Secrets Of Soil

About

Secrets Of Soil is a single player casual simulation game. It was developed by Henry Driver and was released on June 11, 2021. It received positive reviews from players.

Secrets of Soil is an interactive journey that explores the hidden world of soil and its role in combating climate change. Your journey will take you to a microscopic world, witnessing the essential life forms that live there.

Genres & Tags

Play Modes

Single-Player

Skip User Reviews

83%

Audience ScoreBased on 52 reviews

atmosphere1 positive mentions

Unique and artistic visual style with colorful, psychedelic 3D environments.
Educational and informative about soil ecosystems, microbiomes, and human impact.
Offers a short, contemplative, and thought-provoking interactive experience suitable for a single sitting.

Lacks meaningful gameplay and interactive game loops, functioning more as an interactive documentary or art piece than a game.
Performance issues with frame drops even on high-end PCs, and sometimes jagged camera movement.
Narrative can be preachy and overly pessimistic, which may detract from the educational message and overall experience.

graphics
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
27%
46%
27%
The game's graphics are colorful and visually distinctive, combining psychedelic and stylized aesthetics that support its educational theme. However, some users find the visuals repetitive, low in animation quality, and occasionally unclear in relation to the content, with varied opinions on the overall polish ranging from charmingly unusual to low-quality.
- “Excellent educational exploration of the microbiomes within dirt set to psychedelic visuals.”
- “Interesting, colorful, remarkable visuals.”
- “Lovely visuals and great message.”
- “Since the visuals are too repetitive, and the 3D models aren't very animated, this becomes boring very soon.”
- “10 fps ugly graphics.”
- “The visuals seem overly stylized for what is being presented.”
gameplay
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
24%
38%
The gameplay is minimal and largely consists of exploring levels with occasional simple interactions, lacking meaningful gameplay loops or engaging mechanics. It is more akin to a narrative experience than a traditional game, and some find it more suitable for watching in video format. Overall, the gameplay is sparse and limited but fitting for this type of project.
- “Yes, there’s gameplay, but it’s very limited and what you do is basically explore the level while listening to the narrator. Occasionally, you press a button to interact or press X to continue to the next chapter.”
- “Sparse on gameplay but that's to be expected in something like this.”
- “Fortunately, they don’t impact the little gameplay there is, but it is distracting.”
- “There are no gameplay loops in this rejected film school dropout exhibition, no "gameplay", no meaningful game-like interaction.”
- “Yes, there’s gameplay, but it’s very limited and what you do is you basically explore the level while listening to the narrator and once in a while you may press a button to do something interactive and/or press X to continue to the next chapter.”
- “Probably the best way to experience this "game" is to watch a gameplay video on YouTube, using 1.75x or 2x speed playback modifier.”
music
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The music in the game is ambient and experimental, featuring unusual buzzing noises that create an eerie, psychedelic atmosphere. While it complements the strange visuals, it is generally seen as average and not particularly professional or memorable.
- “Nice music.”
- “With a more ambitious soundtrack for the first few levels and a faster running speed to better simulate the feeling of falling or flying through these amazing spectacles, with a VR headset on my head and possibly as part of a larger exhibition, this could easily be a 10/10.”
- “Learn about dirt in psychedelic 3D environments with ambient music.”
- “The soundtrack is just weird buzzing noises glued together to make little melodies.”
- “The music is okay, but nothing to brag about.”
- “At times it did feel a little bit unsettling with all the strange shapes and colors and music.”
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The atmosphere is praised for its immersive sound design, vibrant use of radiant colors, and well-balanced pacing without unnecessary padding, creating an engaging and visually striking experience that exceeds expectations.
- “No annoying runtime padding through unnecessary achievements or minigames, atmospheric sound design, a perfect length, and great use of radiant colors really surpass any expectations I had reading what this was about.”
story
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The story is engaging and interactive, structured into 17 concise chapters that can be completed in just a few minutes each, making it both informative and easily digestible.
- “It’s an informative, interactive story, divided into 17 chapters, with each one taking just a few minutes.”