If one of your family members or a loved one suddenly goes missing, how far would you go to find them? Well, you’d probably file a missing person report with the police, but what if you knew where to look, but you also know that it’s dangerous? That’s the dilemma facing our hero, a little boy, in Beneath the Lighthouse, an action-puzzler now available for Android devices. It’s a cute little game from Nitrome, which has made its name in creating well-received indie games, mostly in pixel form.
Early reviews for the game are pretty positive, and if you like simple but complicated puzzlers, then this one is for you. A little boy is in search for his grandfather, who used to be the sole guard at a lighthouse. But now you have to go, well, beneath the lighthouse, in order to find out what happened to him. You need to move the kid through circular levels and try not to get him decapitated by the blades and spikes or crushed by the blocks that are in the levels.
This “serene puzzle action game” has pretty cute graphics and is seemingly simple at first. But like a lot of games like this, it becomes more complicated (and maybe frustrating) as the game goes on. But that’s where your perseverance and creativity comes into play, as getting the boy through all the mechanisms isn’t really that easy.
You can download Beneath the Lighthouse for free from the Google Play Store. However, if you want to play without the ads, you can upgrade through an in-app purchase of $3.99.
