A Short Hike
Developer/publisher
Adam Robinson-Yu
Format PC
Release Out now
Adam Robinson-Yu videogames. Take the premise of , a narrative pull echoing ’s: playing as bird-girl Claire, you’re out to reach the highest point of the island on which you’re spending your summer holiday (you need phone reception for an important call). Temper that objective, however, with, in a world of several comfortingly mundane distractions: fishing, chatting, collecting. Then add that glorious climb-and-glide movement system made famous by – all exquisitely distilled into this tiny, deeply playful adventure.
