Constance Reviews
Constance is a Metroidvania that is both beautiful and hard, with unique controls, beautiful hand-drawn art, and a quiet emotional core. Constance is a rewarding journey that stands tall in its genre thanks to its depth, creativity, and heart.
Constance is a classic Metroidvania in structure, but with a sensibility that is unusual in the genre: it turns burnout and work pressure into the emotional core of an adventure that combines a harsh and realistic narrative, beautiful artistic design, and painting-based mechanics that, while not revolutionary, are very well executed. It feels humble, but it's very well done. Recommended.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
The game world is a bit like Constance herself: charming but unsettled.
Constance is a fantastic game that I would recommend to anyone who’s a fan of the genre.
Constance is a game about confronting your inner darkness. Its hand-drawn cartoony art style won me over initially. Its challenging platforming puzzles and boss fights that required me to fully utilize the plethora of techniques I’d learned throughout the journey kept me engaged and always felt satisfying to complete. This fluid and extremely rewarding gameplay loop alone solidifies Constance as a must-play platformer. The heartfelt story at the core of it all is a welcome added bonus.
Constance shines with its vibrant 2D art, crisp platforming, and some clever progression ideas, but ultimately plays second fiddle to one of the genre’s greats. It’s far from a bad game—quite the opposite—but its strengths don’t make it easier to choose over a top-tier rival at the same price. Still, it’s enjoyable in its own right and serves as a refreshing break when Silksong has you worn down.
Although it never really does anything we haven’t seen before, Constance is well-made enough to be worthy of your time, and does enough to earn its place in a crowded genre.
Constance is, above all, a difficult Metroidvania, one that truly demands precision, attention, and resilience, especially when facing bosses. But the title also shows sensitivity by offering accessibility options that soften much of that harshness, making room for those who want to enjoy the narrative, art, and symbolism without facing so much pressure.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Constance is a sleek, elegant, and emotional metroidvania that combines fluid movement, striking visuals, and a well-crafted introspective theme. Despite some hesitation in fully exploring its own ideas and occasional issues with challenges and bosses, the game offers an engaging and personal adventure. It's a great choice for those who enjoy traditional metroidvanias, artistic experiences, and narratives that reflect internal conflicts — a work that, like its protagonist, stands out precisely for trying to balance creation and chaos.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
A game that makes me feel like I’m getting better, while telling a story about a human aspect, and delivering whimsy, humor and prestige. I couldn’t have been happier, and now I’m hoping for a console port so I can play this on my Switch again next year.
A slick and polished slice of 2D Metroidvania comfort food that executes well on a familiar formula. A lack of new ideas and a few mechanical stumbles hold it back from reaching the same heights as the classics that inspired it, but it gets close enough to scratch the same itch.
Constance is a strikingly personal and mechanically rich 2D metroidvania that balances intense combat with emotional storytelling. Developer btf delivers a hand-drawn world full of challenge, exploration, and introspection, pushing the genre forward in a year filled with high-profile competition. With its innovative paint-based mechanics and layered narrative, Constance is a rewarding journey for players willing to engage both their skills and emotions.
Constance is a game crafted with care over many years, and it shows. It has its highs and lows, but the overall experience is rewarding, original, and genuinely beautiful. Its map is the weakest part, yet everything is balanced out by its stunning art direction, well-tuned challenge, and the heartfelt passion the team pours into it from start to finish. It’s absolutely worth playing, give it a try.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Constance handles the topic of mental health with the necessary respect yet still manages to tell a story within a fantasy setting that is both meaningful and enjoyable but still never forgetting the importance of entertaining gameplay. This balance is incredibly well done and I thoroughly enjoyed both the combat and the platforming sections. A few enemies could perhaps have benefited from a bit more balancing but ultimately it's the battles I had to replay most often that have stuck with me the most.
Review in German | Read full review