The Eternal Cylinder

 PC
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Edge Magazine
    Dec 30, 2021
    70
    Like the Trebhum, The Eternal Cylinder thrives despite its deficiencies, relying on a unique ensemble of qualities to find a way. [Issue#367, p.118]
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  2. Screen Rant
    Oct 21, 2021
    70
    This chase-and-reprieve dynamic makes for a well-paced campaign which should take most players 12 hours or so to complete. The Eternal Cylinder makes for a tricky game to conveniently classify, and the mix of survival, exploration, platforming, puzzle, and action elements does sometimes collide with its clumsy and slippery controls. Adjustable difficulty settings are welcoming, but even on default mode there’s a generosity of checkpointing and saves, and rarely is an attempt punished too harshly; plus, when the permanent mutation system is later unlocked, it feels practically game-breaking. Warts and all, The Eternal Cylinder remains an accessible oddball adventure of one-of-a-kind sights.
  3. PC Gamer
    Sep 30, 2021
    70
    A winning but wayward chimera of survival game, surrealism and storybook adventure.
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  1. Rock, Paper, Shotgun
    Sep 30, 2021
    So perhaps what The Eternal Cylinder is really about is how the spirit of creativity flees ahead of all those forces that seek to flatten and homogenise it, how it will take on any form to do so, and how Ace Team are one of the strange families fleeing with that light into the unknown that lies ahead of us. That Ace Team have managed to keep making these outlandish games is, all on its own, a chance to be hopeful, a motivation for us all to evolve, and certainly a good reason to buy The Eternal Cylinder. Which you should if what I have said about this game appeals to you even remotely.

Awards & Rankings

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#97 Best PC Game of 2021

User Reviews

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User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 27
  3. Negative: 4 out of 27
  1. hoanns
    Oct 10, 2021
    7
    You play as little weak creatures that collect mutations while running away from a cylinder. It's not super special gameplay wise but stillYou play as little weak creatures that collect mutations while running away from a cylinder. It's not super special gameplay wise but still entertaining, with the different mutations to collect and some special places to discover.

    Don't expect some advanced evolution system though, the mutations are just different skills.

    The story was mediocre but kept me going until the end.    … Full Review »
  2. SuperkenGaming
    Oct 4, 2021
    7
    The Eternal Cylinder
    This game is weird
    The Eternal Cylinder is a survival adventure game where yu play as these weird little creatures    The Eternal Cylinder
    This game is weird
    The Eternal Cylinder is a survival adventure game where yu play as these weird little creatures called Trebhums, and they suck.. literally.. you suck up food, you eat food, sometimes you gain mutations from eating these foods, theres other trebhums to collect,and this is the main focus, youre in this area usually with a couple secrets for you to find and trebhums to collect, you find the secret and your friends, you get some lore about this alian planet, you go through a wall of blue light and a cylinder chases oyu, you have to make it to a tower efore it catches you and now you can breath, youre safe, free to explore, find more friends, expiremnt new foods, find more lore. Rinse repeat..if you’ve played one hour of this game you’ve played the whole game.. eventually you will have to manage hunger but that’s fine, plenty of food around.. the survival mostly comes in the form of keeping your trebhums alive asyouwill need a crtain number to progress a lot of the times.. at firt this is easy to do, but an hr in and the game starts going crazy, basically everything wants to kill you, theres electric storms and poison, this beautiful weird planet gets less and less friendly the more you unocverits secrets..
    The Eternal Cylinder is an odd game.. youre either going to love the idea of collecting aliens and finding mutations while you gather info, or the management and repetiveness of this going to creep in long before credits roll, and that’s the camp I fall in.. bu I can still appreciate why others are loving this game.. theres charm to it, the world is beautiful, theres good story telling and even a narrator pulling you along.. but it just wasn’t a game that clicked with me as much as I wish it did.. but still..
    I give The Eternal Cylinder
    a 6.5/10    … Full Review »
  3. PavelStepanov
    Jan 30, 2022
    8
    Cute exploratory arcade game with original ideas.

    Minor disadvantages: - unit management - menu control Advantages: - gameplay -    Cute exploratory arcade game with original ideas.

    Minor disadvantages:
    - unit management
    - menu control

    Advantages:
    - gameplay
    - visual
    - story
    - music
    - atmosphere

    Completed in 14 hours. Not short, not tight. Great game for a small price.

    Милая исследовательская аркада с оригинальными идеями.

    Незначительные недостатки:
    - управление юнитами
    - управление в меню

    Преимущества:
    - геймплей
    - визуал
    - история
    - музыка
    - атмосфера

    Пройдена за 14 часов. Не короткая, не затянутая. Отличная игра за небольшую цену.    … Full Review »
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