Break the Game is a paid adventure game from Simon Fredholm. This indie experience serves as the sequel to the cult app Escape the Game. In this app, you get to play as Kevin. A simple square with two eyes, he’ll be talking to you and will ask you to help him “escape” in the dimension he’s supposedly trapped in.

Its simplified graphics and surprisingly complex sci-fi premise injected with humor make Break the Game a fun, short game. The developer explained that this project is heavily inspired by The Stanley Parable, Undertale, and other story-driven games.

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In Break the Game, you play as Kevin, an artificial intelligence cube with googly eyes. He is trapped in a dimension ruled by a megalomaniac. This overlord continues to create AI cubes like him but in pursuit of perfection, destroys every last one he deems imperfect. As one of the few survivors, it’s up to you to “break the game” or just talk about random stuff.

With that said, the game lets you experience action and adventure, should you choose it. There are a lot of weapons, enemies, and environmental hazards that make every level challenging. There are also a number of nonplayer characters (NPCs) that help you along the way and also offer bits about the story and the lore of the game. All these pieces of content are accompanied by a nice, calming soundtrack.

It’s also worth noting that the game has an unapologetic brand of humor that starts as soon as you open the app. Feel free to disobey every now and then. However, your patience might be tested by long and unskippable dialogue parts that border on information dumping. Additionally, certain scenes in the game make it difficult to distinguish between Kevin, the environment, and the traps, catching players off guard.

Thinking out of the box

If you’re looking for something relaxing, with humor and logic used for laughs, then Break the Game is a good fit. It repeatedly tells you to expect the unexpected and whatnot, although it gets dragging sometimes when they do it through character dialogue. With a lot of colorful characters, despite being two-dimensional, there’s a lot of fun to be had in this game.