The Last Campfire is a beautiful and soothing little experience that in my eyes deals with the question of "Why keep going even though nothing lasts forever?"
You traverse several atmospheric areas full of variety, helping out all of those who want to be helped along the way and get to meet some intriguing characters, all of whom have very charming designs.
While the visuals are very cute, the game does take its philosophical nature seriously, which is going to affect some people more than others.
The way everything was narrated really helped set the mood, although the narration might get too much for some people.

Along with exploring, the main gameplay consists of solving puzzles that are mostly on the easier side, except for maybe two that genuinely took me a while.
This game makes sure that there's always plenty of new, delightful gameplay elements to keep it interesting, which is especially important considering how short it is.

My only real complaint about The Last Campfire is its lack of polish.
There's nothing that's going to have a huge impact on anyone's experience, but I did encounter a good amount of tiny bugs and localization errors.
I also felt like the game didn't always make it clear enough where a secret might be hidden and where you're going to run into a wall that's obstructed because of the camera angle.

All in all I can recommend this game to anyone who's looking for a short, but adorable and special game.

Reviewed on Dec 17, 2023


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