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Thomas Was Alone
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An indie minimalist puzzle platformer.
5 ★ (8)
4 ★ (19)
3 ★ (4)
2 ★ (1)
1 ★ (3)

Wheatley Was Alone

When I think about Thomas Was Alone I can’t help but think about one of my favourite games, Portal 2. At a base level both are very little as players solve puzzles to move from one stage to the next w… Read more

Thomas Was Alone - PS4

Now, Thomas Was Alone, was a phenomenal title that I stumbled upon back in 2013 when it was released as a PS Plus title. I have to say I didn't expect much to begin with for a game just about shapes,… Read more

A Heartfelt Indie Treat

When it’s come to pushing forwards video games as a storytelling medium, a lot of the work in recent years has focused on building deeper human characters who have more nuanced and meaningful interact… Read more

A Heartfelt Indie Treat

When it’s come to pushing forwards video games as a storytelling medium, a lot of the work in recent years has focused on building deeper human characters who have more nuanced and meaningful interact… Read more

A Heartfelt Indie Treat

When it’s come to pushing forwards video games as a storytelling medium, a lot of the work in recent years has focused on building deeper human characters who have more nuanced and meaningful interact… Read more

A Heartfelt Indie Treat

When it’s come to pushing forwards video games as a storytelling medium, a lot of the work in recent years has focused on building deeper human characters who have more nuanced and meaningful interact… Read more

Why Games Need Stories

In Thomas Was Alone, you control up to seven quadrilaterals with, as the narrator puts it, different relationships to gravity. Some jump higher, some jump lower, and some can even double jump. Some ar… Read more

Absolutely delightful

Remember the old cliche that games will one day be like Pixar movies? Despite its simple appearance Thomas Was Alone is that game. I’m not talking about fancy graphics with individually rendered hair.… Read more

A short charming little game.

Platform: PC (Mouse and Keyboard) Time to Completion: 2.5 Hours Date Completed: January 3rd, 2013 Chris just being Chris. Just like while playing a Civilization game where I'm always telling myself "J… Read more

A moving puzzle-platformer with great characterisation

Thomas Was Alone is one of the best games this year, and I have a review from ABC2’s Good Game to thank for its introduction to me. Thomas is distinctively a puzzle-platformer, and you’ll need both in… Read more

Simple Platformer With a Great Story

There’s no shortage of retro-styled indie platformers these days, so it often takes something a little extra to make one really stand out. In the case of Thomas Was Alone , the game uses a style that… Read more

Thomas Was Alone, a game with terrific storytelling and shadows.

Thomas Was Alone takes its first steps, not gingerly as the minimalistic appearance would suggest, but refreshingly self-aware. From the opening narration by the phenomenal Danny Wallace “Thomas was a… Read more

A square deal.

Thomas Was Alone is an intriguing platformer with good writing and storytelling and an excellent soundtrack; however, some flaws in the execution of the mechanics left me feeling like the game could u… Read more

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