A great continuation of the first Samorost (which is FREE if you need a vibe check). Some little space creature bagged up and flew off with your dog, so you're off to get him back..not without a few hiccups along the way.

Same absurd surrealism, spacey BGM, and completely nonsensical humor that all work very well together in the same way that Shel Silverstein and Dr. Seuss books unfold.

I am either getting better at these kinds of games or Samorost 2 is just very kind because I got through the whole thing relatively quickly without looking anything up- the logic is pretty easy to follow once you let your brain sync up with this strange place. That said, this should be a pretty easy one for folks who play point-n-clicks a lot.

So, I would recommend it for beginners and anyone else just wanting to have a weird but cute and wholesome 30-60 minutes. It's probably worth full price and these go on deep sale pretty frequently so whatever melts your butter.

5/5 Another win for Amanita Design for me.

Samorost 2 is a point-and-click adventure game in which you play as a gnome trying to save his dog, who was kidnapped by aliens. As a sequel to the first Samorost game, Samorost 2 does a good job of "scaling up" the first game. It's quite a bit longer than the first (my first playthrough took just over an hour, compared to the 15 minutes it took for me to beat the original Samorost), and the puzzles are slightly more complex, with some requiring timed or repeated clicks to solve. Still, the game remains simple enough to be accessible to casual players. There was only one puzzle I found myself getting stuck on, and I believe it was due to a bug: In the room with the big alien, you need to push his chair forward so he traps himself with the sticky tendril that he initially trapped the gnome with. For some reason, I wasn't able to click on his chair, and had to restart the game to fix the issue. Judging by some of the comments I've seen elsewhere, this appears to be a known issue with the Steam version of the game. Single bugged puzzle aside, I feel like Samorost 2 is a solid sequel to the original game, and definitely a worth a play.

Absolutely lovely & surreal little game.