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There's No Santa

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54%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
62% User Score Based on 39 reviews

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There's No Santa is a single player casual puzzle game. It was developed by Error 300 and was released on November 22, 2024. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

There's no Santa is a hidden object game with a selection of 4 locations and Christmas-themed items to find for each of them.

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62%Audience ScoreBased on 39 reviews
gameplay3 positive mentions
grinding3 negative mentions
  • Multiple difficulty levels with distinct mechanics, including an innovative Dark Mode that enhances replayability.
  • Cozy Christmas theme with cheerful music and customizable color palettes, creating a relaxing holiday atmosphere.
  • Free base game with replay value due to randomly changing hidden items and fairly accessible gameplay for newcomers.
  • Significant portion of the game content and achievements are locked behind paid DLC, limiting completion without extra purchase.
  • Levels are very short and repetitive with minimal variety, leading to limited long-term engagement.
  • Some issues with inaccurate clicking hitboxes, minimalistic and sometimes cluttered art style, and occasional glitches in item counters.

  • graphics

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    38% positive mentions, 24% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    The graphics are basic and minimalist, featuring a colorful, cozy, and cartoonish art style that complements the holiday theme. While not contemporary or highly detailed, the artwork remains clear when zoomed and offers customizable color palettes for aesthetic variety. Overall, the visuals are simple but charming and enjoyable.

    • “The artstyle is colorful and cozy, fitting the holiday vibe.”
    • “You can change the color palette which in some colors makes things more difficult or just aesthetically pleasing.”
    • “The art and graphics are cartoon and mono-color, but with each level having a different theme.”
    • “This game features very lacklustre minimalist "art" for graphics instead of anything remotely contemporary.”
    • “Yes, contemporary 3d graphics take a lot of time and effort to create.”
    • “The art and graphics are cartoon and mono-colour, but with each level having a different theme.”

  • music

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

    The music in the game features a good variety of cheerful, holiday-themed tracks that help set a festive mood, though it is generally considered pleasant but not exceptional. Notably, the soundtrack lacks iconic songs like Mariah Carey's, which some players missed.

    • “The music sounds great, the artwork is adorable, and the game itself is very fun to play.”
    • “Music: good variety of holiday-like options to mix it up.”
    • “Add in cheerful Christmas music, and bam!”
    • “The music was okay and helped set the mood, but nothing too special.”
    • “This game has no Mariah Carey song and its leitmotif sound in the soundtrack.”
    • “This game has no Mariah Carey song and its leitmotif sound in the soundtrack.”

  • replayability

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    60% positive mentions, -20% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions

    Replayability is moderate due to randomized item selection each level and varying difficulty modes, with dark mode significantly increasing the challenge. However, many achievements rely on paid DLC and can be grindy, which detracts from the overall replay value. Overall, replayability is limited but enhanced by some game modes and randomization.

    • “Easy mode tells you exactly what you’re hunting for, normal and hard make you guess the quantity and/or order, and dark mode hands you a flashlight and says “good luck, champ.” You don’t need dark mode for achievements, but it does crank up the replayability big time.”
    • “4 levels with some replayability as each level picks 20 out of 60 possible items.”
    • “Some replayability since only 20 of 60 items randomly show per level.”
    • “Over half of the game's achievements are behind paid DLC, and some are grindy, which is very annoying for a game with so little meaningful replayability.”
    • “Near zero replayability in my opinion.”
    • “Only 4 levels with some replayability as each level picks 20 out of 60 possible items.”

  • gameplay

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

    The gameplay is enjoyable with a fun loop and varied difficulty levels that introduce unique mechanics beyond simply adding more items. However, levels tend to be very short and quite easy, typically lasting between 30 seconds to a few minutes even at a relaxed pace.

    • “It provides multiple difficulties that range from easy to challenging which involves new mechanics.”
    • “It's not just more and more items piled into a scene, it's different mechanics, like the items list may be hidden or you could be searching in the dark with a small area lit up around your mouse cursor.”
    • “Just be aware that while the gameplay loop is fun, levels are super short and extremely easy, usually lasting anywhere from 30 seconds to 3 minutes even when you’re taking your sweet time.”

  • grinding

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

    Grinding in the game is notably intense, especially for completionists, with many achievements requiring extensive effort. Over half of the achievements—and nearly all at 100% completion—are locked behind paid DLC and involve significant grinding, which can be frustrating given the game's limited replayability.

    • “Completionists, brace yourselves: the requirements are wildly grindy.”
    • “Achievements: over half of the game's achievements are behind the paid DLC, and some are grindy which is very annoying for a game with so little meaningful replayability.”
    • “Approximately 100% of achievements are locked behind DLC and require a bit of grinding.”
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There's No Santa is a casual puzzle game. Common tags for There's No Santa include indie, relaxing, cartoon, solitaire, cute and others.

There's No Santa is available on Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac OS, Windows and others.

There's No Santa was released on November 22, 2024.

There's No Santa was developed by Error 300.

There's No Santa has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked There's No Santa for its gameplay but disliked it for its graphics.

There's No Santa is a single player game.

Similar games include 100 Cats New York, Travellin Cats in Christmas, Dino Cats, Hidden Cats in Santa's Realm, FIND ALL: Christmas and others.