I’m willing to bet several people reading this have noticed a game in this category in a Steam sale, and their eyes have slid right past it. Most are developed by small game studios and later distributed by one of the major publishers, like Big Fish Games. ![]() ![]() Hidden-object games and other casual games hang around the periphery of the gaming scene - they have their devoted communities, but these are not the games that will top the bestseller lists. But alongside my love for this style of art is also a desire to slow down and take it in. In the last year, the game that has scratched that itch for beautiful games drenched in bright jewel colors is Ori and the Will of the Wisps, as well as maybe Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. Apocalyptic movies are all well and good, but sometimes you just want to watch a cartoon. The bright, colorful art of these shorter games fills a need that most games, with their more realistic or neutral art styles, don’t always fulfill. ![]() When you think of beautiful video games, what specifically do you think of? The snowy mountain peaks of Skyrim? The lush green fields of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild? The gleaming Manhattan skyscrapers of Spider-Man? While I do appreciate the beauty of those games, an entirely different genre of game comes to mind for me: the hidden-object puzzle adventures (HOPA) I play in-between these bigger, longer games.
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