Save Room
Developer(s)Fractal Projects
Publisher(s)Fractal Projects
Ratalaika Games (PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX, NS)
Platform(s)Windows, Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch
ReleaseApril 28, 2022 (PC)
November 11, 2022 (PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX, NS)
Genre(s)Puzzle game
Mode(s)Single-player

Save Room – Organization Puzzle is a puzzle video game developed and published by Fractal Projects. It was released on April 28, 2022, for Windows[1] and simply as Save Room on November 11, 2022, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch, where it was published by Ratalaika Games.[2] The game simulates survival horror inventory management in the manner of Resident Evil 4, giving players situations in which they need to fit certain items within their briefcase. Players may remove items already in the briefcase by combining them, using them to heal their health, or reloading their guns. The game was praised by critics for its low price and attention to detail, but was criticized for its simplicity and short length.

Gameplay

Initially, the game starts out minimalistic, making the player rotate and snap items into place to fill up their briefcase. Eventually, it introduces new mechanics, such as eating rotten food to damage one's health in order to be able to use up healing items to heal it back, and loading ammunition into guns, with some ammo fitting multiple guns of the same type.[3]

Reception

Save Room's Switch version was rated 5/10 stars by Roland Ingram of Nintendo Life, who called the game "hard to recommend" due to its slightly higher price compared to Steam. Saying it "took us an hour and a bit" to complete the game, he described the credits as humorous due to being a simple list of graphical asset sources. He characterized the game as "extremely easy" with few new ideas.[4]

Cass Marshall of Polygon described Save Room as "having some fun puzzles", calling it "a love letter to Resident Evil 4's attache case", and recommending it to those who loved creating an efficient loadout.[5] Isaiah Colbert of Kotaku praised the game for including engaging details rather than just coasting "on its inspired concept", including music reminiscient of Resident Evil save rooms and "chunky" sound effects.[3] Christopher Livingston of PC Gamer called the game "pretty great", saying its background music was "excellent".[6]

Sequel

In 2023, the game's developers announced a sequel, Save Room – The Merchant, for Windows. It introduces the additional element of an in-game shop run by a gender flipped version of the Merchant from Resident Evil 4, letting the player buy and sell items in more difficult puzzles.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Save Room - Organization Puzzle". Metacritic. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  2. ↑ "Save Room for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site". www.nintendo.com. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  3. 1 2 Colbert, Isaiah (2022-05-03). "Someone Finally Made The Inventory Briefcase From Resident Evil 4 A Puzzle Game". Kotaku. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  4. ↑ Ingram, Roland (2022-11-09). "Review: Save Room - RE4 'Inventory Tetris' Writ Large, Though Not Large Enough". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  5. ↑ Marshall, Cass (2022-05-03). "Save Room is a Resident Evil 4-style 'inventory Tetris' puzzler". Polygon. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  6. ↑ Livingston, Christopher (2022-05-02). "Finally, someone turned 'inventory tetris' into an entire videogame". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  7. ↑ Smith, Ed (2023-06-28). "New Resident Evil save room game sees the return of RE4's Merchant". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
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