Blue Prince Reviews
Blue Prince’s mysterious manor is just begging to be explored, providing a puzzling experience unlike anything else in the gaming space.
Blue Prince is a fascinating game. The premise is enticing for those who like card-based board games, and the bits of randomization help the game feel difficult without being outright unfair about it. The slow trickle of story information might seem frustrating at first, but it helps give one motivation to keep going, especially when you solve a puzzle and everything starts to fall into place. Those who love environmental puzzle titles will get some real joy out of Blue Prince.
Blue Prince surprises and captivates even those who dislike roguelites and puzzle games, proving that curiosity and great design can sometimes shatter any gaming prejudice.
Review in Italian | Read full review
On the blueprint, Blue Prince is a simple title: You have a large mansion in which each door hides a decision. Choose between the three room options and create a path to the goal before the day ends and you have to start all over again. Its roguelike elements hide behind this simple proposal an ambitious puzzle game that can become unhinged, although if you manage to connect with it, it will drive you crazy with love.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Blue Prince is a unique puzzle game that presents a perfect mix of luck and strategy that'll make you keep coming back for just one more run. 👣
Even now, I want to go start another run of Blue Prince. I have ideas floating around in my head and if I just draft the right room I’ll be on my way to unlocking more of the mysteries of this mansion. I’ve had more than a few late nights since starting this title, telling myself that I was on my last run but then instantly starting another once it ended. That’s what a great roguelike does to players and Blue Prince is certainly that, as well as a great puzzle game. Blue Prince constantly forced me to learn new things and work towards a wide variety of goals in a way which forced me to change my entire way of thinking about similar titles, even changing how I think about progression. It’s a masterpiece that players should run to play.
Blue Prince captivates you from the first moment, giving you ingenious puzzles and addictive roguelike exploration in a mysterious mansion.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
To say that Blue Prince opened my mind would be disingenuous, but it certainly did challenge me in ways I hadn’t expected. This isn’t a game for everyone. Blue Prince demands that you meet it on its own terms, and while that can be a tall ask for a majority of players, I can promise you that it’ll be worth it.
Blue Prince is a never-ending rabbit hole, where solving one mystery reveals eight more to take care of. Its complexity might be weighed down by requiring a good grasp of English vocabulary or frustrating RNG. Or you might just lose your sanity as you attempt later puzzles.
Review in Czech | Read full review
Blue Prince asks players to look past the wire frame and into something more cohesive. Regardless of how many “Best Games of the Year” lists it makes it onto, it’s unlikely that anything else this confident and original will even be part of the conversation.
Blue Prince is a brilliant testament to how a clear, ambitious vision can transcend limitations—delivering a genre-blending, idea-rich experience full of secrets to uncover and puzzles to unravel
Review in Italian | Read full review
This castle builds itself… and it’s got secrets. Blue Prince might just be the weird, wonderful game you didn’t know you needed. Room by room, it lures you in with charm, mystery, and just the right amount of existential dread.
Blue Prince is a brilliantly designed, atmospheric puzzle game that masterfully blends exploration, strategy, and storytelling, making it a strong contender for Game of the Year.
Review in Unknown | Read full review
With its impressive puzzle design, intriguing lore, and relaxed pace, Blue Prince is a standout debut, easily standing shoulder-to-shoulder among the best adventure games of all time.
Blue Prince is a clever, combat-free roguelite packed with puzzles, secrets, and mystery. Its shifting mansion and layered mechanics make it a must-play for fans of exploration and discovery. If you count The Witness, Portal, and Myst among your favorite first-person puzzle games, then Blue Prince deserves its carved spot beside them.
Blue Prince is a master class in puzzle based rogue like storytelling, and it will leave players hungry for more during and after finishing the title.
Blue Prince is a subtle yet deeply satisfying puzzle game that invites you to slow down, think carefully, and unravel its mysteries one thoughtful step at a time, guiding you through a beautiful, tangled labyrinth of your own creation.
Blue Prince is an addictive game where you have to think carefully about which room you can give the most benefit. It is challenging, addictive and frustrating in one. Basic principle is simple, from A to B in as few steps as possible and as smoothly as possible. Because the principle is so simple, it is easy to pick up. Yet there is still a whole world around the villa and you will think in the game after every day: one more. Blue Prince is therefore a serious contender to become Game of the Year at the end of this year.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
Blue Prince was an amazing puzzle/strategy that has me continuing to solve the mystery inside it. I love the clever ideas and puzzles that are either in your face or hidden away. Having me screenshot everything I come across to only use it when I feel like I have hit a wall is fun to me. It has scratched an itch that Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright left. I highly recommend this game to puzzle lovers and people who think RNG needs a good spanking after the abuse it put us through. I give Blue Prince the Thumb Culture Platinum Award.
Even if you aren’t a fan of roguelikes, Blue Prince feels much more like an elaborate puzzle box. There’s a satisfying feeling in making it further than you did before, finding clues to a puzzle, then stumbling onto another piece of that puzzle a few runs later. Blue Prince is certainly one of the most interesting games of this year. It takes a fairly novel concept in a roguelike puzzle game, adding elements of deckbuilding and base crafting. It all comes together for a gameplay experience unlike anything else out there today.