Blue Prince<\/p>\n
Blue Prince<\/p>\n
Unless you were recently at GDC, the new indie game Blue Prince<\/a> was likely not on your radar at all. That may be about to change Balatro or Vampire Survivors-style if I had to come up with a comparison. Though that could perhaps be underselling it.<\/p>\n As it stands, Blue Prince is currently the best-scored game of 2025 with a 92 Metascore<\/a> that would be hard to top (second place, Split Fiction, is a 91) and that means it\u2019s almost a shoe-in for a GOTY nomination at the end of the year. Yes, yes, Grand Theft Auto 6 as the insta-winner, but either that may not make it out in 2025 after all, or perhaps voters may want to go with a more unconventional pick no matter the scope of Rockstar\u2019s release.<\/p>\n Blue Prince is doing something unusual in that it is launching on both PS Plus and Xbox Game Pass as a \u201cfree\u201d game through those services. It\u2019s being sold on Steam for $30, if you wanted to play it on PC instead. This isn\u2019t a game that demands a certain platform, so it\u2019s your preference.<\/p>\n What exactly is this mysterious game about? Well, part of it wants to remain mysterious, but here are the basics via the Xbox site<\/a> which says it\u2019s \u201clike nothing you\u2019ve played before\u201d:<\/p>\n \u201cYou play as Simon, who\u2019s just inherited a 45-room estate called Mount Holly \u2013 or he will inherit it, if he can find its secret, seemingly impossible 46th room. There\u2019s also the small matter of Mount Holly being, well, magical. Every day, its floor plan changes, asking you to piece it back together again \u2013 making each journey to discover that secret room an entirely new challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n Play Puzzles & Games on Forbes<\/p>\n Blue Prince<\/p>\n Blue Prince<\/p>\n Why is it so good? You can check out some of the thoughts from the (many) critics who gave it perfect scores:<\/p>\n Puzzle roguelike? Sort of, but you really have to experience for yourself what this is like. It\u2019s live today and you\u2019ll be able to check it out in short order, as it goes live at 10 AM EDT, right after I\u2019m publishing this. Have fun. You will probably have fun.<\/p>\n Follow me <\/strong>on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong><\/a> and <\/strong>Bluesky<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Pick up my sci-fi novels the <\/strong>Herokiller series<\/strong><\/a> and <\/strong>The Earthborn Trilogy<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n