Puzzle game, Seven Doors has just made its way to consoles and I got to review the short game after being provided with a review copy. Developed by the indie company Indigo Studios and published by Soedesco, it is a short and simple puzzle game that surprisingly ends very quickly. Seven Doors has already been released on PC in 2020, followed by a Nintendo Switch released a few months later in October of 2020. Now the game has launched on both the PlayStation and Xbox, making it available on all main platforms.
Seven Doors takes place in a mysterious mansion, where you have to go through seven doors that open up to seven puzzle rooms. To clear each room, you have to solve various puzzles and figure out each of their solutions. The atmosphere of the game is definitely one of its strong points. The atmosphere in the mansion is creepy and ominous, and the music adds to the overall feeling of tension and unease. The graphics are also pretty decent, with a mix of hand-drawn and 3D graphics that make the world look unique and interesting.
Seven Doors is an adventure game, where you click on things to move forward and solve puzzles. Each of the seven doors has a different set of puzzles to solve, from logic puzzles to memory games to more traditional point-and-click challenges. The puzzles are well-made, and while they can be hard at times, they are never unfair or too frustrating. The story of the game is also interesting. As you open each door, you learn more about the mysterious history of the mansion and what happened to its former residents. The story isn’t very complicated, though, so players who want a deep, multi-layered story might be left feeling a bit underwhelmed.
Moving on to the main problem with the game is that it isn’t very long. The game can be finished in a few hours, and even though it’s fun and interesting the whole time, some people may not think it’s worth the price. Some players may also find that the game’s puzzles don’t offer enough variety, with some being too similar to ones they’ve already faced. The lack of a challenge in each puzzle makes it a breeze to complete. The only time I spent a lot of time was on the Pharoah puzzle, where I had to figure out the language using the symbols. But that was solved by taking a screenshot of each scroll before it got any more tedious.
Final Verdict:
Overall, Seven Doors is a great puzzle game with a creepy atmosphere and interesting, difficult puzzles. Even though the game is short and doesn’t have much variety, fans of the genre should check it out because of its unique style and interesting world. I get that adding more puzzles would literally mean changing the title of the game, but the addition of more complex puzzles inside a single area would have made it more fun and made the gameplay last longer. Games like The Room is an excellent example when it comes to having complex puzzles inside a puzzle. Nevertheless, Seven Doors comes from an indie developer and is still a decent game for you readers to try.
Final Score: 6/10
