Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
July 25, 2024
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure follows the story of Jemma, a small-town misfit on a journey of self-discovery. Venturing out beyond her stiflingly cozy confines, she finds an inspiring world - but also one ruled by fear, and a strange, immovable ‘static’ force. Can she disrupt a culture of stagnation, and …
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Critic Reviews (34)
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70.0
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90.0
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30.0
"As one of my new favourite indies of the year, Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is a joy to play with its unconventional puzzles."
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70.0
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85.0
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80.0
"Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure dares to be different, and it succeeds with aplomb. By interweaving a heartwarming and inclusive story with addictive gameplay, Furniture &a; Mattress teaches us that puzzle games can be more than just a vehicle for making …"
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84.0
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93.0
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82.0
"Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is another indie triumph. The way the game innovates and presents new ideas is a very special thing. It&s;s only real problem is the way it handles difficulty and frustration."
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45.0
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80.0
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65.0
"Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure stands out for its originality and charm, offering a magical and compelling experience. The soundtrack, charming art direction and plot help create an immersive, captivating atmosphere. However, the gameplay, while innovative, presents challenges that may hinder …"
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60.0
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90.0
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75.0
"Looking deeper into the mechanics, I was in awe at the clever nature each solution took. At the end of the day, Arranger is a complete package of puzzle, story, heart, art and music. If only it stood out more …"
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85.0
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70.0
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45.0
"Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is both a pleasing and frustrating puzzling journey that leaves you thinking both about the steps you make in-game and the ones that you might or might not make in your real life. This could have …"
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70.0
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85.0
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80.0
"This is a lovely mixture of puzzling and exploration, with a delirious wraparound twist."
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30.0
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45.0
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20.0
"In isolation, Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is a tough but fair puzzle game. Once the game clicks, there’s a zen-like flow to zooming about the environment (speedrunners, take note). But the puzzle element is only one part of its RPG …"
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88.0
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78.0
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84.0
"Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure manages to combine the best of a good puzzle game with a captivating story in a very well told narrative. With simple concepts, it gives a show of excellence in everything it has proposed."
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40.0
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80.0
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70.0
"Even with a few underdeveloped components, Arranger is very much like its heroine Jemma: charming and hard to ignore."
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85.0
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92.0
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70.0
"Furniture &a; Mattress debuts with Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure, a title that captivates thanks to an original movement mechanic and an intelligent approach to its puzzles. A title that with only a handful of hours offers one of those breaths …"
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85.0
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70.0
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75.0
"Arranger is a palate-cleansing puzzle game which hits all its notes with fine precision."
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75.0
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75.0
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75.0
"Arranger takes a type of game puzzle that is often irritating and turns it into something pretty cool – even if some of that frustration remains. It&s;s absolutely gorgeous and full of interesting mechanical ideas, and though its core premise …"
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78.0
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92.0
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66.0
"Arranger is a creative outing with a perfectly balanced sense of adventure. The light-hearted tone is coupled with the unique sliding mechanic to present something different and, most importantly, fun. This is a title worth checking out."
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75.0
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55.0
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65.0
"I appreciate Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure and what it sets out to do, as the concept is great and some puzzles are thought-provoking."
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85.0
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75.0
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70.0
"A chill, breezy puzzle game with some quests and novel ideas that&s;ll spark the imagination every now and then."
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95.0
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88.0
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75.0
"Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is a wonderfully inventive iteration of the classic tile-puzzler that manages to blend well-realised gameplay with a particularly contemporary story that will strike a chord with a great deal of people who play it. Every aspect …"
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85.0
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85.0
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85.0
"Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure made sliding-block puzzles fun and interesting. That in and of itself is the highest praise I could give it."
Read original review"A smart, and simply different, mix of puzzle and RPG elements that feels fresh"
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60.0
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75.0
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30.0
"It definitely exhausted my brain from time to time – now and then I was just shifting stuff around in circles because I couldn’t figure out how to make three blocks land on three separate switches at the same time, …"
Read original review"Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is an engaging puzzle game full of heart, charm and a whole lot of variety."
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35.0
Gameplay
92.0
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78.0
"Just like Jemma&s;s search for identity, Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure managed to find a very good place among the genre titles. The way its story develops and the ability to solve more challenging puzzles mix together to create a beautiful …"
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65.0
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70.0
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60.0
"Arranger has enough flaws that I can’t say I love it, either. There are good ideas, and occasionally very good execution, but on the whole none of it feels like it ever clicks into a coherent, must-play whole."
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80.0
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75.0
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80.0
"Overall, Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is an incredibly strong entry into the puzzle genre. A lot of indie puzzle games can be hit and miss, but this one definitely was a hit. Sure, it had a few minor flaws, but …"
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90.0
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80.0
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85.0
"This continuity also deepens your connection to the world in interesting ways. Since every step Jemma takes affects everything around her, it means that she’s always moving other people in ways they find helpful or annoying. Sometimes she solves problems …"
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55.0
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75.0
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35.0
"Arranger crafts a charming puzzler that feels smaller than it deserves due to its fleeting puzzle elements. Its serviceable narrative coupled with a brief game length may turn away some gamers. However, with its accessible difficulty curve, lack of fail …"
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85.0
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95.0
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85.0
"Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is an explosion of creativity. The team of artists behind it turned one simple concept into an adventure worth taking, turned simple tiles on a grid into a world full of imaginative concepts, and, hopefully, will …"
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80.0
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80.0
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80.0
"Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is a game focused on the core experience of exploration and puzzle-solving. It brings a refreshing twist to the RPG genre. Its innovative grid system, storytelling, and visuals make it a standout title for me on …"
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70.0
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70.0
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70.0
"Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is an addicting and fun title with a beautiful art style and a near flawless performance, regardless if you&s;re playing on docked mode or handheld mode. Despite the short runtime, a lack of any content for …"
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85.0
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80.0
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85.0
"Arranger: A Role-puzzling Adventure is a beautifully crafted concept game, short, intense, full of ideas and too much fun, both for the fingers and the brain. A beautiful story (with a very likeable protagonist, like all the other characters), simple, …"
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65.0
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85.0
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80.0
"Arranger is a delightful puzzle adventure game that we thoroughly enjoyed from beginning to end. Its tile-sliding puzzles are simple but well designed, and new ideas are introduced at a steady rate, adding variety without overcomplicating things. On top of …"
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75.0
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85.0
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65.0
"Furniture &a; Mattress&s; debut game moves all its threads with surgical precision to get puzzles and adventures to share a triumphant close-up."
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96.0
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100.0
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97.0
"Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is a true masterpiece that sets a new standard for indie games. Its innovative gameplay mechanics, unique world design, and captivating narrative come together to create an unforgettable experience that will leave players eager for more"
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