Birth Critic Reviews

Birth is a short, sweet, and wholly unique game that greatly enjoyed. Its relatable narrative, simple premise and clever puzzles had me simply enjoying its world for a while. I urge everyone to give it a try.

Deftly capturing both the low-key horror of loneliness and the ways we might attempt to deal with it, Birth is a quiet triumph for this compassionate creator.

Madison Karrh takes the same road drawn in Landlord of the Woods and further develops her artistic style, creating a puzzle game which doesn't drag itself with useless repetitions, but reveals to be a well-focused product, capable to go straight to the point. It's a shame that Birth's message doesn't always express itself through the game's puzzle; luckily enough, the extra-sweet ending manages to let us forget the last section of the game, weaker than the first part.

And like Landlord Of The Woods, Birth is a short, sweet game that feels incredibly human, even though it features a world that, at first sight, couldn’t be further from our own.

Give yourself to this elegant and empathetic study of solitude.