5 tube games that will warm you on winter evenings

1. Unravel

Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One.

This game is about how important it is to appreciate moments and cherish loved ones. You will play as Yarni, a small creature made of yarn who goes on a journey to bring back memories of a forgotten family.

Unravel is a puzzle platformer in which you have to solve puzzles using your own yarn and interactive environment. In this case, it is necessary to monitor the consumption of the thread: if it ends, the level will have to start over.

Developers from the Swedish studio Coldwood Interactive tried to create the most warm atmosphere. Using the landscapes of northern Sweden as scenery, the creators wanted to share a piece of their love for their homeland and its nature, to awaken in the player the feelings that they themselves experience.

The game turned out to be cozy, with its own atmosphere and philosophical overtones. She wants to pass slowly, comfortably sitting on the sofa and wrapped in a blanket.

2. Firewatch

Platforms: Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One.

After Henry's wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, her parents took her home. Henry goes to work as an observer on a fire tower in the forest. He is cut off from civilization and keeps in touch only with his boss, Delilah. The main character finds peace, though not for long.

Firewatch is such a summer adventure that you will remember for years to come. Throughout the game, the feeling of childhood does not leave, when you leave the city and search every corner of the old grandmother's house. From the first minutes Firewatch envelops you with a warm and unique atmosphere. In many ways, this is facilitated by the enchanting forest - a dumb observer who has seen a lot in his life.

The developers at Campo Santo managed to create a game that you want to escape, leaving everything behind, just like Henry.

3. Life Is Strange

Platforms: Windows, Linux, OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, iOS.

The life of Max Caulfield, a shy and insecure girl, changes dramatically when she gains the ability to control time. At the same time, she begins to have visions of the coming storm approaching the city.

Life Is Strange places the player in situations familiar to many: problems with peers, some awkward moments when you want to rewind time and fix everything. The game allows you to do this, but at the same time reminds of the consequences of choice.

I especially want to note the visual style of Life Is Strange. The artists managed to smooth out the corners by lovingly rendering every location in the game, and convey the atmosphere of a small town with the help of small details, the right light and stunning scenery. The result is a cozy and somewhat philosophical story about a girl and time.

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4. Journey

Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4.

Game designer Jenova Chen worked with the Thatgamecompany development team to create a phenomenon in the gaming industry. Journey is difficult to describe in one word - there are so many contrasts, shades and paradoxes in it. It is warm and cozy, but at the same time, a large-scale game that exists outside of time.

The main character of the game is a mysterious man in a mantle who sets off on a journey to a distant mountain across the endless desert, instead of which there was once a developed civilization. But one day she disappeared, leaving behind only ruins.

There are no dialogues in Journey. The story is told through music, sounds, environment. The developers deliberately create a contrast between the character and the world that surrounds him to make the player feel small and insignificant.

This is the perfect meditation game. The balance of all the mechanics serves so that the player relaxes, but does not fall asleep, but falls into a kind of trance, forgot about the problems and spent several wonderful hours in the arms of Journey.

5. Child of Light

Platforms: Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U.

The main heroine of the game is the girl Aurora, who has to go through a long and difficult path and return the stolen moon, sun and stars in order to restore peace and order in the kingdom of Lemuria.

Child of Light will delight jRPG lovers. Of course, the combat system is not that deep, but it is quite variable and flexible, and the ability to change the set of skills during the battle gives room for tactical maneuvers.

From the first minutes you fall in love with the fabulous atmosphere of Child of Light, its visual style, dialogues, music and vivid characters, as if descended from the pages of fairy tales. Low bows to Ubisoft for investing energy and money in such projects.