experiences of main protagonist introduced during interrigation. Main story goes through 8 separate worlds tied together by focal point - retivieving introduced in title little orpheus. I think this game could work with younger audience which for sure appreciate totally unbelievable story. Game is 2.5D platformer - a lot of reviews are right, you…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5553Steam reviews · Apr 5, 2024 · 11 h played

    Hands down the weakest and most confusing title from The Chinese Room studio thus far. “Confusing” might initially seem like an inappropriate choice of word here, since The Chinese Room was never known for the approachability of their artistic vision. However, in the case of Little Orpheus, the confusion arises not from the audience’s receiving end, where one tries to see through the fog of obscurity, to analyze its artistic motivation, to deduce the message it conveys, etc. No, this time,…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1971Steam reviews · Nov 3, 2023

    This isn't a very good game. It's charming but it's not something I'd recommend. The Chinese Room's walking sims all have the same sort of problem and that's that they've never managed to fuse narrative into gameplay in interesting ways. They're overly reliant on audio logs and voice-over in general, and that's just not a terribly interesting way to get information or be told a story when you're playing a game. They've been awarded for their storytelling chops, which will always baffle me,…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8533Steam reviews · Oct 23, 2023 · 4 h played

    Was it hard? No. Was it fun? Yes.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2155Steam reviews · Aug 14, 2026 · 4 h played

    Generally speaking, I enjoy walking simulators, platformers, and creative storytelling... but The Chinese Room always seems to disappoint for me, making some of the worst games the genre has to offer... and this one is no different. The game is slow, the characters are annoying, the story is such utter nonsense that one can't even simply suspend their disbelief as seems to be the point of the story... but the gameplay and mechanics seem to be inspired by what is, in my opinion, the worst era…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8888Steam reviews · Nov 10, 2025

    Great voice acting and art style, absolutely boring and repetitive game play.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9057Steam reviews · Nov 6, 2024

    hold D and sometimes jump. Meh.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1825Steam reviews · Sep 13, 2024 · 4 h played

    Awesome graphics. Great voice acting. Not challenging enough. Feels like a 2.5 platform walking simulator.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7833Steam reviews · Jul 1, 2024 · 1 h played

    Walk right simulator. Boring as hell

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  • Steam user Steam user …4606Steam reviews · Feb 5, 2024 · 1 h played

    -Mom can we buy Limbo ? -We have Limbo at home Limbo at home: Boring hold right side scroller with puzzles designed for 5 year olds. Hate this forced russian simulated accent.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5480Steam reviews · Aug 11, 2023 · 9 h played

    I know the reviews are mixed and I agree with a bit of both sides, however I still recommend the game BUT want to let y'all know the details. The game has beautiful designs and a quirky/funny story to go along with it. The controls are very simple and a super easy game to complete. You are going to take about 30-ish minutes per episode and is a great game to play when you don't know what you wanna play. The game DOES crash A LOT during the 8th episode which really sucks, however I got around it…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5970Steam reviews · Jul 19, 2023 · 13 h played

    I'm surprised at some of the reviews seriously commenting on simple game mechanics or lack of twists in the story. The game is for KIDS!!! to play with their parents together. It is an adventure in beautiful settings, with a good story that teaches kids the power of imagination and kindness, yet may be somewhat amusing for adults. It is even very conveniently divided into chapters, so you can play just one or two before putting your child to bed. The game actually stops and tells you that…

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  • Steam user Steam user …6918Steam reviews · Jun 6, 2026 · 7 h played

    Review after 100% : This is one of those games thats okay-ish, not bad but also not great either. These are the things that stand out about this game: + Simple & short cozy game, also very easy to 100% + Funny banter between the only 2 characters in the game + Graphically pleasant scene in some of the area - Looks like platformer puzzle game, but actually more of walking simulator - Stages are very linear, literally just need to the other far edge of the map everytime - Puzzle are non…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7290Steam reviews · Apr 5, 2026 · 4 h played

    This is a mostly entertaining adventure. Although ostensibly a platformer in the style of something like Limbo or Black: The Fall, it's more of a light platforming adventure. The big thing you're going to be in for is a mostly entertaining story, game mechanics taking a backseat (and when they do become intrusive, it gets kind of annoying, particularly in the "bonus" episode where it becomes a janky side-scrolling shooter.) The episodic nature, taking influence from old sci-fi serials and…

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  • Steam user Steam user …6102Steam reviews · Jan 21, 2026 · 4 h played

    It is not a strong recommend but overall I had a good time with it. Just do not expect anything innovative or amazing. It's an okay game. I sometimes like linear simple relaxing games and this was exactly that. I enjoyed the bonus episode the most, so if you finish the game I recommend checking it out.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0681Steam reviews · Jul 26, 2025 · 5 h played

    "So, we all agree this was the fabled land of Plutonia, are we? I don't remember accepting that." "I will admit it might not have been Plutonia if you are prepared to accept the dinosaur." I think this might be the easiest game I have ever played. (Well, except for the end of that bonus episode 9. Wth was that?) I was sold on this game 5 seconds into the trailer. I had no idea what to expect when I started this game, but I absolutely loved it! Though the gameplay was nothing special (the…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8365Steam reviews · Mar 9, 2025 · 6 h played

    It's not a platformer, it's a walking sim. Take it for that, then you can enjoy the beautiful graphic, and don't need to care about the missing items, simple actions, lightweight puzzles. Makes sense , based on the creators' other games. It's still good, but it feels like they run out of their budget (ideas?) before they could finis it. The story is unfinished, and at the end it feels like it is entirely pointless, no meaning. The last episode is an utter nonsense.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1267Steam reviews · Nov 28, 2024

    Little Orpheus – A Journey You’ll Never Forget 🌍✨ Little Orpheus is the kind of game that makes you feel like you’ve stepped into a vibrant, beautifully crafted adventure film. From the moment you embark on this journey, you’ll be hooked by its charming characters, whimsical storyline, and a world full of quirky surprises. 🎮 This definitive edition brings the magic of the original to life in stunning remastered visuals, making it the perfect way to experience this gem. The story follows a…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1752Steam reviews · Aug 21, 2024 · 4 h played

    It's alright, It's very simplistic. Graphics are nice, music is fine. There's not much actual gameplay here. It's a platformer, but most of the time, like 90-95%, it's just running right. There are a few puzzles and platforming sections, but they are all very basic I didn't personally like the "episodic" structure of the game, it just wastes time for the intros and outros, and adds absolutely nothing to the narrative or the game. The storytelling could be considered a little cringe at…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4248Steam reviews · Jul 6, 2024 · 1 h played

    Great platformer with a amazing story may be boring for most people but it is enjoyable when ur bored because its like watching a movie and is very simple and easy to play.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0157Steam reviews · Dec 31, 2023 · 4 h played

    I wish General was not such a patient man and shot me during the first episode. Would spare my finger from getting numb while holding D for 3.5 hours

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  • Steam user Steam user …3865Steam reviews · Dec 29, 2023 · 10 h played

    Ivan Ivanovich is sent down below the Earth's crust in his capsule the "Little Orpheus" in an attempt to see if there really is land that humans can potentially habitat. 3 years later Little Orpheus is gone, the bomb powering the LO is gone, and now Ivan is being interrogated by General Yurkovoi and now we'll hear about where Ivan really was within these last 3 years and what really happened to Little Orpheus. Let's talk about the gameplay right off the back and uh well it's pretty much a…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7783Steam reviews · Dec 26, 2023 · 1 h played

    An indie gem, and a love letter to Jump'n'Run. "Little Orpheus" is a sweet little homage to Side-Scrollers and historic/mythologic legends such as Atlantis or the Hollow Earth. Simple game mechanics, a lovely story, and a soundtrack that often reminded me of the Indiana Jones movies by Spielberg, "Little Orpheus" shows, that games don't need over-complicated concepts to be considered "good".

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  • Steam user Steam user …8933Steam reviews · Nov 13, 2023 · 7 h played

    Very, very easy platformer, walking simulator with narrative. To be honest, this mostly look like the narrative was the main thing, the platofrming game only the background to show lush environment. This game is very, very action lacking in action department, and not even puzzle wise in any sort. It also has buggy elements at the end of the game that make you close and start the game (luckily without restarting the level) to proceed. As a narrative game with light comedic tone it will pass…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1881Steam reviews · Jun 10, 2023 · 9 h played

    𝕊𝕠... 𝕀'𝕞 𝕘𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕟𝕠 𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕒 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕤𝕪𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕙! 𝕝𝕠𝕝 Little Orpheus is a little more than a platformer; it's an experience, at least to me personally, it struck not one chord, but many at a time. I'll make this…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9849Steam reviews · Jul 9, 2026

    Awesome adventure similar to Limbo. Explore alien landscapes and solve puzzles. Avoid deadly robots. Memorable and fun to play. Not too long, about 6-8 hours of gameplay. Nice soundtrack. Worth playing!

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  • Steam user Steam user …4486Steam reviews · Jun 2, 2026 · 6 h played

    Little Orpheus can be summed up in three words: boring, boring, boring. I genuinely have no idea who the target audience is. Kids will probably find the story too weird, while adults will spend most of the game waiting for something, anything, to happen. The platforming is so easy that I’m not convinced it can legally be classified as gameplay. You jump, you run, you occasionally avoid an obstacle, and before you know it you've completed another section while your brain was busy thinking about…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1265Steam reviews · Apr 4, 2026 · 4 h played

    it was fun, pretty easy and simple game to follow. if you are looking for any kind of challenge then this is not the game for you. fun story though just make sure you turn on subtitles if you don't understand Russian accents.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8110Steam reviews · Oct 23, 2025 · 18 h played

    Little Orpheus is a fun, comedic 2D platformer filled with whimsy and keeps you coming back for more. You play as Ivan Ivanovich, a man that had been missing for three years and is being interrogated by a general about the whereabouts of the bomb he had been sent to the center of the earth with. Every chapter is a new story that sounds outlandish and wild, but is somehow connected in the grand scheme of it all. It's as if Journey to the Center of the Earth became a side-scrolling platformer…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5774Steam reviews · Dec 13, 2024 · 5 h played

    ~ DIFFICULTY ~ ✅ My 90-year-old grandma could play it 🔲 Easy 🔲 Normal 🔲 Hard 🔲 Dark Souls 🔲 Understanding Dark Souls' story ~ GRAPHICS ~ 🔲 MS Paint 🔲 Bad 🔲 Meh 🔲 Graphics don't matter in this game 🔲 Good (nothing special) 🔲 Beautiful ✅ Masterpiece ~ MUSIC ~ 🔲 Bad 🔲 Not special 🔲 Good ✅ Beautiful 🔲 Masterpiece ~ Gameplay ~ 🔲 Try not to get addicted 🔲 Very good 🔲 Good ✅ Nothing special 🔲 Bad 🔲 very Bad ~ Audience ~ 🔲 Kids ✅ Teens ✅ Adults ~ STORY ~ 🔲 Not important…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1194Steam reviews · Sep 28, 2024 · 1 h played

    anti communist propaganda; the game sucks so bad at being even a semi competent limbo it must of been made by the CIA to make soviets look bad. like some vines swing while the others just stay there? fudging garbage even at 4 bucks (sorry i don't mean to be this mean, thats why i didnt capitalize and other grammar stuff so you think im dumb and you can shrug it off).

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  • Steam user Steam user …4095Steam reviews · Sep 17, 2024 · 3 h played

    Visually very nice and an entertaining if fairly easy 2.5d platformer along the lines of the Little Nightmares series but with some (fairly cringey, but very creative, storytelling). Be aware it is buggy though. On the second last chapter it kept inexplicably dying randomly over and over again and cloning new versions of the main character.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3569Steam reviews · Sep 16, 2024 · 5 h played

    Is Little Orpheus a game made by The Chinese Room, the developers of Dear Esther, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Little Orpheus (I know I mentioned it twice) and Still Wakes The Deep (didn't play it). The short answer is a resounding YES, the long answer will be in the review below and it might shock you. That is a great cliffhanger! I could use more of them in my reviews ;) I started with the facts because I think it is important to establish what type of games…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4204Steam reviews · Aug 25, 2024 · 9 h played

    + The story is funny. It's light and constantly evolving and intriguing. A little dramatic at the end which I like and find logical. Also very surprised by all the references to russian history and geo. Omsk/Tomsk mixing up was especially heartwarming for me as I live around these two. Unfortunately this is the only positive moment in the game. - The game is boring as hell. My biggest complain is that playthrough is very primitive. There is only 3 actions (jump, slide/crouch, interact) and…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9899Steam reviews · Jul 27, 2024 · 9 h played

    “Tovarish Privalov…IVAN IVANOVICH!” Little Orpheus is a an example of a linear story-heavy platformer done right: juicy and rich visuals, great themed music (although a bit cliché), that conveys the atmosphere and bizarre but captivating plot. We are playing as Ivan Ivanovich Privalov – a Soviet interiornaut (an upside down astronaut) in alternative universe who was given a mission to reach the Earth core in a special machine, called Little Orpheus. The game leads us through his memories…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4172Steam reviews · Dec 18, 2023 · 4 h played

    + beautiful graphics + an interesting story + good musical accompaniment - boring gameplay - a protracted finale

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