{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3fc92a1c4edbcf1220c4390c","clusterId":"c_1616d9c529c966b14c0c0243","slug":"order-of-the-sinking-star-draws-83-85-metascores-across-pc-ps5-and-switch-2","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Order Of The Sinking Star Draws 83-85 Metascores Across PC, PS5 And Switch 2","summary":"Order of the Sinking Star, a puzzle adventure from Jonathan Blow's Thekla released October 8, 2026 on PC, PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2, carries Metascores of 83 from 17 PC reviews, 84 from 7 PS5 reviews and 85 from 11 Switch 2 reviews. Shacknews, Noisy Pixel and MonsterVine scored it 100. Metro GameCentral praised the puzzle count and design while calling the absent hint system and dialogue drawbacks.","whyItMatters":"The score spread is thin and high on all three platforms, and the strongest criticism lands on the dialogue and missing hints rather than the puzzles, which is the shape of a puzzle game whose content holds up and whose presentation divides people.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe reviews agree on what the game is: over 1,000 hand-crafted puzzles spread across four worlds, each with its own rules, with mechanics combining as the player advances. What separates the scores is how much patience the game asks for and how it explains itself. Noisy Pixel notes the difficulty is high and a single puzzle can hold you for a long time, but free movement between areas and move rewind keep experimentation open. Metro GameCentral lands at 90 and names two drawbacks: no hint system and dialogue it calls pretentious and distracting. MonsterVine, at 100, says the design intent is clear and the game teaches without words. SteamDeckHQ reports some unstable performance on Steam Deck.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Order Of The Sinking Star lands at 83-85, but Metro GameCentral's note about no hint system cuts against Jonathan Blow's reputation for puzzles that trust the player to sit with confusion.","twitterPost":"Order Of The Sinking Star's no-hint design is Metro GameCentral's main complaint, which puts Thekla's trust in player patience at the center of the scores.","threadsPost":"Order Of The Sinking Star sits at 83-85 across PC, PS5 and Switch 2, and Metro GameCentral's review flags the absent hint system as a drawback. Jonathan Blow's Thekla built the game around puzzles that do not explain themselves, which makes that missing hint layer a design stance, not an oversight.","newsletterBlurb":"Thekla's puzzle adventure Order of the Sinking Star landed October 8 on PC, PS5 and Switch 2, and the review scores cluster tightly high: 83 on PC, 84 on PS5, 85 on Switch 2. Shacknews, Noisy Pixel and MonsterVine each gave it 100, praising the layering of mechanics across four worlds. The recurring complaint is not the puzzles but the presentation, with Metro GameCentral's 90 faulting the lack of a hint system and dialogue it calls pretentious and distracting.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/19/173776.html\",\"title\":\"Review Roundup: Order of the Sinking Star - \\\"A puzzle masterpiece. It makes you feel impossibly stupid, and then astonishingly smart\\\"\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4683,"outputTokens":694,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792384633,"createdAt":"2026-10-19T04:32:17.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-19T04:36:09.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T04:36:09.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_1616d9c529c966b14c0c0243","canonicalTitle":"「パズルの傑作。自分が途方もなく愚かで、そして驚くほど賢くなったように感じさせてくれる」海外レビューハイスコア『Order of the Sinking Star』","representativeArticleId":"a_9073500bcf75d654b4d62935","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Order of the Sinking Star\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"review\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-19T03:15:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-19T03:15:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T04:36:07.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/19/173776.html","title":"「パズルの傑作。自分が途方もなく愚かで、そして驚くほど賢くなったように感じさせてくれる」海外レビューハイスコア『Order of the Sinking Star』"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Order of the Sinking Star"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"review","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}