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Looking For Fael

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99%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
99% User Score Based on 72 reviews

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About Looking For Fael

Looking For Fael is a single player platformer game with mystery and science fiction themes. It was developed by ARTE France and was released on July 16, 2026. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Upon receiving a cryptic voicemail from your missing roommate, the ordinary confines of your apartment transform into a surreal labyrinth. Guided by his voice and a custom retro console in hand, embark on a journey to decipher the mysteries that have twisted your home into an enigmatic maze. But beware. The further you venture into other realities, the harder it will be to find your way back.

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99%Audience ScoreBased on 72 reviews
story3 positive mentions
gameplay3 negative mentions
  • Excellent and creative puzzle design with well-balanced difficulty that gradually increases, providing satisfying and varied challenges.
  • Smooth and natural progression with clear interaction cues, minimizing downtime and encouraging exploration and note-taking.
  • Immersive atmosphere supported by charming art style, engaging sound design, and unique environmental storytelling reminiscent of classic puzzle adventures.
  • Some puzzles can be unintuitive or require leaps of logic, occasionally leading to frustration and the need to look up solutions.
  • Slow movement speed and repetitive animations create pacing issues, especially towards the end, causing some wasted time and frustration during backtracking.
  • Certain minigame music is repetitive and can become annoying, and parts of the narrative and story may feel underdeveloped compared to the strong puzzle focus.

  • gameplay

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    22% positive mentions, 45% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The gameplay is praised for its clever, layered puzzle mechanics that are challenging yet achievable on a blind playthrough, with an environment that constantly shifts and requires players to learn and adapt. The puzzles are mostly intuitive, featuring creative designs that engage players, though some require effort to fully understand. Overall, the gameplay is considered very good, difficult, and enjoyable.

    • “Really cool mechanics and an environment that's constantly shifting around you.”
    • “There are a lot of creative puzzle ideas, especially once multiple mechanics start getting layered on at the same time.”
    • “The gameplay is like if you took the meta aspects of Animal Well or Blue Prince, but made them actually achievable on a blind playthrough.”
    • “As in Myst, the player needs to learn the mechanics of the world that Fael has created and determine what the intermediary goals towards locating Fael are.”
    • “The puzzles are mostly intuitive, but a few took a little work before the mechanics became clear.”

  • story

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The story in this game is engaging and well-crafted, offering a neat audio drama-like experience, though it isn't the main focus. While some find it a bit hard to follow, it complements the challenging puzzles well, making for a compelling story-driven puzzle game.

    • “This is a great game for anyone looking for a cool story inside an even better puzzle game.”
    • “The story is pretty neat and reminds me of an audio drama that I had listened to a few years ago based on how it ends.”
    • “I randomly saw it pass through my IG feed and the comments saying it looked like 'The Witness with a plot' might not be a 100% good comparison, but it's a great story puzzle game on its own!”
    • “The story is not the main event here, so adjust your expectations.”
    • “The story is a little hard to follow.”

  • graphics

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

    The game's graphics feature a visually appealing and immersive art style, with distinct and charming visuals for each set piece that enhance the mood despite sharing the same apartment setting. Overall, the graphics are praised for being cute and enjoyable.

    • “The art style and set pieces are greatly immersive.”
    • “Each one has its own visuals, gimmicks, and mood despite being the same apartment.”
    • “Oh, and the art style is so nice to look at.”

  • music

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

    The music in the game is generally praised for complementing each zone and enhancing immersion, though some users find certain minigame tracks repetitive and slightly annoying. Overall, the soundtrack is well-loved and adds positively to the gameplay experience.

    • “The music, visual, and audio design complement each zone wonderfully, making the search for fael an engaging and immersive process.”
    • “Love the gameplay, love the music!”
    • “Some minigame music is really repetitive and feels annoying at some point, which is a small downside compared to how good the game is.”

  • atmosphere

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

    Users praise the game’s atmosphere for its strong artistic direction and immersive feel, highlighting that it enhances the overall experience without overwhelming complexity. The combination of engaging puzzles and quality voice acting contributes positively to the game's ambiance.

    • “Love the atmosphere, the artistic direction, the puzzles aren't too complicated, the voice acting is great, really nothing bad to say about it.”
    • “Love the puzzles and the atmosphere of this game so far!”

  • stability

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

    The game is reported to run smoothly and stably, providing a consistently enjoyable experience.

    • “Very fun so far and the game runs great.”
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Looking For Fael is a platformer game with mystery and science fiction themes. Common tags for Looking For Fael include first-person, indie, surreal, exploration, nonlinear and others.

Looking For Fael is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5 and others.

Looking For Fael was released on July 16, 2026.

Looking For Fael was developed by ARTE France.

Looking For Fael has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Looking For Fael for its story but disliked it for its gameplay.

Looking For Fael is a single player game.

Similar games include Quern: Undying Thoughts, Boxes: Lost Fragments, Machinika Museum, The Room: Old Sins, Obduction and others.