Thu Jul 30 2020
Minor fixes
Arrog is a masterclass in minimalist point-and-click adventure. It is less of a traditional game and more of an interactive poem exploring themes of life, death, and acceptance. The art style—striking black-and-white hand-drawn sketches with rare bursts of color—is hauntingly beautiful and perfectly captures the surreal nature of the journey.
The puzzles are logic-based but prioritize narrative flow over extreme difficulty, ensuring you never feel stuck for long enough to break the immersion. It’s a short experience—taking about 30 to 45 minutes to complete—but its impact is profound. The soundtrack is integrated perfectly into the environmental puzzles, making the entire experience feel like a cohesive piece of digital art that stays with you long after the credits roll.
Stunning hand-drawn black-and-white art
Wordless, emotional storytelling
Short, impactful narrative experience
Intricate environmental logic puzzles
Focus on the recurring motifs in each scene. Often, the solution involves interacting with elements in the order they appear in the background constellations.
Interact with the environment through swipes and taps. The game relies on visual intuition rather than instructions, encouraging players to experiment with every moving part.
Arrog is a short-form game designed to be completed in one sitting, usually between 30 and 45 minutes.
This game was on my preorder list as soon as I saw it. I love games in this category and was super excited to get to play this as soon as it was released. However, this game became disappointing after I completed it in 20 minutes, give or take a few minutes. Puzzles was simple but not a lot to it in furthering the story. Meaning I was hoping the puzzles were intertwined with the story. I am just hoping after paying for this small game there will be episodes or more to it added along the way. But I do give kudos to the people behind the game. The game in itself with involving death as it is much a taboo in most societies gives a way for others to look at it from others perspectives.
We are funny creatures, aren’t we?! We’ll pay $5 for a (usually throwaway) greeting card with nice art, but complain about a $2 app not being sufficient, failing to recognize the craft and time that goes into this kind of original storytelling, animation and music. Why kvetch about the length when it says right in the description that it takes 20-30 minutes to play?! I found the story + artwork + puzzle play + soundtrack delightful, innovative and intriguing, and it’s refreshing to interact with a piece of unfolding art in a right-brained, unexpected way. Bravo.
I like the fact that it was a unique game. There was nothing difficult or challenging about it, very relaxing. I didn’t understand what the story was about, other than a person died. What was the purpose of the hippo? It was just way too short for a paid game. I finished it in 20 minutes.
Thought there could of been more to the story itself. At first I thought it was a very creative puzzle/game and I was so interested, then after finishing it twice I completed the game within 10min. At the end of the game I was VERY DISAPPOINTED . Hoping there is more to this game future wise
I echo others saying it was way too short, but I want to see more from these guys so I’m giving it 5 stars. I too was boggled by the story, but it really didn’t matter as it was entertaining. Loved the art.
Wonderful, artistic, calming and utterly beautiful adventure. It makes you slow down and think on the tasks with no instruction. I appreciated the time to investigate and find my own way. Lovely graphics and sounds.
I personally loved this game but I finished it in less the 20 minutes i was honestly sad but it’s still a really good game is you are into puzzles and adventure games 😊
I bought a game because I thought the art style looked really cool. Turns out the UI is really not intuitive. I ended up just tapping on the screen until I eventually figured out what it was I was supposed to do. And it’s super short. I’m assuming there is some kind of story, but it’s too abstract to make sense. I wouldn’t waste my time or money again.







