How to Say Goodbye

released on Nov 03, 2022

How to say Goodbye tells the story of a character recently turned into a ghost, lost in an unknown world populated by spirits. In this narrative puzzle game, move the elements of decor and the characters to guide them out of the liminal space between life and death in which they are trapped. Help them find their friends who are prisoners of a mysterious wizard and accompany them on their journey to the other side.


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clever puzzle game with a strong emotional core.

This review contains spoilers

This is a sweet, unique puzzle game about the topic of death and grief -- a topic I love exploring in games, and I thought How to Say Goodbye did an ok job at discussing it. I wish the story was a little more fleshed out; I was left wanting to follow loose ends but they were never revisited, leaving me feeling disappointed. I wasn't expecting a sweeping narrative about death and moving on, but I was hoping it'd talk about it a little more. Overall I did enjoy the game and DID cry at the end. I recommend this as a cute puzzle game with charming characters -- just don't expect a whole lot of depth to the story.

O jogo tem uma proposta bem interessante, mas eu sinto que a execução deixa a desejar em tantas coisas que não tive muita vontade de continuar. A história tenta falar de luto, mas passa tão pouco no assunto que podia ser qualquer outro tema no lugar. Os puzzles são até que interessantes, mas os controles estranhos e uns efeitos colaterais de movimentação incomodam.

Tem como achar seu público, foi legal o que eu joguei, mas não acho que vou tirar nada mais dele por agora.

Ainda que não muito profundo, How to Say Goodbye trata a morte de forma humana. Dizer adeus e seguir adiante é a melhor forma de lidar com a perda, mesmo que não seja a coisa mais fácil do mundo. Já suas mecânicas de jogo são extremamente simples, mas que cativam o jogador com pequenas novas mecânicas que vão sendo adicionadas com o tempo. Uma experiência curta e fofa.

Shotgunned a lot of media about death and accepting death in a row, this one was charming though I cared more for the puzzles than the story tbh