Round Up: PS Plus Extra Game Blue Prince Is One of the Highest Rated Puzzlers Ever 1
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Blue Prince, launching straight into PS Plus Extra later this week, has just received its first batch of reviews, and it's not only the highest rated game of 2025 so far, it's among the best-scoring puzzle games full stop.

With a Metacritic average of 93 at the time of writing, this intriguing first-person puzzle adventure is glowing with praise from all sides. We've gathered a handful of quotes and scores from other outlets to give you an idea of what critics are saying.

As for Push Square's review of the game, it's on the way, so keep your eyes peeled. In the meantime, here's the consensus on Blue Prince.

Eurogamer - 5/5

More than anything, Blue Prince seems aware of the time you're spending within it, and that's pure magic to me. The richest aspect of the game's extremely rich design may be how many secrets it springs once you’ve lived with it for a while. It's the pleasure of finding hidden aspects to things you thought you understood in full, the pleasure of coming back to something you thought was simple and finding that it's not simple at all.

TheGamer - 4.5/5

Blue Prince defies genre, and it defies the gamer instinct to min-max. It is contemplative, a journey that can’t be rushed, though you might be tempted to try. It will delight you, thrill you, and probably make you run crying to the internet for answers you can’t seem to tease out on your own. I’ve never played anything like it, but I won’t be surprised if we see more takes on the roguelike puzzler in the future because of it.

PC Gamer - 92

I love Blue Prince so much I'm going to spend the next 1,500 words or so telling you as little about it as possible. Unraveling its many mysteries and solving its multitude of puzzles—several of which I'm still working on even after finishing the game—is best done if you go in with nearly no information. Don't watch videos. Don't Google solutions. Don't even finish reading this review. Just go play it.

GameSpot - 9/10

Blue Prince is one of the most memorable video game experiences I have ever had. It is at once accessible and impenetrable, frustrating and euphoric. Like each of my dozens of permutations of the Mount Holly manor house itself, it is truly one of a kind.

GamesRadar+ - 4/5

Blue Prince feels truly unique in how it takes a simple premise and fills it with multiple threads of mystery to pull at. This exploration roguelike is like nothing else I've played, and became a puzzle obsession I just couldn't shake across multiple runs where I always felt like I was discovering something new. Even after credits, the mysteries of Mt. Holly continue to surprise me.

Vice - Unscored

Blue Prince is, hands down, one of the best games I’ve ever played. And that’s indie or AAA. It’s a triumph in environmental storytelling, as well as game and puzzle design. It’s a game that you need to play. The only thing it asks of you is to truly engage with its world. I still can’t say enough about what Tonda Ros and his team have put together. There is nothing like this game. Blue Prince should be front and center in contention for 2025’s Game of the Year award.

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