The Adventure of Pixi: The 3 Stones

[h1] The 3 Stone Problem[/h1] [i]This review contains spoilers [/i] [i]A review copy was provided via Steam Curator for free [/i] [b]TL;dr:[/b] A retro-style, very short adventure game about collecting jewels to return colour to the world. [b]Recommended [/b] [table] [tr] [td]Platforms played on[/td] [td]Windows desktop Steam Deck [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Pros[/td] [td] Nice black & white pixel style, which gets better once you unlock the colours for the game. Game doesn’t overstay its welcome. [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Cons[/td] [td] Story ends suddenly and at the end you just rush through the final dungeon. [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Things to know?[/td] [td] The game is quite short. The game has multiple endings. The original language of the game is French with English translation. As such the game has some typos in the English translation [/td] [/tr] [/table] [hr][/hr] [h2]Overview of the Story and Gameplay[/h2] The Adventure of Pixi: the 3 Stones (L’aventure de Pixi: la quete des 3 pierres) was originally released in 2011. The developers went back to the game and remade the game completely in 2025 using EasyRPG including new soundtrack. The game tells the story of world th…

The Adventure of Pixi is a sweet, heartfelt tale about a young pixel girl seeking the answer to a mystery. It's a relatively short runtime - I achieved the true ending in about 4 hours - but I honestly love shorter, satisfying experiences like this. My game backlog is so long as it is! The storyline was engaging and kept me coming back over a few evenings to see it through, and the music was excellent throughout. The gimmick of changing wigs out is a cute touch (and actually story-relevant!) There's also a cat-seeking mini-game which resulted in my favorite reward of the whole game. The puzzle elements aren't overly complicated, but were enough to make me stop and think them through. I only got stuck once, and honestly, that was more just me overthinking a situation. I didn't run into any bugs or glitches during gameplay, only a minor issue at the start where the language reverts from English to French. It's easy to see how to fix it on the menu, so it never caused me any problems. It was genuinely touching to see the world come alive in color as I went through this charming tale! It's plain a lot of love and effort went into it, and I'd recommend giving it a try.