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Sotano is a single player casual platformer game with drama and mystery themes. It was developed by M9 GAMES and was released on December 4, 2021. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Sotano is a first person 3d escape room puzzle adventure. Explore areas, collect items and take in your surroundings. You will need all of your puzzle solving skills to put together a plan to make your way through the house, solving riddles and through the many rooms to escape the house of Sotano.

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71%Audience ScoreBased on 35 reviews
graphics5 positive mentions
story1 negative mentions

  • Enjoyable puzzle and escape room game with logical and diverse puzzles that engage the brain.
  • Good atmosphere with nice graphics and music, providing smooth gameplay and effective controls.
  • Developer responsiveness and affordable pricing make it a recommended short experience for puzzle enthusiasts.
  • Game is quite short with limited rooms and content, leading to a brief playtime.
  • Some puzzles are repetitive, obscure, or lack in-game hints and context, causing potential frustration.
  • Minor bugs and rough edges present, such as inventory issues, missing rooms, or occasional glitches.
  • graphics

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    63% positive mentions, 12% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally praised for their appealing visuals, smooth performance, and well-made cut scenes, especially impressive given the game's small development team. While some users noted minor issues like slight blurriness and occasional graphical errors, these did not detract from the overall gameplay experience.

    • “I quite like the idea of this game, the music's nice, the graphics look great and the cut scenes are well-made. If I understand correctly, the game's made by just one person, so that's really impressive.”
    • “I like the graphics and controls, work very smooth (at least on my iMac).”
    • “The graphics and sound are fine and play is smooth without so much as a hiccup.”
    • “It is kinda rough around the edges with some graphical errors but it doesn't affect the gameplay at all.”
    • “The graphics were a bit blurry when up close, however it was playable.”
  • gameplay

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 34% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The gameplay features smooth mechanics but is hindered by frequent bugs. Additionally, puzzle mechanics are repetitive, often reusing similar solutions like finding buttons, levers, or manipulating pipe and laser grids.

    • “Gameplay was smooth.”
    • “Mechanics are quite good but........bugging”
    • “There were a lot of repeat puzzle mechanics like finding a button or finding a lever or similar solution mechanics like the pipe / laser grid.”
    • “Puzzle mechanics are used over and over, copy pasting the mechanics for one puzzle, on another puzzle.”
  • music

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

    The game's music is praised for being atmospheric and nicely complementing the beautiful scenery and overall experience. Users appreciate the soundtrack as a strong positive aspect alongside the graphics and puzzles.

    • “I quite like the idea of this game, the music is nice, the graphics look great, and the cut scenes are well-made. If I understand correctly, the game is made by just one person, which is really impressive.”
    • “And there is the added plus of nice graphics and soundtrack!”
    • “Beautiful scenery, atmospheric music, option of mouse or joystick, and did I mention the puzzles!”
  • atmosphere

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

    The game's atmosphere is widely praised for its beautiful scenery and immersive music, creating an engaging escape room experience. However, some word-based puzzles may pose challenges for non-native English speakers. Overall, the mood enhances enjoyment despite occasional language-related difficulties.

    • “It's a nice escape room game, I enjoyed the atmosphere and the puzzles were quite good, except for a few that could be tricky for non-English speaking users.”
    • “Beautiful scenery, atmospheric music, option of mouse or joystick, and did I mention the puzzles!”
    • “Also nice atmosphere, however some puzzles (the word ones) are not my cup of tea. I'm not a native English speaker, so they weren't easy to solve.”
  • story

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The story in the game is minimal and leaves many questions unanswered, providing little context or depth. While the narrative feels underdeveloped and abrupt, the focus remains on the puzzles rather than the plot.

    • “It starts off like there is going to be a juicy storyline, but the game just suddenly ends and no answers are given as to why you're there, who put you there... I kinda hoped to know what was really going on.”
  • stability

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

    The game generally runs smoothly but occasionally experiences minor glitches, such as misregistered clicks and puzzles requiring a save and reload to function properly. These issues are infrequent and can typically be resolved with simple troubleshooting.

    • “I experienced glitches where the game registered clicks on the wrong number or object, requiring me to reset and try again slowly until it worked correctly.”
    • “On one occasion, I had to save and quit the game, then reload my saved progress for a puzzle to work properly.”
  • emotional

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

    Users appreciate subtle interactive details that enhance immersion, like objects reacting in small ways, but find it frustrating when many items feel meaningless or disconnected from the game's tasks, especially when item placement lacks precision and control.

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Sotano is a casual platformer game with drama and mystery themes. Common tags for Sotano include first-person, indie, exploration, fmv, 3D and others.

Sotano is available on Nintendo Switch, PC, Phone, iPad and others.

Sotano was released on December 4, 2021.

Sotano was developed by M9 GAMES.

Sotano has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Sotano for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

Sotano is a single player game.

Similar games include Gordian Rooms: A Curious Heritage, Tested on Humans: Escape Room, The Guest, Quern: Undying Thoughts, Between Time: Escape Room and others.