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Woven

Woven is a sedate, easy to play, colorful, game that’s imaginative and pleasant to look at. However, it starts slowly and doesn’t get much faster, and it requires a healthy chill level on the player’s part.
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74%Game Brain Score
story, gameplay
optimization, grinding
79% User Score Based on 96 reviews
Critic Score 66%Based on 5 reviews

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Woven is a single player casual action adventure game with a kids theme. It was developed by Alterego Games and was released on November 15, 2019. It received mostly positive reviews from both critics and players.

Explore a seemingly safe and woven world where stuffed animals live. Continuously re-knit & customize your character to solve puzzles.

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Audience ScoreBased on 96 reviews
story26 positive mentions
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  • Beautiful, charming wool and sewing aesthetic with vibrant, richly detailed environments.
  • Relaxing, family-friendly gameplay with simple puzzles, collectible exploration, and a heartfelt story narrated in rhyming verse.
  • Engaging character customization system that allows mixing animal parts to solve puzzles and personalize the main character.
  • Clunky and awkward controls, especially with gamepad and mouse, leading to frustrating navigation and slow movement.
  • Numerous points of no return without warnings, combined with autosave only and no manual save/load or level select, penalize exploration and collectibles hunting.
  • Lack of quality-of-life features such as skipping cutscenes, fast travel, map or compass, ability to replay levels, and sometimes poor puzzle clarity and camera angles.
  • story
    65 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story in the game is warmly narrated with charming rhymes and a fairytale-like, woolen world setting, delivering an emotionally engaging and well-paced experience suitable for all ages. While some find the rhyming narration occasionally repetitive and the collectible-driven progression frustrating, the overall narrative is immersive, rich with mystery, character bonding, and subtle depth beneath its cute surface. The story’s gentle unfolding, supported by excellent voice acting, makes it a standout aspect that elevates the relaxed puzzle exploration.

    • “The narrator's performance is a delight, and the most perfect casting I can imagine for the game's storybook vibe.”
    • “The story is fleshed out and well-paced, with good twists and great worldbuilding.”
    • “The story is a beautiful one that needs to be played to the end to complete the overall experience and story of Stuffy and Glitch, the characters you find you've bonded with throughout the adventure.”
    • “A story sewn warmly, but slipping from hand.”
    • “Peaceful, quiet and boring clicker that is interrupted from time to time by some story dialogs.”
    • “There is a narrator who tells the story throughout the game, and while his voice is fine, a lot of what he says is in rhyme. This could get annoying after some time, when it rhymes on almost all lines (I personally would have chosen non-rhyming prose for the story).”
  • gameplay
    23 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay of Woven is centered around exploration and puzzle-solving, notably using a body-swapping mechanic to overcome challenges. While some players find it charming and engaging with varied levels and soothing presentation, others criticize its clunky controls, cumbersome navigation, frustrating save system, and unskippable cutscenes that disrupt flow. Overall, the core mechanics show potential but are marred by execution issues that prevent the gameplay from feeling fully polished or cohesive.

    • “The models and textures are gorgeous, there are some decent puzzle mechanics, rebuilding Stuffy to meet the needs of an area is interesting and fun.”
    • “The gameplay with mix and matching body parts was nice and very well implemented in puzzles and the story.”
    • “Alteregos’ Woven is a sweet story built around a very cool mechanic – switching out body parts to change abilities.”
    • “Yet the gameplay unravels before it feels complete.”
    • “I still recommend Woven for its friendly, fun vibes and adorable style, but the save system causes unnecessary frustration and its mechanics should be reconsidered for any potential sequels.”
    • “Unskippable cut scenes and frequent narration stop gameplay.”
  • music
    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music is widely praised for being soothing, immersive, and well-suited to the game's atmosphere, enhancing both exploration and puzzle-solving. Players highlight its calming, memorable quality and how it complements the narration and visuals to create a relaxing, engaging experience.

    • “The music, the narration, and the atmosphere come together to create a really relaxing puzzler.”
    • “I found the music and sounds of the world nicely done, and added to the immersion into this world.”
    • “One of the best games I have ever bought. It's a nice game with a wonderful soundtrack to lose yourself in, and this game would make younger gamers happy because it's a massive game with loads to see and do.”
    • “The music at the start really got me going but the game itself is too slow for my taste.”
  • graphics
    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features a charming woolly and textile-inspired art style that is both heartwarming and cozy, reminiscent of Nintendo's yarn-themed titles. While the graphics are generally smooth, well-optimized, and visually appealing, some darker scenes can make certain collectible details harder to see. Overall, the visuals strongly support the game's adorable, kid-friendly atmosphere and narrative.

    • “The game is very cute with a rhyming narrator and a beautiful woolly art style that is just heartwarming.”
    • “The graphics are fantastic and I was surprised that my PC was able to stream this game at the highest graphical settings while I played it.”
    • “Incredibly cute adventure with stuffed animals, created in woven style aesthetics, well-narrated story, and a joy to explore.”
    • “The only gripe I have with graphics is that sometimes it gets a little dark, which makes some of the cloth pattern collectibles almost impossible to see.”
    • “[0.5] graphics”
    • “[b]• visuals[/b]”
  • atmosphere
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game excels in creating a captivating and relaxing atmosphere through its environments, music, and high-quality narration, including unique rhymed storytelling. While not technically groundbreaking, its consistent mood and distinct levels enhance the overall experience, though some may find the slow narration and unskippable cutscenes slightly frustrating.

    • “The environment excels at building the atmosphere, maintaining its quality throughout the game.”
    • “The music, the narration, and the atmosphere come together to create a really relaxing puzzler.”
    • “The soundtrack and high-quality voice narration definitely add to the nice atmosphere.”
  • emotional
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game delivers a surprisingly emotional and wholesome experience, enhanced by a heartfelt, rhyming narrator and a charming woolly art style. Its clear, emotionally invested narration and calming atmosphere create an immersive story that resonates deeply, making it ideal for players seeking a fresh, comforting escape.

    • “And the story, sparsely scattered throughout the game as it is, sneaks slowly up to deliver an unexpected emotional punch by the end.”
    • “The narration is 100% crisp, clear and emotionally invested in the immersive quality of the story.”
    • “It's a fine wholesome experience for all ages and an extremely fresh and calming experience for after a stressful day of work.”
  • optimization
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's optimization is generally smooth and runs well, delivering buttery performance in most cases. However, some users report poor performance at 1920x1080 resolution, indicating inconsistency in optimization quality.

    • “The graphics and optimization – this game runs smooth as butter.”
    • “No polish, other than optimization of the game assets, there is nothing more about this game that feels truly polished.”
    • “No polish; other than optimization of the game assets, there is nothing more about this game that feels truly polished.”
    • “Poor performance at 1920x1080.”
  • humor
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's humor is conveyed through a clever narrator who adds funny moments and sets the tone effectively, though the slow narration and inability to skip dialogues can be somewhat frustrating. Additionally, the quirky controls add an amusing challenge without detracting from the experience.

    • “Fortunately this game isn't fast paced nor a platformer, so you'll just have to get used to those funny controls - it doesn't break the game, it just makes the actions far more complicated than they could have been.”
    • “The narrator contributes with the atmosphere and with some funny moments, but he speaks too slowly at times, an annoyance enhanced by the fact you can't skip cutscenes and dialogues.”
    • “A clever way of telling the story, giving hints, setting the tone in specific moments and even making funny comments.”
  • grinding
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users find the grinding aspect tedious, turning what could be enjoyable gameplay into a repetitive and monotonous experience.

    • “Turning cozy potential into tedious beats.”
    • “Tedious.”
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Woven is a casual action adventure game with kids theme.

Woven is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5 and others.

On average players spend around 10 hours playing Woven.

Woven was released on November 15, 2019.

Woven was developed by Alterego Games.

Woven has received mostly positive reviews from both players and critics. Most players liked this game for its story but disliked it for its optimization.

Woven is a single player game.

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