Ever Forward

 PC
Metascore
65

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Noisy Pixel
    Aug 14, 2020
    80
    Ever Forward is a captivating and emotionally charged puzzle adventure that doesn’t overstay its welcome with puzzle difficulty as it naturally evolves across each level. Following Maya through this mysterious world was made easy thanks to the environment designs, pacing, and overall accessibility. Aside from some stale story translations, Ever Forward is a great way to spend an evening.
  2. God is a Geek
    Aug 16, 2020
    75
    Ever Forward is a strikingly beautiful game with interesting and challenging puzzles, but harsh difficulty spikes make it a little more frustrating than it should be.
  3. GameMAG
    Jan 24, 2021
    70
    Ever Forward is a very beautiful and captivating game with a warm and touching story about the relationship between mother and daughter. Sadly, it's too short, and not without problems.
  5. GameGrin
    Oct 23, 2020
    70
    With some quite tricky puzzles, Ever Forward is a rather challenging puzzler. The luscious graphics and lovely soundtrack definitely help the experience, but I’d have liked a bit more game. The pacing is a touch on the slow side too, so not one for the impatient.
  6. Gamersky
    Aug 23, 2020
    70
    Ever Forward is a refreshing puzzle game but doesn't stand out.
  7. GameSpew
    Aug 17, 2020
    70
    Ever Forward isn’t an easy road, but whatever you make of its final narrative revelation, it’s an engaging, rewarding journey that’s well worth taking. Just remember to stop scratching your head when you hit brain matter.
  8. PC Games
    Sep 19, 2020
    60
    Ever Forward has so much potential. Due to the unused graphic style and soulful story, developer Pathea could have created a real indie pearl. The gameplay around the frustrating puzzles prevents that, although great puzzles crept in in between, which I was happy to break my head about. At the latest because of the stressful puzzles with time pressure, I often lost the fun of the game. Especially the gravity puzzles at the end are one cramp. It's a shame, it could have been so good ...
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  9. The Digital Fix
    Sep 1, 2020
    60
    Ever Forward is a satisfying and pretty puzzle game, with a compelling narrative. However it suffers with being a bit too frustrating at times when the precision required is made difficult with clunky controls.
  10. Screen Rant
    Aug 17, 2020
    60
    As an overall package, Ever Forward is a solid enough puzzle game with enough eureka moments for puzzle fans to want to get involved. It's unfortunately let down by its more action-based moments and its up-and-down difficulty curve, which stops it from being a must-play. Nonetheless, there's still a fair amount to love for those after a punchy and short puzzle game.
  11. CD-Action
    Nov 16, 2020
    55
    Most of the puzzles were well-designed and I appreciated the chance to put my problem-solving skills and spatial awareness to the test, but the game is insolently short. I finished the campaign in approximately two hours, but it can be done much faster even without skipping the cut-scenes. [11/2020, p.54]
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  12. Cubed3
    Aug 26, 2020
    50
    It's quite telling that Ever Forward's demo (released independently with the subtitle Prologue) isn't that much shorter than an actual full play-through. Despite the title's tense stealth sections, and fairly involved puzzle-solving, the fact of the matter is that the final product plays out like the tutorial to a much longer adventure that never starts. By the time Maya's story starts to breathe, and the core gameplay begins introducing complex and layered puzzles, the journey is more or less over. The atmosphere is commendable, as are the puzzles actually present, but the is sure to leave genre veterans disappointed, and newcomers desperate for some meat to chew on.

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User Score
6.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 3 out of 10
  1. bokarsh-z
    Oct 14, 2022
    2
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    not worth it
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    - 1.30 hour long.
    -very bad stealth puzzles and bad ending.
  2. bancandrei
    Jan 9, 2021
    4
    This game has some good ideas but they are so disjointed. The story is simple, yet catchy but the gameplay has nothing to do with it and noThis game has some good ideas but they are so disjointed. The story is simple, yet catchy but the gameplay has nothing to do with it and no bearing on it. Mixing puzzles and stealth is also a bad idea and makes everything feel like a chore. What attracted me initially was art style of the island setting (I was hoping for another Rime) but that one has the least of all to do with anything else and by the unsatisfying end there is nothing beautiful left in the game.… Full Review »
  3. curzon_dax
    Sep 16, 2020
    7
    These are the important aspects about the game:
    1) The difficulty of the puzzles is from moderate to hard so unless you have an IQ of 150+    These are the important aspects about the game:
    1) The difficulty of the puzzles is from moderate to hard so unless you have an IQ of 150+ you will not find it a walk in the park.
    2) Gameplay has its faults because in several cases you may be close to the solution but it will need an awkward execution.
    3) The story is lovely and also very simple so you will not find complex development of characters here.    … Full Review »
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