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Hexed Time

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100%Game Brain Score
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gameplay, story
100% User Score Based on 55 reviews

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Hexed Time is a single player puzzle game with fantasy, medieval, historical and dark fantasy themes. It was developed by Petra Emmerová and was released on April 15, 2025. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Play as a witch living in secret among villagers in this hand-drawn narrative puzzle adventure. An attempt to change fate traps her in a time loop. Help the witch and her cat escape without getting caught by the inquisition. Your choices shape the outcome.

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graphics7 positive mentions
  • Unique and clever time-loop mechanic that enhances gameplay and story engagement.
  • Charming, hand-drawn art style with cohesive and immersive ambience and music.
  • Multiple endings and reasonable difficulty offer high replayability and satisfying puzzle solving.
  • Art style is simple and functional but not exceptionally impressive or rich.
  • One required step for a particular ending is not clearly marked, causing some confusion.
  • Minor bugs occasionally occur if clicking too fast, requiring restart or returning to the main menu.
  • graphics
    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics feature a charming and clean art style that is simple yet effective, often described as cute and fairytale-like. While not highly detailed or groundbreaking, the visuals create a magical and immersive atmosphere that complements the gameplay and narrative well. Overall, the art style is pleasing and fitting for a short, enjoyable adventure.

    • “Art style is lovely and music is immersive.”
    • “With multiple endings, achievements, a nice clean art style, and a devilishly funny, grumpy and sarcastic talking cat, this is a magical treat.”
    • “The atmosphere is magical and the visuals are beautiful.”
    • “The art style isn’t anything special.”
    • “6.3/10 - a fun little adventure with a unique use of the spiral narrative mechanic, though held back by an underwhelming art style.”
    • “With its strong and simple lines and mostly flat colours the art style is somewhat reminiscent of fairytales in my opinion.”
  • gameplay
    13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is centered around a clever time-loop mechanic that requires players to gather information through trial and error by visiting locations at specific times and performing actions in a certain sequence. It offers a smooth, interactive point-and-click adventure experience with engaging planning and narrative elements, though some find the art style underwhelming. Overall, the gameplay is praised for its unique spiral narrative approach and thoughtful design.

    • “An enchanting little point-and-click with a time-loop mechanic done very well.”
    • “Once the time-looping mechanic started to reveal itself, this game becomes a lot more interactive where you have to go through trials and errors to gather information by visiting different areas at certain times of the day and doing things in a certain order.”
    • “Gameplay consists mostly of gathering information and planning out the order of steps necessary to reach an ending once you have enough information.”
    • “The gameplay is going to certain places at certain times to interact and collect stuff.”
  • story
    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story is engaging and well-crafted, featuring smooth dialogue and innovative spiral narrative techniques that enhance the experience. It starts off simply but gains depth with each discovered clue, maintaining interest without unnecessary complexity. Some users suggest that more interactive elements between segments could further improve immersion.

    • “A nice, well-drawn game with good dialogue, overall smooth gameplay, and an interesting story.”
    • “At first, the story might seem simple, but with each discovered clue, it gets better.”
    • “No story.”
    • “Also, having actual customer interactions (like e.g. in Strange Horticulture) instead of title cards between story segments might have improved the experience.”
    • “The story is not overly complicated either and isn’t ever held up by going into unnecessary details.”
  • music
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music is relaxing and immersive, complementing the game's cute art style and creating a cohesive, pleasant atmosphere. However, some users suggest adding more varied music in different locations to enhance the experience further.

    • “Art style is lovely and music is immersive.”
    • “The game itself has cute art, relaxing music and consists of figuring out where to go at each time of day to get the right ingredients for one of three endings.”
    • “The music meshes well with the art forming a cohesive image that is nice to look at and listen to.”
    • “Also, a bit more music in the different places instead of plain wind most of the time would make the experience more pleasant.”
  • humor
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor is highlighted by a devilishly funny, grumpy, and sarcastic talking cat, adding a playful and entertaining tone to the game. Players find the humor both amusing and enjoyable, complementing the fun gameplay and overall experience.

    • “Both fun to play & funny.”
    • “With multiple endings, achievements, a nice clean art style, and a devilishly funny, grumpy and sarcastic talking cat, this is a magical treat.”
    • “The hold item mechanic was a bit funny to me.”
  • atmosphere
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The atmosphere is praised for its magical and immersive quality, enhanced by beautiful visuals and atmospheric art that effectively bring a medieval village setting to life.

    • “The atmosphere is magical and the visuals are beautiful.”
    • “The game's atmospheric art and clever puzzles immerse you in a medieval village setting.”
  • grinding
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game is notably intense, often requiring significant time and effort, sometimes feeling like it demands a "second life" to progress effectively.

  • replayability
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users highlight the game’s interesting story and meaningful achievements as key factors contributing to its high replayability.

    • “Interesting story, high replayability, achievements make sense (played on itch)”
  • character development
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The character development is praised for its simple, realistic designs and a grounded color palette that adds a charming, relatable quality to the characters.

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Hexed Time is a puzzle game with fantasy, medieval, historical and dark fantasy themes.

Hexed Time is available on PC, Web Browser and Windows.

Hexed Time was released on April 15, 2025.

Hexed Time was developed by Petra Emmerová.

Hexed Time has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Hexed Time for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

Hexed Time is a single player game.

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