This is a really nice game, and if the premise intrigues you, a no brainer download. You’re wandering freely through a parallel dimension type world, piecing together a strange language through visual cues. For instance, you might see someone talking and be able to infer some words from their actions. Or you might find a pictorial monument with a caption in glyphs that you can interpret from the depicted scene. If this sounds fun to you, you’ll like this game. If not, for sure give it a pass. But for those so inclined, this is a full, well produced and involving game with a magnificently artistic visual style. It winds up being longer and deeper than it first appears, so if you enjoy it up front, it’s only going to get better. For me, the puzzles took just the right amount of figuring out, always logical and fair. There is also a decent and surprisingly poignant underlying story. It’s fun and rewarding to play, and the kind of game that will stick with you long after you finish. If parsing out a language from quality clues is your kind of game, Sennaar is terrific.

Incredible. I could not put this game down. I downloaded the trial as something to distract me while in bed with a bad cold, then immediately bought the full version and played the whole thing over the next 3 days. I was playing for hours at a time, and it just kept going and evolving in new unexpected and delightful directions. The attention to detail and imaginative storytelling is just amazing. It’s beautiful, immersive, challenging, profound. The visuals, music and mood reminded me of Gris (one of my favorite games) and the puzzles were so unique, like nothing I’ve seen before. I love languages and really enjoyed the decoding as a puzzle mechanism. I also love the subtle commentary on society and the importance of language and its impact on how we see each other. This game manages to say a lot without any character ever saying a word in my own language. I’m sad that it’s over and look forward to playing it again (once I’ve forgotten what the symbols mean!).

The music is INCREDIBLE. The visuals are INCREDIBLE. The decoding languages is SO FUN. And the ending: Without spoiling the end, I will say that this game and its narrative changed my life. I am so conscious of the connections I forgo now. Community is so powerful. And beyond that, the political messages were beautiful and wise. I saw a theme in the beginning ish that a civilization will have a dying culture if they are being economically drained by a colonizer. Incredible work showing that message. I am telling all of my friends and family about this game. They give you a free taste test of how the game works, so you can see if you want to invest money in it or not. It costs $7 ish. I personally believe that it ought to cost $20 minimum. I’ve paid more for sandwiches and coffees. These developers deserve to be compensated more for this wonderful work. I have never felt this way about a game before.

What an incredible game…I’m almost speechless. I can’t believe the publisher is only asking six bucks! (And thank you for the ability to check it out first!) The art and design, immaculate. Absolute brain candy. The story and how it unfolds, curious and wonderful. The language as primary puzzle component, so much fun! It’s just fantastic. And it keeps going, cohesively, interestingly. Each level has such a lovely assortment of mysteries and little puzzles. Such a creative game. Two relatively tiny improvements imo: the double-tap for the glyphs is unusually fast (on an iPhone 14) to the extent that it was frustrating. Also, a map would be out of place of course, but so much time looking if you can’t remember locations. This hasn’t unseated Inkle’s 80 Days as my favorite game (replayability), but it is right up there. Thank you!