Hollow Harbor

Hollow Harbor leans into atmosphere. You arrive in a quiet port town, something is clearly wrong, and you unravel it by tapping through locations, talking to strange locals, and piecing together a notebook of clues. The pacing is deliberate, almost novel-like.

Puzzles are woven into the story rather than bolted on. You won't find random sliding tiles here; instead you're matching a sailor's story against a ship's log, or figuring out which door a key really opens. It respects the fiction.

It's short — maybe four or five hours — but it's the kind of thing we recommend playing in one or two sittings with headphones on.

What we liked

• Thick, memorable atmosphere
• Story-driven puzzles
• Great in one or two sittings