Evan's Remains

Cute little jump & run visual novel, the twist is honestly sad and kinda ruined an otherwise nice game. Still, its quite decent for what it is.

Recommended. A story-led puzzle game of switch-and-jump monoliths on a lonely Pacific island where the challenges pace the narrative rather than test it, and the gamble lands. The reset mechanic is the smartest piece of design, undoing a sabotaged puzzle with one input instead of demanding a restart. The cleverest late solution involves deliberately not using every piece. Stopped watches scattered across the island feed the story directly, the repeated-puzzle déjà vu turns out to be deliberate structure, and the mellow soundtrack opens with a title theme strong enough to carry the game. The puzzle-skip option guarantees nobody stays stuck. The difficulty curve wanders aimlessly, with one genuinely stumping puzzle followed by easier ones, and there is no settings menu at all, not even a fullscreen toggle, plus one movement speed and no walk option. The bittersweet finale reframes the whole journey and justifies the story-first design on the spot.

this game changed me forever when i was a kid

Puzzle platformer is the first tag, but it leans VERY heavily into the visual novel side. The story itself is... okay?, puzzles are fairly easy and the platforming is way too basic. Maybe I'm being harsh as it's a cheap and short game, but maybe if it focused on one of those 3 thing it could be a good game, instead it falls short on all of them

I played it for free on the Play Store and then on steam. The game is absolute cinema ✋🗿🤚 — love the puzzles, the music, the art, everything. 1000/10

This is a fun little game and it's really pretty.