- Publisher: Chillingo Ltd , Chillingo
- Release Date: Nov 27, 2013
- Also On: PC
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Grab It MagazineFeb 10, 2014I can guarantee you that once you’ve played through Icycle: On Thin Ice, you’ll be jumping at the opportunity to share your experience with friends. It’s a must-play video game that’s worth every single one of its 99 cents. [Issue 1, February 2014]
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Dec 2, 2013I'm not sure what else to say in this review, because I don't want to spoil anything at all. Icycle: On Thin Ice is a wonderful game from start to finish, and one of those rare games that, as soon as I finished, made me want to discuss what it means with others.
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Nov 29, 2013Icycle: On Thin Ice is a steal for just $0.99 thanks to its outside the box creative execution and perfectly realized physics quests. It’s a great one two punch of fun that carries much more heat than its moniker suggests.
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Jan 22, 2014An abstract platform, unusual and compelling.
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Hyper MagazineFeb 12, 2014Enormous fun. [March 2014, p.76]
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Dec 19, 2013Icycle: On Thin Ice is an exercise of style, a stunning mix of design and direction that will surprise you in each and every level.
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Dec 13, 2013As lovely to watch as it is to play.
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Dec 11, 2013In many ways, Icycle: On Thin Ice feels like an art experiment as much as it does a video game. I missed having buttons, but not enough to make me abandon the game before getting to the end. Even without a defined narrative, I wanted to see everything Icycle: On Thin Ice had to offer.
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Dec 5, 2013Strange, surreal, and spectacularly designed, Icycle: On Thin Ice is a one-of-a-kind platformer that only stumbles when it proves overwhelmingly punishing.
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Apple'N'AppsDec 3, 2013Icycle: On Thin Ice is a finely crafted experience that delivers quite a journey to take part in making it a should buy to provide something totally unique.
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Dec 3, 2013Icycle: On Thin Ice is a game that is at once both silly and poignant, backed up by solid level design that makes it the perfect game to play during the cold winter months.
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Dec 2, 2013Despite its stiff handling, Icycle: On Thin Ice is a gorgeous, bizarre, and often humorous game which demands your attention.
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Dec 1, 2013Icycle: On Thin Ice is well worth a pop, with varied, exciting, clever gameplay the dish of the day. If the sound of dressing a naked guy up in just a monocle and riding him through icy backdrops on a penny farthing is your idea of a good time, you need to grab this - and let's be honest, who would turn that down?
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Nov 29, 2013An entertaining and gorgeous platformer, Icycle: On Thin Ice is as smart as it is fun.
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Nov 29, 2013In the face of so much delightfully clever level design, it's easy enough to brush aside any niggles about the game. Icycle's colorful, clever and a great example of just how far a little imagination can go in the world of indie mobile development.
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Nov 27, 2013A relatively plain platformer boosted by a vivid and surreal art-style, Icycle: On Thin Ice is just about crazy and unique enough to warrant a look. Bite-size, fun-packed levels make for a game that doesn’t overstay its welcome, and stands out from crowd both artistically and mechanically.
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Nov 27, 2013Jump and float in this absurd, beautiful, but ultimately dissatisfying platformer.