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Platform, Adventure, Indie, Action
Wander a castle built of bitter memories in Love Eternal, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out - or live in Shelter forevermore.
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Cryptic, dark, inward and overwhelming.
2 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs.
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ImpulsegamerFeb 20265/5This will not land for everyone. Its cryptic nature may frustrate you. Some rooms may push your patience to the edge. But if you are open to experimental design and willing to embrace discomfort, there is nothing else quite like it. It surprised me, unsettled me, and stayed with me long after the credits rolled. Love Eternal feels like the kind of game that reminds you what this medium can do when it steps into strange territory. It may not be comfortable, and honestly, it probably should not be. But it is absolutely worth experiencing. It's a title worthy of praise and worthy of love.
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Digital ChumpsBen SheeneFeb 20269.5/10LOVE ETERNAL juggles the task of delivering a harrowing, razor-sharp platformer with a moody, haunting narrative. Its bite-sized length constantly makes an impact, striving to be one of the most unique games you will play.
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SmashPadMyles ObenzaFeb 20265/5 starsIt's not every day a game has such a profound emotional effect on me, and even less so with pixel art platformers. But Love Eternal is one of the weirdest games I've ever played, and in all the most complimentary ways.
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TechRaptorBlair BishopFeb 20265/10Two separate cores of equally engaging but shallow gameplay, and a fascinating but frugal narrative, competing to see which wears the player down first.
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The A.V. ClubFeb 2026The biggest challenge in talking about Love Eternal is in trying to make sense of its failings. It isn’t awful, but worse: it’s just boring. It doesn’t offer much to chew on in terms of mechanics or story. At its best there’s a sense that Love Eternal has something it desperately wants to say, but it grasps at straws to say it and perpetually comes up short. So what else is there to say about a game as shallow as Love Eternal? Only that it’s like Celeste meets Silent Hill—Gris, but grimdark.
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IGDB rating 9.8/10 from 2 ratings.
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