With its cute little rabbit-esque protagonist, pastel, hand-drawn colors, and progressively divergent, iterative, and complex puzzle sequences which soon fold into themselves like ouroboros, Baba is You soon challenges the self-sovereignty of character and player alike as rules are altered, switched, combined, and destroyed with simple movements in order to reach a variety of win states. This unique experience develops further and further to involve Baba and her many friends (and interactable objects) until either the game or the player breaks—sometimes both. The intelligence of the design overall and its easy to grasp concepts, barring a few late game additions (and two expansion level packs which seem unnecessary in comparison to the base game), shifts a self-reflexive focus on the puzzle/video game in playful ways which have only been matched by the likes of The Witness. Baba is You And Good.

Reviewed on May 16, 2024


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