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Through the Mirror

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68%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
76% User Score Based on 41 reviews

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About Through the Mirror

Through the Mirror is a single player action game. It was developed by Cleiton Oliveira and was released on January 7, 2017. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

A hard, mind bending platformer based on imagination and quick reflexes.

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76%Audience ScoreBased on 41 reviews
humor2 positive mentions
graphics3 negative mentions
  • Innovative mirrored world mechanic that challenges spatial reasoning and mental flexibility, creating a unique and engaging puzzle-platformer experience.
  • Simple and intuitive controls combined with progressively challenging level design that rewards patience and mastery of the core concept.
  • Minimalist visual style that enhances clarity and focus on gameplay, paired with calming music that contributes to a focused atmosphere.
  • Technical issues such as graphical glitches, platform flickering, and frame rate dependencies can cause frustration and negatively impact playability.
  • Limited variety and replayability due to reliance on a single mechanic and absence of additional modes or challenges, leading to a short and repetitive experience.
  • Minimalist presentation and lack of polish in audio, menus, and level design result in a sterile, occasionally frustrating atmosphere that detracts from overall enjoyment.

  • gameplay

    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    17% positive mentions, 66% neutral mentions, 17% negative mentions

    The gameplay centers on a challenging puzzle platformer built around a unique mirror mechanic that encourages spatial awareness and patience, offering rewarding moments when the mechanics align seamlessly. While praised for its simple controls and brain-teasing design, some critics find issues with physics, level design coherence, and repetitive presentation, which can detract from the overall experience. Though the mirror mechanic is innovative and holds interest initially, its novelty may wear off due to limited level variety and occasional poor implementation.

    • “Challenging puzzle platformer with mirror mechanics, simple controls, and fun brain-teasing level design.”
    • “The game rarely overwhelms with new mechanics; instead, it builds on its central idea, refining and intensifying it over time.”
    • “It offers a focused, challenging experience that rewards patience and spatial awareness, delivering moments of genuine satisfaction when its mechanics click into place.”
    • “The mirror mechanic, which splits information across two screens, feels poorly implemented.”
    • “First off the gameplay is terribly boring, the game is also relatively slippery on landing so some of the stages you'll find yourself just sliding off a platform, and the physics feel really bad too; the jump seems to be way too high and the level design isn't complemented by the physics. It feels like the levels were not designed for this game at all.”
    • “There is little sense of place or progression beyond the increasing difficulty of the levels, and the aesthetic does not evolve alongside the gameplay.”

  • graphics

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    20% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 30% negative mentions

    The game's minimalist 2D graphics feature some appealing color palettes and clean visuals but suffer from frequent flickering and graphical bugs that detract significantly from the experience. The aesthetic lacks evolution or depth, offering little sense of progression, and is criticized for being a low-effort substitute for higher-quality visuals. Overall, the graphics hinder enjoyment rather than enhance it.

    • “Clean visuals, and challenging without being impossible.”
    • “The graphics are alright, the shadows are pretty neat and they got some appealing looking colour palettes in there, rather than just sticking with black and white.”
    • “Horrible control of orb & square and graphics shudder constantly. The fact that the first achievement is to beat the first world and has a 0.8% unlock rate shows that 99.2% of all owners of this game quit before finishing the first world of this god awful puzzle game.”
    • “I wish I could recommend this game as it is a nice and tight puzzle-platformer but the graphical flickering is just too detrimental to the overall experience.”
    • “The graphics are alright, the shadows are pretty neat and they got some appealing looking colour palettes in there, rather than just sticking with black and white, but they're bugged. I wish I'd recorded the first 30 seconds of the game where I was walking over to the new game button, they started flickering like the "free epilepsy test" gifs and genuinely I had to look away because it hurt my eyes that bad. It was comically hilarious but also genuinely concerning and it could've hurt someone who is epileptic.”

  • music

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

    The game's music is generally calm and unobtrusive, providing functional background ambiance that some find relaxing, while others criticize it as dull, repetitive, and generic piano tracks. Opinions are mixed, with a few praising its soothing quality and others preferring to play their own music instead.

    • “Background music and sound effects are functional, providing feedback without drawing attention.”
    • “I relaxed for 5 minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.”
    • “A very fun game with great music.”
    • “The music is laughable; you could type in 'stock piano music' on YouTube and you'd get the entirety of the game's soundtrack. It's boring, dull, and made me genuinely feel drowsy while playing the game. Nothing in the game works together to make something cohesive; it feels entirely thrown in for no reason.”
    • “I'd rather listen to my own music.”
    • “Music switches between only three tunes (as far as I can identify): piano, harp, and some electronics.”

  • humor

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

    The humor in the game is described as comically hilarious, with some unexpected moments like glitchy graphics causing a mix of amusement and concern. Overall, users find the game genuinely funny and enjoyable.

    • “Very funny game, I like it.”

  • atmosphere

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

    The atmosphere is noted for feeling sterile due to a lack of visual variety, which impacts the overall immersion of the world.

  • replayability

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

    The game has limited replayability, with users noting a lack of incentive to play it multiple times.

    • “Another limitation is the lack of replay value.”

  • story

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

    The story delivers an inspiring message about perseverance and embracing life's uncertainties, emphasizing that overcoming challenges leads to personal growth and success.

  • monetization

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

    Users criticize the monetization approach as a lazy cash grab, citing its quick inclusion in low-quality, cheap game bundles that diminish the game's value.

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Through the Mirror is a action game. Common tags for Through the Mirror include indie and trading.

Through the Mirror is available on PC and Windows.

Through the Mirror was released on January 7, 2017.

Through the Mirror was developed by Cleiton Oliveira.

Through the Mirror has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Through the Mirror for its humor but disliked it for its gameplay.

Through the Mirror is a single player game.

Similar games include Dynamic, Invisibox, The Shadowland, Weable, Machine Learning: Episode I and others.