The North Pole

WARNING! Does not run on Windows 11, crashes immediately on two different machines. I got it running on an older machine that runs Windows 10. This game is basically a very basic 3D platformer collect-a-thon. There are 40 different quests and challenges to get ornaments to light up the Christmas tree. Those are interesting diversions from throwing elves around the place and ragdolling Santa, but make no mistake, the main reason to get this game is the elf tossing.

Fun and enjoyable short Christmas-themed game that really reminds me of older titles with a similar vibe. The only downside is a launch issue, on modern PCs the game won’t start properly unless you manually add launch parameters in Steam. It would be great if the developer addressed this, as it slightly hurts an otherwise pleasant experience.

Great game, had a good time and easy to max out achievements.

This is a lovely game that has a lot of potential. I would've called it good if it wasn't so severely bugged. I was able to finish it with only one full reset, however, not everyone got this lucky. The best advice I can give to avoid bugs is to complete quests one by one (not picking another until finishing an already picked one) and try to not do extreme things (like getting hit by a train too many times or jumping from way too high). Jumping in the game is a quite annoying as well (I played on PC, not sure if it is better with the controller), but gets tolerable after some time. The game looks nice, the optimization is decent, the quests have variety, the world is very interactive. I legitimately enjoyed playing it, and do recommend to get it on sale, if you can tolerate the bugs.

This is a really cozy game made for the fans of Christmas.

Wonderful little experience, wish there was more,