Order of the Sinking Star Reviews
An outstanding puzzle adventure with thousands of puzzles for you to solve
Order of the Sinking Star might work better had it been a bit more curated in deploying its massive pile of puzzles, but the occasional frustration and overcomplication is an affordable price of admission to play around with so many fun ideas.
Order of the Sinking Star begs to be challenged as much as it challenges you.
The mind needs some work, and this game will certainly give it to you.
Order of the Sinking Star is a puzzler made for the real sickos who could spend hours grinding down one stage. The mechanics remain simple enough to feel accessible, but are expanded upon with commendable creativity.While it doesn't let you experiment to any great degree, it will still leave you feeling like a genius after solving one puzzle before leaving you completely clueless in the next. Not everyone likes that feeling, but I relished it.
Order of the Sinking Star is the most unique puzzle game I’ve ever encountered.
Order of the Sinking Star is a masterpiece. Its immaculate, mind-bending puzzles are perfectly designed to make you feel spectacularly stupid and then phenomenally smart.
Order of the Sinking Star is a colossal puzzle game that blends four gameplay systems: crates to push or pull, teleporting mirrors, stones that bounce on water, and gems with special powers. Over a thousand puzzles, intelligently balanced progression, and the fusion of these mechanics deliver memorable moments of insight and immense satisfaction. On the downside, the lack of hints can turn some levels into insurmountable obstacles, while the story, though well-voiced, remains in the background. A paradise for puzzle lovers, a nightmare for those with little patience.
Review in Italian | Read full review
An encyclopedic collection of visually sumptuous puzzles.
Order of the Sinking Star then isn't just Jonathan Blow's most epic puzzling odyssey to date, it also happens to be (Braid notwithstanding) his most accessible title in years. Though the delivery of its dialogue can feel disparate at times, that is nowhere enough to detract from the soaring calibre that Order of the Sinking Star ultimately achieves. Crafted with love at every turn (make sure you don't skip the credits) and infinitely more respectful of the player than Blow's previous title, The Witness, Order of the Sinking Star might just be the best puzzle game on PlayStation 5.
I don't think a game has ever divided my brain in two like Order of the Sinking Star. Its unique structure and the way it blends together so many mechanics is great, the individual puzzles are cleverly and thoughtfully designed, and it's all delivered with plenty of polish.However, in making such a vast game, I think it runs out of steam before it gets the chance to really start to flex. That, combined with uninteresting dialogue and no real compelling hook (other than the promise of hundreds more puzzles), makes it harder to recommend.
Order of the Sinking Star is a wonderful kaleidoscope of puzzles.
But approaching this work solely from the perspective of geometry and movement is too reductive and risks making it seem sterile, while the greatest surprises lie hidden among the rubble of those foundations that must be torn down with lateral thinking and shifts in perspective, in true Jonathan Blow style.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Order of the Sinking Star takes a gaming mechanic that has been around as long as gaming and hasn't stopped iterating upon it. A must have for puzzle gamers, but maybe a second guess for the Switch version for right now.
Even if it isn't as strikingly cutting as previous efforts, Order of the Sinking Star is another great puzzle title from Thekla and Jonathan Blow that's worth getting lost in.
An astonishingly ambitious puzzle adventure packed with ingenious mechanics and some superb brainteasers, although its enormous scale occasionally turns intellectual discovery into something resembling homework.
Order of the Sinking Star is a daunting, all-encompassing puzzle game--one naturally expected from Jonathan Blow. With it comes sparks of brilliance, frustration, and inspiration often in equal measure, constantly testing the brain's ability to overcome.
Order of the Sinking Star is the newest game from Thekla, Inc but are its puzzles enough to keep players engaged, or will they burn them out?
Order of the Sinking Star is a very successful puzzle game with superbly designed levels and engaging gameplay. Not everything the creators of Braid got quite right, but it’s definitely worth giving this game a go if you enjoy puzzle games.
Review in Polish | Read full review
A magnificent collection of puzzles that will take weeks to fully explore. The sheer number of unique riddles is consistently impressive in terms of their execution. Sadly, the same cannot be said about the plot: while it seemingly attempts to tell an engaging story, many of its details end up going in one ear and out the other.
Review in Russian | Read full review