Amanda the Adventurer
Games review
As of Jul 23, 2026, Amanda the Adventurer is rated 94% positive on Steam (7,224 reviews).
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Is Amanda the Adventurer worth it in 2026?
A 94% positive rating from over 7,000 Steam reviews is hard to argue with, and the praise is consistent: escape-room-style puzzles, a creepy atmosphere built without cheap jump scares, hidden secrets, and multiple endings give this more replay texture than its short runtime suggests. The length complaint is the one that actually stings, reviewers flag burning through it in a single sitting, and at least one said the price wasn't justified, a tension the strong score doesn't fully dissolve. The strict word-matching mechanic is a genuine design flaw that punishes players not for failing to think, but for failing to guess the exact phrasing the game expects, and when you fail, you restart, which compounds the frustration.
Horror-curious players who want puzzle-first, atmosphere-heavy gameplay and can accept a short, single-sitting experience if the puzzle quality and hidden-secret hunting justify the price for them.
The game is short enough to complete in one sitting, which makes the price a real consideration; add strict word-matching that can restart your progress on a technicality, repetitive scenario looping to retrieve clues, and tutorials some players found excessive, and the friction-to-playtime ratio
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Pros
- engaging puzzles7
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- Fun game! Pretty short to 100% but the puzzles were a lot of fun. Felt a lot like an escape room in terms of the types of puzzles. Game isn't too scary since you don't have to worr...
- Went into this expecting a simple horror game, but the puzzles and hidden secrets kept me hooked. The atmosphere is creepy without relying on cheap jump scares, and finding all the...
- One of my favourite games of Amanda the Adventurer. The plots, characters, clues, and eerie aesthetics of the game were undeniable. At alot of the parts it was unexpoected and had...
- fun gameplay5
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- Fun little game, albeit a little short, but good non the less. Has 3 games in the series, and a interesting story for all three. This one is the 2nd best game of the 3 in my opinio...
- Fun game! Pretty short to 100% but the puzzles were a lot of fun. Felt a lot like an escape room in terms of the types of puzzles. Game isn't too scary since you don't have to worr...
- ah yes i remember when it was trending. Honestly I did not expect the puzzles to be this smart and interesting. I did all the achivements and I must say this game is really fun. It...
- creepy atmosphere3
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- Went into this expecting a simple horror game, but the puzzles and hidden secrets kept me hooked. The atmosphere is creepy without relying on cheap jump scares, and finding all the...
- One of my favourite games of Amanda the Adventurer. The plots, characters, clues, and eerie aesthetics of the game were undeniable. At alot of the parts it was unexpoected and had...
- The atmosphere is tense, even though there isn't a lot going on. It's really fun to figure out all the puzzles and see how it changes the tapes!
- multiple endings3
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- Went into this expecting a simple horror game, but the puzzles and hidden secrets kept me hooked. The atmosphere is creepy without relying on cheap jump scares, and finding all the...
- One of my favourite games of Amanda the Adventurer. The plots, characters, clues, and eerie aesthetics of the game were undeniable. At alot of the parts it was unexpoected and had...
- I would rate this game a 9-10 for people looking for a good game to play. The puzzles are interesting and there are a lot of secret endings that give information about the lore of...
Cons
- short length3
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- Fun little game, albeit a little short, but good non the less. Has 3 games in the series, and a interesting story for all three. This one is the 2nd best game of the 3 in my opinio...
- Fun game! Pretty short to 100% but the puzzles were a lot of fun. Felt a lot like an escape room in terms of the types of puzzles. Game isn't too scary since you don't have to worr...
- Short game, but really cool narrative and puzzle style. The Secret tapes were a little hard to figure out, but if you think really really hard about them and keep an eagle eye out,...
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