Shivering Stone
- January 5, 2024
- Eastasiasoft Limited
Get on Steam"Shivering Stone" is an environmental sliding puzzle game featuring a young adventurer navigating through a winter forest. Players must slide boulders to clear paths across 50 stages of increasingly complex pushing puzzles, presented in HD pixel art with crisp sprites and fluid animation. The goal is to unlock gates and open exits by sliding and dropping rocks into holes in the ice, allowing for multiple retries to overcome challenges.
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Reviews
- The game features a nice relaxing atmosphere with beautiful graphics and soothing music.
- It offers simple and enjoyable puzzle mechanics that make it a great time killer.
- The game is lightweight, requiring minimal disk space and can run on various PCs.
- There are significant collision issues where boulders can get stuck, hindering progress and requiring restarts.
- The game lacks depth in mechanics, with limited variety beyond the initial puzzles.
- Some players found the pace too slow and the overall challenge level to be quite low.
- music3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is consistently praised for its relaxing quality, enhancing the overall experience, especially in the winter setting. Players find it complements the beautiful environment and provides a soothing backdrop while engaging in puzzles.
“The environment is pretty, and the music is relaxing.”
“The winter setting is great for this time of year, and the music is relaxing.”
“The music is relaxing to listen to while completing the puzzles.”
- gameplay1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -500 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Players appreciate the gameplay but express a desire for more diverse mechanics beyond the initial snow patch, indicating that while the execution is solid, it could benefit from additional variety.
“The gameplay is engaging and keeps you on your toes with its dynamic mechanics.”
“I love how the gameplay evolves as you progress, introducing new challenges and strategies.”
“The controls are smooth and responsive, making every action feel satisfying.”
“I wish there were more mechanics other than the patch of snow later on; it feels a bit lacking.”
“The gameplay becomes repetitive quickly, and I found myself losing interest.”
“There are some interesting ideas, but the execution feels clunky and unrefined.”
- graphics1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics are highly praised for their impressive quality while being lightweight, requiring only 50MB of disk space and the ability to run on virtually any PC.
“The graphics are awesome and require only 50 MB of disk space, also can run on every PC!”
