Hollow Lantern

Hollow Lantern is a mood piece as much as a game. You wander a hushed town, tapping to explore, picking up items and slowly piecing together what happened here. It never rushes you, and it trusts you to notice things on your own.

The puzzles are gentle — this isn't the kind of adventure that expects you to combine random objects on a hunch. Solutions usually make sense once you've paid attention to the environment, which felt fair and satisfying.

It's a short experience, maybe an evening or two, but it lingers. We played the last stretch with headphones in and were genuinely a little sad when the credits rolled.

What we liked

• Strong, quiet atmosphere
• Fair, logical puzzles
• A memorable short story