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INSIDE

 Switch
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8.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 181 Ratings

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  1. bulger_paul
    Jun 29, 2018
    9
    First time playing Inside for me was just last night on the Switch, and I absolutely plan to return to it at least once or twice in the near future. I dont know what to make of this bizarre, Cronenberg meets David Lynch plot yet, but it's worth experiencing for the incredible art direction alone. Every image is unsettling, and makes absolutely brilliant use of lighting and framing. TheFirst time playing Inside for me was just last night on the Switch, and I absolutely plan to return to it at least once or twice in the near future. I dont know what to make of this bizarre, Cronenberg meets David Lynch plot yet, but it's worth experiencing for the incredible art direction alone. Every image is unsettling, and makes absolutely brilliant use of lighting and framing. The puzzle solving is somewhat engaging, but these puzzles do more to convey thematic ideas over presenting much of a challenge. But, the way thematic ideas are being conveyed so well through the puzzle solving itself is a testament to the artistic power and potential for videogames as an art form.… Expand
  2. jpritcha
    Aug 25, 2018
    10
    INSIDE is both highly minimalist in its design, and meticulously detailed in its presentation. The sound design, background art, camera movement, and animations are all highlights. After playing through 4 times I am still finding new details, and I still have questions about the intriguing and haunting story told without any dialogue. The puzzles are engaging, but not as difficult asINSIDE is both highly minimalist in its design, and meticulously detailed in its presentation. The sound design, background art, camera movement, and animations are all highlights. After playing through 4 times I am still finding new details, and I still have questions about the intriguing and haunting story told without any dialogue. The puzzles are engaging, but not as difficult as those in LIMBO. I found myself hardly caring about the game play as I was completely sucked into the world. It really does feel like an interactive piece of art.

    There are some great videos on YouTube from GDC presentations that go into the sound and world design of the game (search 'inside gdc'). After you finish the game they are definitely worth checking out if you have any interest in the technical aspects of the design :)    … Expand
  3. StoneColdBread
    Jul 18, 2018
    5
    INSIDE is definitely a good game, but I can't say that it's great. The design and captivating story of the game really is up there with the best of them. Having said that, I found this to be more of an interactive story telling simulator than a fun puzzle game. Personally most of the puzzles in the game were too easy and in short supply. It often felt that my objective was to travel fromINSIDE is definitely a good game, but I can't say that it's great. The design and captivating story of the game really is up there with the best of them. Having said that, I found this to be more of an interactive story telling simulator than a fun puzzle game. Personally most of the puzzles in the game were too easy and in short supply. It often felt that my objective was to travel from end of Puzzle A to beginning of Puzzle B rather than actually solving puzzles.

    Final Recommendation:
    If given the option to go back in time and not buy the game then I would. I felt for 3-4 hours of clever but not overly challenging puzzles did not match the $20 price point. However, for gamers looking for a quick game that is visually stunning accompanied by a great story then this might be right up your alley.    … Expand
  4. Gloone
    Jul 12, 2018
    9
    This may be the closest that games have yet come to an artistic experience. The visual design, the animation, the sound and music, and the presentation of the story -- all are technically and aesthetically masterful and work together to create an overpowering surreal and nightmarish atmosphere.

    The gameplay does not suffer at the expense of artistry. It's not really focused on a unique    This may be the closest that games have yet come to an artistic experience. The visual design, the animation, the sound and music, and the presentation of the story -- all are technically and aesthetically masterful and work together to create an overpowering surreal and nightmarish atmosphere.

    The gameplay does not suffer at the expense of artistry. It's not really focused on a unique mechanic; rather it's an assortment of miscellaneous puzzles. But it's extremely well-polished, the puzzles often really make you think, and I was almost never bored. My one criticism is that I wish there were a few more puzzles throughout its playtime, which could have taken some of the more interesting concepts a bit further.

    Overall, unique and unforgettable.    … Expand
  5. PeregrineOmega
    Dec 27, 2018
    10
    The perfect follow up to LIMBO. It's a wonderful piece of artwork with remarkable pacing and atmosphere. If it were possible to improve upon their original formula, they managed it.

    A beautiful platformer with unique charm and incredible narration.
  6. B-Bog
    Jul 31, 2019
    9
    A piece of art. While LIMBO had a black&white; look to it, INSIDE uses mostly different shades of grey. Sounds boring, but actually looks stunning and creates a very unique atmosphere together with the impeccable sound design. What happens at the end of this game is impossible to anticipate and left me truly shocked. I don't think I've ever given that much thought to the meaning and theA piece of art. While LIMBO had a black&white; look to it, INSIDE uses mostly different shades of grey. Sounds boring, but actually looks stunning and creates a very unique atmosphere together with the impeccable sound design. What happens at the end of this game is impossible to anticipate and left me truly shocked. I don't think I've ever given that much thought to the meaning and the themes of a video game after I completed it. It works on so many levels, it's incredible. INSIDE is an experience that stretches out the definition of "video game" and shows what really can be achieved with this medium.… Expand
  7. quanta
    Jul 15, 2018
    8
    It's a good game, no doubt. Yet, it is rather overrated. I enjoyed Little Nightmares much better.
  8. dosey
    Sep 14, 2018
    2
    much like limbo you can hardly call this game a puzzle game or a platformer it's more like a walk left and right simulator with good narration, over all watching the game be played is more fun then playing it.
  9. Ky3mi4_raider71
    Aug 20, 2018
    8
    One of the best games of 2016 and now of 2018, and also the best "Limbo" clone of all time!! Highly recommend!
  10. b00lpr0p
    Apr 4, 2019
    4
    Overly hyped puzzle game. And yeah, boring most of the time. Soundtrack is barely there. The puzzles are easy, which can be good or can be bad, it's up to you, but sometimes they don't make any sense, because it seems that the authors had no ideas for using the standard mechanics for new puzzles, so sometimes the things behave in a way they have not behaved before. I managed to finish itOverly hyped puzzle game. And yeah, boring most of the time. Soundtrack is barely there. The puzzles are easy, which can be good or can be bad, it's up to you, but sometimes they don't make any sense, because it seems that the authors had no ideas for using the standard mechanics for new puzzles, so sometimes the things behave in a way they have not behaved before. I managed to finish it (and the end is awkward, terrible), but definitely it's not worth the price.… Expand
  11. Caerleon
    Sep 10, 2018
    3
    Such simple puzzles for children 5-7 years. The main deception of this game is the plot. You solve simple puzzles in the hope of an interesting end to the story and an explanation of what is happening. However, at the end you are spit in the face
  12. busternuck
    Jul 12, 2018
    8
    Excellent game. Mileage vary but I'd say it would take 3 - 4 hours for first timers to complete the game so it is on the short side. The difficulty rises gradually in the beginning but ramps up exponentially in the latter parts of the game with some fiendishly tricky puzzles.

    It's moody, it's different, it's disturbingly serene. i couldn't put the game down once I got started - but the    Excellent game. Mileage vary but I'd say it would take 3 - 4 hours for first timers to complete the game so it is on the short side. The difficulty rises gradually in the beginning but ramps up exponentially in the latter parts of the game with some fiendishly tricky puzzles.

    It's moody, it's different, it's disturbingly serene. i couldn't put the game down once I got started - but the difficulties of the later stages kinda "forced" me to take a break especially when the developers string together many hard puzzles in sequence. Which is a good thing - otherwise most gamers would just breeze through and not breathe in the atmosphere and design of the game. Personally I do not believe there is much replay value given that it is a puzzle based game and the enjoyment is in cracking the conundrums. Once that is spent the thrill is gone, for me at least. I will replay once again but hard to imagine I would go on to a third play. With that in mind I still maintain that the game is worth your time.    … Expand
  13. moby323
    Jul 25, 2018
    10
    Absolutely incredible game. The art direction and atmosphere of the game are about as good as it gets, the puzzles are elegant, the story fresh and interesting.

    Multiple times during the game you think you've got the game figured out and then it just completely surprises you. The journey of discovery is almost as entertaining as the game itself. If you own a Nintendo switch, you are    Absolutely incredible game. The art direction and atmosphere of the game are about as good as it gets, the puzzles are elegant, the story fresh and interesting.

    Multiple times during the game you think you've got the game figured out and then it just completely surprises you. The journey of discovery is almost as entertaining as the game itself.

    If you own a Nintendo switch, you are really missing out if you don't play this game.    … Expand
  14. curzon_dax
    Oct 3, 2018
    10
    This is the best game of its genre, hands down. It doesn't technically deserve a 10, but since it's at least a 9 and the best of its genre, in a genre that is lately overdone, it must have a bonus. Definitely recommended to anyone liking some atmospheric platformer.
  15. Batraciofanrex
    Aug 22, 2018
    10
    Este juego es un verdadero JUEGAZO, durante mi larga experiencia como gamer he visto pocos juegos con una atmosfera tan inmersiva y con un diseรฑo de niveles tan intelegente y bien pensado, es un juego que debes de jugar, sus graficos y su sonido son de lo mejor creando un ambiente bastante depresivo acorde al tema del juego. Es una obra maestra.
  16. sarisa
    Oct 8, 2019
    5
    While being far superior than Limbo in terms of technical aspects, Inside has unfortunately nothing else to offer. If I had expect another Limbo, I'd probably want to play something better than predecessor. And since Inside tries (in general) to be Limbo's successor It actually delivers less in this regard.

    And yes - I get the meaning behind the ending (both secret and regular), but    While being far superior than Limbo in terms of technical aspects, Inside has unfortunately nothing else to offer. If I had expect another Limbo, I'd probably want to play something better than predecessor. And since Inside tries (in general) to be Limbo's successor It actually delivers less in this regard.

    And yes - I get the meaning behind the ending (both secret and regular), but this is simply bull****. That being said, the whole experience gets even more disappointing.
    If you were to compare this game to Limbo, Inside is just worse game. It's not their fault though. It was difficult task to deliver another new and captivating "Limbo"... having Limbo in their portfolio. I wish this was different game, because Playdead certainly has potential in creating games with "nice atmosphere".    … Expand
  17. SleepNot
    Apr 1, 2020
    9
    Inside is a perfect platformer with unbelievable experience! It's so good! Very interesting with a little bit quest part.
  18. sjogro
    Jun 16, 2019
    10
    This game is perfect in its own universe. It's been a weird and wonderful ride, with unexpected development in the story and a natural flow for the gameplay. Not very difficult, but very intriguing nonetheless. I would definitely recommend this and file it under must-play.
  19. SenDji
    Sep 13, 2020
    10
    The reason why I love indies! Superb art direction, atmosphere, and animations. Enjoy this treat of a game!
  20. mokr90
    Mar 21, 2019
    8
    This game was a little disappointing, because I was expecting it was more difficult than Limbo, but the puzzles were very quit similar to Limbo. The game was in my opinion very short and easy. Graphically is beautiful but it is not enough to be a 10
  21. HMRasmus
    Oct 24, 2020
    9
    With amazing story telling and atmosphere, INSIDE earns the spot as one of the best puzzle games ever created.
  22. jaeho
    Oct 27, 2018
    10
    ์‹œ์ž‘๋ถ€ํ„ฐ ๋งˆ์Œ์„ ์‚ฌ๋กœ์žก๊ฒŒ ๋งŒ๋“œ๋Š” ๋ฌด์–ธ๊ฐ€๊ฐ€ ์žˆ๋‹ค. ์–ด๋‘์šด ๋ถ„์œ„๊ธฐ์—์„œ ์‹œ์ž‘๋˜๋Š” ์‹œ์ž‘๋ถ€๋ถ„์€ ๋งˆ์ง€๋ง‰๊นŒ์ง€ ์˜์‹ฌ์˜ ์˜์‹ฌ์„ ๋ถˆ๋Ÿฌ์ผ์œผํ‚ค๊ณ  ์–ด๋Š์ƒŒ๊ฐ€. ์—”๋”ฉ์— ๋„๋‹ฌํ•œ๋‹ค. ํผ์ฆ๋„ ๊ทธ๋ ‡๊ฒŒ ๋ง‰ํžˆ์ง€ ์•Š๊ณ  ์กฐ๊ธˆ๋งŒ ์ƒ๊ฐํ•˜๋ฉด ํ’€์–ด๊ฐˆ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ๋‹ค. ์ข€๋” ๋ฐฐ๊ฒฝ๊ณผ ์ œ์ž‘์ž๊ฐ€ ๋งŒ๋“ค์–ด์ค€ ์„ธ๊ณ„๊ด€์— ๋ชฐ์ž…ํ•˜๊ฒŒ ๋งŒ๋“ค์–ด์ฃผ๊ณ , ์บ๋ฆญํ„ฐ๋„ ๋„ˆ๋ฌด ๋ง˜์— ๋“ ๋‹ค. ๋งˆ์ง€๋ง‰ ๋ถ€๋ถ„์—์„œ๋Š” ์ถฉ๊ฒฉ์„ ์ฃผ๋ฉด์„œ๋„ ์–ด๋Š์ƒŒ๊ฐ€ ํ”Œ๋ ˆ์ด์˜ ๋งˆ์ง€๋ง‰์— ๋„๋‹ฌํ•ด ํฌ๋ ˆ๋”ง์ด ์˜ฌ๋ผ์˜ค๋Š”๋ฐ, ์‚ด๋ฉด์„œ ํฌ๋ ˆ๋”ง๋‹ค๋ณธ ๊ฒŒ์ž„์€ ์ฒ˜์Œ์ด๋‹ค. ์–ด๋‘ก๊ณ  ๋น„๋ฐ€์Šค๋Ÿฌ์šด ์„ธ๊ณ„๊ด€์€ ๋‚ด๊ฐ€ ์ข‹์•„ํ•˜๋Š” SF๋ฌผ์— ๊ทน์„ ๋‹ฌํ•˜๊ธฐ์— ๋ง๋กœ ํ‘œํ˜„ํ•˜๊ธฐ๋ณด๋‹ค๋Š” ์ง์ ‘ํ•ด๋ด์•ผํ•œ๋‹ค. ์œ ์ผํ•œ ๋‹จ์ ์€ ๋„ˆ๋ฌด ๋ชฐ์ž…ํ•ด์„œ ์—”๋”ฉ๊นŒ์ง€ ๋„ˆ๋ฌด ์งง๊ฒŒ ๋Š๊ปด์ง„๋‹ค๋Š”๊ฑฐ. ์งง์€๋ฐ ๋ˆ์ด ํ•˜๋‚˜๋„ ์•ˆ์•„๊น๋‹ค. ๊ทธ๋ƒฅ 10์ ๋งŒ์ ์— 10์  ์œ ์ผํ•˜๊ฒŒ ํฌ๋ ˆ๋”ง ๋‹ค๋ณธ ๊ฒŒ์ž„.์‹œ์ž‘๋ถ€ํ„ฐ ๋งˆ์Œ์„ ์‚ฌ๋กœ์žก๊ฒŒ ๋งŒ๋“œ๋Š” ๋ฌด์–ธ๊ฐ€๊ฐ€ ์žˆ๋‹ค. ์–ด๋‘์šด ๋ถ„์œ„๊ธฐ์—์„œ ์‹œ์ž‘๋˜๋Š” ์‹œ์ž‘๋ถ€๋ถ„์€ ๋งˆ์ง€๋ง‰๊นŒ์ง€ ์˜์‹ฌ์˜ ์˜์‹ฌ์„ ๋ถˆ๋Ÿฌ์ผ์œผํ‚ค๊ณ  ์–ด๋Š์ƒŒ๊ฐ€. ์—”๋”ฉ์— ๋„๋‹ฌํ•œ๋‹ค. ํผ์ฆ๋„ ๊ทธ๋ ‡๊ฒŒ ๋ง‰ํžˆ์ง€ ์•Š๊ณ  ์กฐ๊ธˆ๋งŒ ์ƒ๊ฐํ•˜๋ฉด ํ’€์–ด๊ฐˆ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ๋‹ค. ์ข€๋” ๋ฐฐ๊ฒฝ๊ณผ ์ œ์ž‘์ž๊ฐ€ ๋งŒ๋“ค์–ด์ค€ ์„ธ๊ณ„๊ด€์— ๋ชฐ์ž…ํ•˜๊ฒŒ ๋งŒ๋“ค์–ด์ฃผ๊ณ , ์บ๋ฆญํ„ฐ๋„ ๋„ˆ๋ฌด ๋ง˜์— ๋“ ๋‹ค. ๋งˆ์ง€๋ง‰ ๋ถ€๋ถ„์—์„œ๋Š” ์ถฉ๊ฒฉ์„ ์ฃผ๋ฉด์„œ๋„ ์–ด๋Š์ƒŒ๊ฐ€ ํ”Œ๋ ˆ์ด์˜ ๋งˆ์ง€๋ง‰์— ๋„๋‹ฌํ•ด ํฌ๋ ˆ๋”ง์ด ์˜ฌ๋ผ์˜ค๋Š”๋ฐ, ์‚ด๋ฉด์„œ ํฌ๋ ˆ๋”ง๋‹ค๋ณธ ๊ฒŒ์ž„์€ ์ฒ˜์Œ์ด๋‹ค. ์–ด๋‘ก๊ณ  ๋น„๋ฐ€์Šค๋Ÿฌ์šด ์„ธ๊ณ„๊ด€์€ ๋‚ด๊ฐ€ ์ข‹์•„ํ•˜๋Š” SF๋ฌผ์— ๊ทน์„ ๋‹ฌํ•˜๊ธฐ์— ๋ง๋กœ ํ‘œํ˜„ํ•˜๊ธฐ๋ณด๋‹ค๋Š” ์ง์ ‘ํ•ด๋ด์•ผํ•œ๋‹ค. ์œ ์ผํ•œ ๋‹จ์ ์€ ๋„ˆ๋ฌด ๋ชฐ์ž…ํ•ด์„œ ์—”๋”ฉ๊นŒ์ง€ ๋„ˆ๋ฌด ์งง๊ฒŒ ๋Š๊ปด์ง„๋‹ค๋Š”๊ฑฐ. ์งง์€๋ฐ ๋ˆ์ด ํ•˜๋‚˜๋„ ์•ˆ์•„๊น๋‹ค. ๊ทธ๋ƒฅ 10์ ๋งŒ์ ์— 10์  ์œ ์ผํ•˜๊ฒŒ ํฌ๋ ˆ๋”ง ๋‹ค๋ณธ ๊ฒŒ์ž„.
  23. Lewonski
    Aug 20, 2019
    9
    O jogo e incrรญvel, a รบnica parte ruim e que ele acaba. Possui uma atmosfera que combina muito com a proposta do jogo e uma histรณria de difรญcil compreensรฃo mas boa para criar diversas teorias. O port feito para o switch foi impecรกvel e sem defeitos
  24. GekyumeX
    Jul 30, 2020
    8
    Maybe a bit overrated. I can't say it's a bad game, but I expected so much more after seeing the critic reviews. Even so, it is a very good game that I recommend to everyone.
  25. gkeeganofficial
    Aug 25, 2020
    7
    Inside is a beautiful and dark game that left me with a lot of thoughts at the end. Another work of art from Playdead, the same studio that gave us Limbo (2010). These games have an amazing setting and environment that reminds me of my own dreams. Without any dialogue, most of the story is told through the world's environments, leaving a lot to the interpretation of the player.

    This    Inside is a beautiful and dark game that left me with a lot of thoughts at the end. Another work of art from Playdead, the same studio that gave us Limbo (2010). These games have an amazing setting and environment that reminds me of my own dreams. Without any dialogue, most of the story is told through the world's environments, leaving a lot to the interpretation of the player.

    This game is perfect for forming theories and gathering your own points of view about the world. Personally, I think Inside is a metaphor for the dangers of authoritarianism. There are hints to this all over the game. However, there is so many things that point to other themes, most notably: individualism, curiosity, rebellion, environmentalism and the loss of innocence.

    The gameplay and game design are great. The lack of UI and really any context give Inside a feeling that I haven't seen in any other games. The animations are extremely smooth and take advantage of the console's controller functions. Some puzzles are annoying, personally puzzles are some of my least favorite aspects of a game. But the beautiful score, feeling and atmosphere of Inside make this a great game.    … Expand
  26. bingbang
    Jun 22, 2020
    7
    INSIDE compares very favourably to other gorgeous platformers with shallow mechanics (e.g. Gris). Like those, however, it leaves you wishing there was more to it.
  27. Eligreengamer01
    Aug 13, 2020
    10
    Inside is the one of the best video games ever i know playdead releases a game once in a blue moon but they are all worth the wait. They take so much time to refine and master the games and they are just a small team every time i play this game i try to look for glitches and there are NONE i love this game so much!
  28. Tomozswitch
    Oct 13, 2020
    9
    A dark but yet beautiful game. This has great visuals, story, gameplay, puzzles and simple controls. Complete in 4-6 hours but youโ€™ll be on the edge of your seat for the majority of the game.

Awards & Rankings

5
#5 Best Switch Game of 2018
38
#38 Most Discussed Switch Game of 2018
50
#50 Most Shared Switch Game of 2018

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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. NF Magazine
    Sep 5, 2018
    85
    As many people as possible should have the opportunity to experience Inside. [Issue #35 โ€“ September/October 2018, p. 21]
  2. Gaming Nexus
    Aug 30, 2018
    90
    Like Limbo, Inside is short, mechanically addictive and emotionally haunting. Itโ€™s the perfect addition to the Switchโ€™s growing library of now-portable indie hits.
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  3. XGN
    Aug 17, 2018
    85
    Inside is an awesome game that is even more horrifying than Limbo. The best thing about this game is the mode and the way everything in this world wants to kill you. The adventure is a bit short but you will definitely love it if you enjoyed Limbo.
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