The Search (2017)

it plays like one of those room escape flash games

[h3]An interesting Cerebral Journey with Paint[/h3] A sequence of well planned puzzles which are dastardly hard to figure and will need turning on the clues. There is one house where I got turned around in a small passage so often I almost drew a map. BUT it's a brilliant immersive albeit short journey into the darkness of the idle mind and into bright beginnings. Using Art and creativity as metaphors for the processes that shape our lives is a very clever idea. I loved the task of finding the painting materials and mixing basic colours and where the game takes you in terms of understanding how to find your true inner self by continuously seeking fresh experiences and finding places and people that enable that. [h3]Not a long puzzle[/h3] If you turn on the hints (you can ignore them until you get stuck) the game might be over in an hour or two. Otherwise you will need a scrap of paper for keeping track of things you see. If you enjoyed this game, do check out similar games in my collection here https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41773079-EmpathyGames/list/91358/

Nice artistic adventure. Great visuals and music. Short but memorable experience. Worth checking out!

A bit too deep for me, lots of seemingly random quotes thrown in, but gameplay wise it's alright.

Not the longest game, but not a bad one. It kinda feels like someone got a philosophy degree and just made a game around their favourite quotes and their perspective on the meaning. Buy it at a discount. 6/10 - A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.

the worlds here are actually really pretty, especially with the added sound effects of the feeling the place is trying to emulate it feels a lot like you're walking through a painting, which is a theme of the game "the search" refers to the search of one's true self, and in creating art without external expectations the voice actor did a great job with matching the theme of the game you do have to click to move and to turn, (until one part of the game) which isn't really a problem for this kind of game, but it seems to be the main reason for negative reviews a pretty short experience, would recommend if you enjoy games similar to "the room"