The Stillness of the Wind

 PC
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Everyeye.it
    Feb 17, 2019
    90
    With a surprising overall performance to be his first commercial work (he had already experimented with this free-of-play Where the Goats are), Cardenas gives us a small but complete artistic treatise in the form of an interactive experience, succeeding in a single stroke on stage a fierce criticism of traditional gaming structures and to enhance the school of subtractive design, describing with a bittersweet and poignant approach to the life of new generations.
  2. Guardian
    Feb 18, 2019
    80
    The Stillness of the Wind is not quite as elegant as it could be; the writing is heavy handed and confusing dream sequences don’t contribute much to its atmosphere of contemplative loneliness. Yet this unusual game encourages thinking about old age in a unique and provocative way.
  3. Multiplayer.it
    Feb 19, 2019
    78
    Quotation forthcoming.
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  1. Polygon
    Feb 26, 2019
    The Stillness of the Wind only lasts a few hours, but it feels longer as it spools through a limited repertoire of activities. This is a game that’s less about doing and more about feeling. It’s about the mundanity of powerlessness, loss and endings, but also about how these things have their own private joys. It’s a story about living a life of boring contentment. It is meditative, slow, and sad.

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User Score
6.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. yazazuyo
    Aug 10, 2023
    7
    It perfectly shows you how a life on a lonely farm is, alone, at this old age. You just do things again and again, when the trader comesIt perfectly shows you how a life on a lonely farm is, alone, at this old age. You just do things again and again, when the trader comes there's a little difference to the every day cycle where just have to hold you alive. Only problem is that it's very boring. It's cool to play it some time but at some point you just won't play further. It's not a game that I think anyone would play a long time.

    But it's good for people who just wanna see how it is to live like that and don't suppose to play this a long time.    … Full Review »
  2. Gorbunov2004
    Mar 25, 2021
    6
    The Stillness of the Wind не так хороша какой она могла бы быть: письма тяжелые, и странные сны не способствуют созданию атмосферы полногоThe Stillness of the Wind не так хороша какой она могла бы быть: письма тяжелые, и странные сны не способствуют созданию атмосферы полного одиночества. Тем не менее это игра необычная и заставляет тебя задуматься а что будет со мной в старости. У игры также есть проблемы с позицированием звуков в пространстве к примеру: волк рычит слева а он идёт справа.… Full Review »
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