Crushed in Time Reviews
Crushed in Time is a new adventure from developer Draw Me A Pixel exploring the metanarrative layer in game production.
Crushed In Time is a delightful new style of point & click adventure, making the whole world elastic and taking you, Holmes and Watson on a journey through the travails of game development. There's definitely a game in Draw Me A Pixel's second title, but they'll need your help to finish it.
Crushed In Time is a simple point-and-click adventure pushed to its limits. While some pain is involved, there are also a lot of cool ideas born in this far-flung space. If you’re looking for a puzzle adventure with a full roster of fascinating twists, Crushed In Time might be just what you need.
If you like adventure games with a large helping of puzzles and fourth-wall-breaking humour, Crushed In Time delivers in spades. The oddly limited control scheme unfortunately frustrates more than it aids. However, if you can look past that, Crushed In Time has a good amount to recommend for point-and-click adventure game fans.
Crushed In Time is delightfully the stretchiest point-and-click adventure game that I've played. Its fun concept is complemented by a vibrant, time-bending journey, but unclear puzzle solutions could dampen the enjoyment, and the plot might be too thin for story-focused gamers.
This year, such a release was Crushed in Time, simultaneously reminiscent of classic humorous quests from the LucasArts era and attempting to bring something new to the genre. It's not without its typical quest flaws, but the unique, flexible gameplay and solid humor outweigh these few shortcomings—we can't wait to see what else these developers can come up with.
Review in Russian | Read full review
Draw Me A Pixel is back with a clever and unusual adventure, this time following Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson as they puzzle their way through a glitching video game. There's a lot to love here, but the stretchy control gimmick is not going to be for everyone.
This elastic point-and-click adventure with Sherlock and Watson is a delightful surprise. The creative time-travel mechanics and clever humor make it absolutely worth your money. Crushed In Time doesn’t reach the emotional heights of There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension, and its final chapters strain under puzzle design that can’t quite maintain the earlier consistency — but the studio’s voice is as distinctive as ever, the mechanic is genuinely inventive, and the writing carries the experience even when the puzzles test your patience. For fans of Draw Me A Pixel or the genre at large, it’s an easy yes.
Crushed in Time is one of the most inventive point-and-click adventures in recent years, blending clever puzzles, meta-humor and elastic mechanics into an experience that's consistently surprising.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Crushed In Time is an original and delightfully absurd adventure that keeps its elastic puzzle concept fresh across the whole runtime, thanks to clever ideas, charming characters, strong voice acting, and a playful sense of humor. A few confusing puzzle moments and less comfortable gamepad controls hold it back slightly, but the creativity behind it easily stretches past those flaws.
Review in Czech | Read full review
Crushed in Time is a fun puzzle game, with a fun story and great visuals. Many of the puzzles, built around the unique stretch-and-pull mechanic, are fun and cleverly designed, but that mechanic can start to feel gimmicky and lose its charm before too long. It’s unfortunate to say that the game just doesn’t quite live up to There is No Game, but it remains a fun puzzle game regardless.
This time, time travel, cleverly crafted puzzles, and the developers’ signature brand of humor take center stage. But can this spin-off, despite stepping away from the narrative formula that made Wrong Dimension so memorable, remain just as unpredictable and entertaining from beginning to end?
Crushed in Time is simply a very fun and funny game. Draw Me A Pixel manages to give a familiar genre a surprisingly fresh twist without losing sight of the essence of a good point-and-click adventure. The story is accessible, the humor works excellently, and the puzzles constantly keep your brain working. Moreover, with a playtime of about six to seven hours, the adventure is exactly the right length. The elastic gameplay is fully utilized without losing its charm along the way. Despite a few technical glitches, this is highly recommended for anyone in the mood for an old-fashioned, yet simultaneously fresh, point-and-click adventure.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
Crushed In Time manages to breathe new life into the graphic adventure genre with a story rich in mystery and populated by characters that make it full of humour and stylistically appealing. The gameplay mechanics are simple but, thanks to the ‘pull-and-push’ system, they add variety to the gaming experience. The presence of countless puzzles and environmental riddles will make it appealing and challenging for fans of the genre and beyond. All in all… well done, Draw Me A Pixel – mission accomplished!
Review in Italian | Read full review
Crushed in Time is a fantastic, highly original adventure that’ll keep players completely hooked thanks to its uniquely creative puzzling. The bickering dynamic between Holmes and Watson is genuinely funny, the voice acting is top-tier, and the shifting worlds are an absolute treat to explore. And sure, the control quirks might test your patience at times – especially when playing on the Steam Deck – but the sheer creativity on display makes Crushed in Time an easy recommendation for both long-time point-and-click adventure veterans and those who simply want to experience a puzzler that genuinely brings something unique to the genre.
Crushed in Time delivers on its promise of fun, funny and smart hours. The game is clever in its puzzles, gameplay, narration and rhythm and environment breaks. The good surprise of this almost early summer. An end that stretches a little for a game whose principle is to stretch things, after all, why not?
Review in French | Read full review
Crushed in Time is an interesting and entertaining puzzle game with a unique control scheme and puzzle mechanics. While not all of the puzzles are winners, the vast majority are, even when they're so difficult you think you'll never solve them.
Crushed in Time is a fantastic concept for a classic adventure game, and modernises the genre wonderfully for the modern era.
Looking at all of the evidence, I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that Crushed In Time is one of the best point-and-click adventure games, ever. I was blown away by the level of wiriting and humour, thrilled with how well implemented and thought out the pinch and stretch mechanic was, and left with a feeling that I had just finished the first entry in a belovd future franchise. Marvelously meta, wildy imaginative, and increidbly polished, Crushed In Time is a game that will stand the Beta test of time.
"Crushed In Time" is a great mix of puzzles, adventure, suspense, and emotion. Humor is definitely not lacking.
Review in German | Read full review