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Creative Bloq
Technology
Ian Dean

Wax Heads review: a cosy puzzler where art does more than storytelling

Wax Heads; a digital illustration depicts a young woman holding a record, surrounded by a variety of displayed items in a store.
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(Image credit: Patattie Games)

Publisher Curve Games

Developer Patattie Games

Release date 5 May

Format Xbox Series X/S, (reviewed), PS5, Nintendo Switch, Mac, PC (Steam)

Platform Godot Engine

A customer starts describing a band they love, except they don’t really describe it, they misremember it, they know the sleeve has a cloud, or maybe a shape like a cloud, and they want me to find that album amongst the stacks of vinyl in Wax Heads’ cluttered record store. Because in this game, you’re not just picking a record off a shelf, you’re solving a problem, decoding a person, and if you’ve ever spent too long in a record shop pretending you know exactly what you’re after, it lands with a kind of uncomfortable accuracy. That’s the hook for this observation puzzle game, and it’s a good one.

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