Little Inferno

This game consists of a firreplace and stuff you buy to burn it to stay warm as eternal winter seemingly has set. You receive promotional mail and messages from your neighbor, who's seemingly gone insane, as you calcinate stuff again and again to earn enough coins and stamps to buy more. The plot is light to make room for mood and setting, which switches from a satire of consumerism to existential anguish in a very balanced way. While there is no challenge apart from figuring out the (optional) combos the gameplay is quite addictive and the general mood drags you in, letting you torn between knowing the world is (officially) a glacial mess and knowing it's all pointless, as you detonate suns with nukes within your fireplace, reducing to ash whatever you've bought along (like a fully packed bus and rocketship, weird plushies, internet clouds, tankers, and so many others). There is a kind of puzzle interaction because with enough stamps and the right combinations, not only can you fuel the fire for longer but also turn the flames some pretty colors. This is all for fun though, as the game does not provide you with a time or heat limit, it's all a self-contained experience with maybe even somme commentary on game design (oversimplified, almost like a most mobile clickers and microtransactions (stamps make deliveries immediate). While a little pricey, it's still an interesting experience. I doscivered Tomorrow Corp. with World of Goo, and the brains and style drew me in. I don't regret my purchase at all (sales purchase I'll admit). It's got more interactivity than most "walking simulators", although this is a one-trick story with extremely limited gameplay, however, if you're looking for an original experience with some brains, give it a go, I know I regret nothing.

What at first glance looks like a mindless game about burning things (which is fun, too), turns out to be a game with an interesting story. The main gameplay consists of burning things and guessing combos - you need to burn combination of certain objects at once. And on the background of your mindless activity a story unfolds. This game is definitely a little gem. Where did all that time go? Up, up, up to the chimney.

Little Inferno is a fun little title, but not so much because of the gameplay itself as the style and humor that keeps it interesting. You will literally spend almost all of the game in two screens doing three things, but that time will accompany you with cats that fill the fireplace with poop, snake in a cans where the joke is that it’s not snakes, but hypodermic needles, extermination toys that will set fire to things you haven't managed yet, nuclear bombs, the moon, and god knows what else. The real secret to how fun this game is is the sheer variety and dark humor in the toys you will burn and watching the results. There is just enough here to enjoy to the fullest and be done about the time you finish the game itself. If you are looking for something easy, funny, and relaxing to play for a night or two after work or school, this game can certainly fit the bill depending on your sense of humor. But if you are looking for something with deep gameplay and skill-based mechanics, you are barking up the wrong tree here… the only skill this game might help you develop is word-play.

Hilarious, Simple, Fun. There is a story, which I kinda forget about while progressing, then the story speeds up and you're hooked. The combos are fun to learn, I had to look some up.

We have our shooters, strategies, racing games, and apparently simulators. I was originally going to say it’s a whole new genre. This is a simulator of burning things in a fireplace. You purchase items from catalogs and get even more in-game currency for burning them. Most items have various effects, which become active either once you’ve put the item into the fireplace or once it’s caught fire. There are item combinations which you’re supposed to guess from the name of each particular combo. On several occasions I found myself trying out each available item with the one or two other ones I knew had to be in the combo. Looking back, all of them seem obvious. This game is amazing. It’s a perfectly executed brilliant idea, it has a kind-hearted sense of humor, it’s pure addicting fun! Oh, and do not burn the Free Hugs Coupon. Yes, you can redeem it later on.