Lorelei and the Laser Eyes – the atmospheric new puzzle adventure from Simogo, the extraordinarily talented team behind 2019’s glorious Sayonara Wild Hearts – finally has a release date and is launching for Switch and Steam on 16th May.
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes offers up a baroque blend of surreal mystery thriller and puzzle adventure – faintly bringing to mind the studio’s iOS classic Device 6 – that’s follows a woman’s search for answers, deep in a strange manor house.
As Simogo told Eurogamer last July, Lorelei features non-linear, third-person exploration built around over 150 puzzles – many unfolding differently each playthrough – with players also encounters characters and various interactive toys to tinker with, from locks and cameras to computers and books, on their quest for the truth. Oh, and there’ll be a “lot of reading” too.
“There’s quite a big variety of puzzles,” game director Simon Flesser explained, “and for many we have designed them in a way that makes them scrambled or randomised for your playthrough. We want to invite players to talk to each other about how to solve puzzles, instead of just going online and finding the answer.”
Given Simogo’s stellar back catalogue – which also includes the likes of haunting horror Year Walk and wonderful rhythmic puzzler Beat Sneak Bandit – Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is already high on our most-wanted list, and the wait will finally be over when it hits Steam and Switch on 16th May.
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