

Both the areas you guide the small child you are playing as through and the sounds that haunt your ears as you do so contribute to making the title a hidden gem within the Xbox Game Pass library. Just as with games like Little Nightmares and Inside, a large part of the game’s brilliance stems from its environments. The majority of the gameplay revolves around light platforming and puzzle-solving to progress, but if you’re focusing solely on the gameplay, you’re doing Bramble a huge disservice.

Think Little Nightmares with more of a fantasy-esque setting. With a healthy helping of atmospheric horror and a dash of terrifying folk tale tropes, Bramble: The Mountain King is exactly the game you are looking for if you want to be entertained and creeped out at the same time.
