Order Of The Sinking Star Draws 83-85 Metascores Across PC, PS5 And Switch 2
The score spread is thin and high on all three platforms, and the strongest criticism lands on the dialogue and missing hints rather than the puzzles, which is the shape of a puzzle game whose content holds up and whose presentation divides people.
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Order of the Sinking Star, a puzzle adventure from Jonathan Blow's Thekla released October 8, 2026 on PC, PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2, carries Metascores of 83 from 17 PC reviews, 84 from 7 PS5 reviews and 85 from 11 Switch 2 reviews. Shacknews, Noisy Pixel and MonsterVine scored it 100. Metro GameCentral praised the puzzle count and design while calling the absent hint system and dialogue drawbacks.
The reviews agree on what the game is: over 1,000 hand-crafted puzzles spread across four worlds, each with its own rules, with mechanics combining as the player advances. What separates the scores is how much patience the game asks for and how it explains itself. Noisy Pixel notes the difficulty is high and a single puzzle can hold you for a long time, but free movement between areas and move rewind keep experimentation open. Metro GameCentral lands at 90 and names two drawbacks: no hint system and dialogue it calls pretentious and distracting. MonsterVine, at 100, says the design intent is clear and the game teaches without words. SteamDeckHQ reports some unstable performance on Steam Deck.
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