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Living Pipes

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24%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
35% User Score Based on 20 reviews

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Living Pipes is a single player casual simulation game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Saeron Seok and was released on July 2, 2025. It received negative reviews from players.

Hired to fix a building, paid too much to ask why. In Living Pipes, a first-person narrative mystery game created as a senior project at Ringling College of Art and Design, you are sent to a remote building under mysterious circumstances. What starts as a routine repair job quickly unravels into something far more unsettling. Explore, repair, and uncover the truth. Navigate dimly lit corridors …

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35%Audience ScoreBased on 20 reviews
graphics6 positive mentions
optimization2 negative mentions
  • The game has impressive and appealing visuals with a distinct dystopian cyberpunk aesthetic.
  • Creative ideas and concepts are evident, showing potential for a longer, more developed game.
  • The short playtime makes it a concise experience that some players may appreciate as a quick, straightforward game.
  • The game is very short, feeling more like a student project or tech-demo rather than a full game.
  • Severe technical issues including bugs, softlocks, lack of quit menu, no pause or volume controls, and poor optimization hinder the experience.
  • Puzzles are poorly explained, unintuitive, and sometimes timed without guidance, leading to player frustration.

  • graphics

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    60% positive mentions, 10% neutral mentions, 30% negative mentions

    The game's graphics are widely praised for being visually appealing, fitting the low-budget dystopian aesthetic, and effectively supporting the adventure style. However, some users note that while the visuals are strong, the lack of in-game graphics settings and other gameplay shortcomings detract from the overall experience.

    • “The graphics in this game are really quite good, which at least makes the game look more appealing.”
    • “I really wanted to recommend this game because the world is interesting and the visuals are quite good.”
    • “The presentation for the game is very nice and the aesthetic is instantly recognizable as a low-budget dystopian future as envisioned from the early 1980s.”
    • “Also, I loaded into the game the first time without changing the graphics settings, and the game had the highest graphics as default, which was a struggle with no in-game settings access.”
    • “Graphics are okay, but the interactions are terrible.”
    • “Honestly, the only things that the game does well are the visuals and the controls, but the rest of it stink-stank-stunk.”

  • story

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    60% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's story is concise and straightforward, offering a brief but engaging narrative without overwhelming players with excessive quests. It presents a fresh take on maintenance jobs and encourages players to piece together the story themselves. However, the overall experience is very short, lasting around 10 minutes, and is somewhat hindered by technical issues.

    • “It tells a short story; a snippet is all you need, no getting lost in unlimited resource quests or spooky quest logs.”
    • “It is a nice take on maintenance jobs and it does it well, hinting at a story that you can unravel yourself and take it for what it's worth.”
    • “Although the premise and story seem fresh and engaging, this game lasts 10 minutes, and that's even if you have to reload due to soft locks and poor optimization.”

  • gameplay

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, -50% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The gameplay received mixed feedback, with intuitive basic controls like movement but unclear and under-explained mechanics, especially regarding environmental interactions and puzzles. Users felt the game lacked sufficient instructions and desired longer, more engaging gameplay in future projects.

    • “Some aspects of gameplay were intuitive, such as movement using the familiar WASD keys.”
    • “Another aspect of the gameplay that needed more explanation was the "route the flow" puzzles because switching from one valve to another valve wasn't mentioned anywhere at all.”
    • “I hope that their next project provides for longer gameplay and is clearer in instructions on how to play that game.”
    • “Some aspects of gameplay were intuitive, such as movement (the familiar WASD keys), but many other aspects for interacting with the environment were not.”
    • “Another aspect of the gameplay that needed more explanation was the "route the flow" puzzles because switching from one valve to another valve wasn't mentioned anywhere.”
    • “I hope their next project provides longer gameplay and clearer instructions on how to play.”

  • optimization

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    The game suffers from poor optimization, leading to issues such as soft locks, lack of smooth gameplay, and problematic controls. Additionally, missing features like a pause menu, volume controls, and key rebindings further hamper the user experience. Overall, a patch is needed to address these technical shortcomings.

    • “Wait for a patch, because this game has no pause menu, terrible optimization, no volume controls (hits you with a super loud audio spike in the beginning of the game), and no rebinds (which might be a problem for some).”
    • “Although the premise and story seem to be fresh and engaging, this game lasts 10 minutes, and that's even if you have to reload the game because of soft locks and poor optimization.”

  • stability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from significant stability issues, including frequent bugs and softlocks that can disrupt progress or cause unintended completions.

    • “Game is very buggy and I kept getting softlocked, and completed the entire game the second I entered the hotel somehow.”
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Living Pipes is a casual simulation game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Living Pipes include first-person, indie, narrative, dystopian, free to play and others.

Living Pipes is available on PC and Windows.

Living Pipes was released on July 2, 2025.

Living Pipes was developed by Saeron Seok.

Living Pipes has received negative reviews from players. Most players liked Living Pipes for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

Living Pipes is a single player game.

Similar games include Antenna, Reminiscence, Downtown Jam, I Won't Forget Hue, NORTH and others.