This was weird to see no reviews on this game, since it was really popular on youtube in 2014-2016, but, I guess, only on Russian side. Now it's gaining popularity again since it's winter time, and some Russian fans started making a remake of Beneath the Cardboard after 10 years since original creator abandoned it. I hope more people outside of Russian community also notice it. Replaying this game about being a homeless child, all alone in big cold city in the middle of winter now feels nostalgic.

Beneath the Cardboard is a survival game that has really interesting concept with many little nuances that makes it pretty realistic. For example, you need to watch closely on the snowflakes to guess which way the wind is blowing to hide from it properly, keeping hands close to the body slightly boosts your temperature, sliding the matchsticks too fast breaks them, but sliding too slow will just consume their sulfur, don't overcook your food, stay out of clear ground... It's really fascinating for an indie game of that time!

The only big problems that I have is that it has no normal tutorial inside the game, all the main stuff you will get from the photos and txt-file inside the game's folder, you also can read the controls in-game holding the F1 button, but the text is long and font is bright read and really hard to read, and while you reading you can be killed since it's just an overlay. Oh also the game has no pause, Esc just jumps off to the main menu and your current game progress is erased. For such survival games with in-game clock going on, it's actually really stressful and confusing to not have any of the above being properly introduced & learned throughout the game with no pressure to do everything right here right now.

Thinking about it, maybe this actually makes sense in the game idea? Life comes with no pause, no instructions and no easy ways, it's complex and living as a homeless is really really hard, stressful and confusing, you need to think quick and consider each small nuance right here right now just to survive another day, you constantly dancing on an edge of life. No one is around to help you to escape this never ending spiral of hunger and cold. You're alone. And Beneath the Cardboard shows it just the right way.

Of course, there's many things that really need to be fixed and re-thinked, all of which we might see in the currently developing Beneath the Cardboard REMAKE, all we need to do is to wait.

gosh, i never wrote such long game reviews in my life ever. Thanks for reading throughout my 3 am ADHD rumblings, I hope you have a great rest of your day!! byeeee

kinda boring, but my monstersona slayed💅💅💅

i guess it was fun to play???

I played this at 3 am the same day as my finals exam. No sleep more sundaes
I'm gonna get every achievement
E V E R Y O N E O F T H E M

Ah, my favorite game of all time...
I really recommend it! Graphics are beautiful, the gameplay is exactly on spot and, most importantly, it has unique storyline that no Sonic fan could ever imagine! Each aspect of this game is amazing. Just play Sonic's Schoolhouse, it's totally worth your time!

I THOUGHT THERE WAS 232 LEVELS BASED ON ACHIEVEMENTS BUT ALL OF THIS IS JUST LETTERS :(
i just wanted to play more maze......

I played it somewhere in 2022 ?? I don't remember anything expect I was laughing so hard. this baby is just hilarious I can't-

If you crazy about sudoku (like me), you'll absolutely love it

barely remember playing it with my siblings

simple and relaxing, as intended. It's fine, just quickly can become boring if you do too much of these wooloops (well, at least for me)

Maybe it's because i'm a gen Z kid, but this game doesn't stick with me that much, it's just blatantly boring gameplay-wise, and the online part isn't really important for me (I'm here to PLAY, not to talk). Even so, I recommend to try it, at least. I really adore it's style and atmosphere, and the community dedication to this game is truly impressive!!