I just completed Adam: Lost Memories recently and it seems like a lifetime from when I first started playing the game. At any moment I might have 3 or 4 games which I play in somewhat of a “rotation.” Adam: Lost Memories has been in that rotation for over a year now as I became “stuck”. I came back to the game occasionally continually searching for what I might have overlooked during my many play sessions. I couldn’t find the right path, or the right network of locations, or figure out the last puzzle, whatever the case might have been.

Well today I finally beat it. The interesting thing was that the solution came to me at a moment when I wasn’t playing the game! I had probably been stuck on that last part of the game for literally months only to discover that I was just a single puzzle away from completing the game. Well, actually 2 puzzles. After months and months of coming back, playing for 20 minutes, and in the end giving up oh so many times, I finally figured it out, on my own, I might add, what one of those final 2 puzzles were. It was with great satisfaction when a new area opened up to me and a true blessing to my eyes. As a bonus the new location also gifted me with an “item” which was also required to progress and ultimately complete the game.

Adam: Lost Memories is a dark and gritty experience with an equally gloomy backstory. From the spooky ambiance instilled by the dim lighting, to the well worn aesthetic of old and well travelled industrial locations Adam: Lost Memories is truly a gaming “experience.” Here’s the blurb about the game from Steam:

Adam: Lost Memories is a psychological horror puzzle game, based on my personal experiences with child abuse.

Now that night not be the most cheery explanation as far as “blurbs” go but I do think it’s a premise which everyone can understand and possibly identify with, to some degree. The blurb fits right in as you start the somewhat depressive game and the dank surroundings you find yourself seems to be right in line. Adam: Lost Memories is definitely a psychological horror experience but your not going to find the horrors in poorly timed jump scares or random loud noises, though you might run into some. The horror is distilled and built over the levels as you progress through the game.

I guess the final thing I can say is that Adam: Lost Memories was a fun game. I enjoyed the aesthetic, the puzzles, and the intelligently designed non-linear levels. The other thing I really enjoyed about the game is that when it’s completed, through pictures and a voiced soliloquy we get some really great expositive explanations which puts a nice bow on the ending.