Tangle Tower

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User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 27
  3. Negative: 4 out of 27

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  1. luc1996
    Jan 15, 2020
    10
    Tangle Tower is one of those games that sucks you in and doesn't let you out until you've completed it. After that, it goes on to torture you because you want more of it, but there is no more. From the spot-on voice acting to the music to the beautiful art and story, it just leaves you in love.
  2. AliceFalling
    Oct 27, 2020
    10
    This games feels like true nostalgia of old mystery PC games. It is a true upgrade between the art work, the story, the music, and overall design. From the moment you start you will hear captivating voice acting which serves to bring characters to life. If you get yourself truly involved with the story, and focus on little clues throughout the way, you will find yourself excited to moveThis games feels like true nostalgia of old mystery PC games. It is a true upgrade between the art work, the story, the music, and overall design. From the moment you start you will hear captivating voice acting which serves to bring characters to life. If you get yourself truly involved with the story, and focus on little clues throughout the way, you will find yourself excited to move forward. This game does a great job at slowly revealing things, and a lot of things you just need to pick up on yourself. At one point I audibly gasped as I realized I had already solved part of something from early on, only later to discover I was half way correct, on my way there, but of course their was a twist. The story is intelligent. The puzzles are hard enough, not so hard you will be googling tutorials although hard enough that when you finally finish a puzzle you feel accomplished.

    I highly recommend this game, as it is enjoyable, fun, mysterious, and it makes for a great interactive story.    … Expand
  3. crotch
    Jul 14, 2022
    9
    If you like Professor Layton, you’re gonna like this game. The locations, the characters, the music, the puzzles, the mystery. It’s all here.
  4. nusco
    Dec 24, 2019
    8
    I used to love whodunit novels–in particular the sub-genre called "locked room mysteries", where the murder itself seems impossible, as in the case of someone stabbed to death inside a locked room. In those mysteries, understanding how the crime happened is even more of a challenge than identifying the culprit.

    I believed it would be impossible to turn one of those novels into a working    I used to love whodunit novels–in particular the sub-genre called "locked room mysteries", where the murder itself seems impossible, as in the case of someone stabbed to death inside a locked room. In those mysteries, understanding how the crime happened is even more of a challenge than identifying the culprit.

    I believed it would be impossible to turn one of those novels into a working game. Investigation-based games tend to fall flat, because it's just too hard to convey those subtle literary hints through gaming mechanics. Investigative games generally boil down to clicking around blindly, exhausting all the possible avenues of investigation, until the unraveling of the mystery is finally dumped on the screen. (One recent example of that problem is "A Case of Distrust".)

    Long story short, Tangle Tower is a point-and-click locked room mystery that works. The game does steer you towards the right detective-y deductions, but it does that subtly, making you feel like it was *you* doing the reasoning. The mystery itself is involved and intriguing–dark, but full of humorous characters and dialogues, with great animations and voice acting.

    Like in many literary locked room mysteries, the final reveal in Tangle Tower might be implausible–but these stories don't aim for plausibility. They aim for great entertainment that keeps you wondering at every step. Tangle Tower is the first game that I'm aware of that manages to pull that trick.

    By the way: like in many such mysteries, I was convinced I'd identified the murderer at one point–and like in the best of them, I was quite wrong.    … Expand
  5. Skurttish
    Nov 15, 2020
    9
    A well-designed mystery game with a great story and interesting characters, a distinctive art style, and excellent music. What more do you want?

    One of the few mystery games that really made my wife and I exclaim audibly when the big reveal came around, and yet, when it happened, we found there had been subtle clues all along that we could have picked up on if we had been just a little    A well-designed mystery game with a great story and interesting characters, a distinctive art style, and excellent music. What more do you want?

    One of the few mystery games that really made my wife and I exclaim audibly when the big reveal came around, and yet, when it happened, we found there had been subtle clues all along that we could have picked up on if we had been just a little bit sharper. We have spent the last half a day still talking about the motive behind the crime, the other characters involved, the possibility of the ending not being the true ending (meaning some loose ends were not actually resolved, although they were presented as resolved), and etc. That seems like the mark of a great mystery to me.

    All in all, a really fun game. I am only giving this game a 9 and not a 10 because of the price—this game took me and my wife about 6 hours to complete, and $20 MSRP is too expensive for that length of a game, in my opinion.    … Expand
  6. Rincryo
    Jul 1, 2020
    9
    Pretty art style, good gameplay, and an interesting story, personally one of my favorite mystery/puzzle games right now. Characters are also very cute
  7. CasualGamerGirl
    Oct 18, 2020
    9
    Pros: Good soundtrack, voice acting and graphics; unique art style; fair puzzles.

    Cons: Slightly predictable and cheesy but fun nonetheless.

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#22 Best Switch Game of 2019

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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Gaming Age
    Sep 15, 2020
    91
    Tangle Tower is built around an excellent whodunit mystery that moves along at just the right pace. There’s a great balance of plot, puzzle, and humour, and it does a good job of keeping you invested all the way to the very end. In this respect, you could say that the game carries on in the traditions of the very best adventure games from a few decades ago — but it manages to do so in a way that feels undeniably fresh.
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  2. Cubed3
    Dec 16, 2019
    90
    Charming, original, and terrifically paced, Tangle Tower is a strong contender for the best point-and-click adventure of 2019. Puzzles require real wit without bogging readers down with irrelevant information. Each screen is filled to the brim with detail, blending colour and lighting into a living, breathing tower. Only a few hours long with a gripping mystery at the centre of its plot, Tangle Tower is a must play for fans of the genre.
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  3. Switch Player
    Nov 22, 2019
    80
    Tangle Tower is a pleasure to play. An interesting story, well-crafted gameplay, and a brilliantly diverse cast of characters marred only by small faults here and there still make it an easy recommandation for adventure game fans.
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