favorable Backspin
Alexandros April 26, 2016 (German)
Point-and-click enthusiasts of mysterious horror should strike without hesitation. All others should at least play the teaser and consider whether those large edged pixels do not hurt too much.* Read full review
favorable Bloody Nerd (Nerd Maldito)
November 9, 2015 (Portuguese)
Presents an intense story that is definitely geared to adult audiences, with strong elements of terror that recreate the experience of reading a stylish mystery novel.* Read full review
85% CD-Action
May 2016 (Polish)
If Lovecraft and Poe could play The Last Door, they would be delighted by its remarkable atmosphere. Read full review
90% ChicagoNow
Cousin Jessi June 23, 2016
Seeing a horrible creature or sight suddenly appear in front of [you] is somehow much worse when it is not in perfect focus. Read full review
70% Cubed3 (Android review)
Drew Hurley June 5, 2017
Some of the puzzles are fantastic, with smart solutions and designs hitting that sweet spot between tricky and obtuse. The problem is these puzzles are in the minority, while the majority are rather mediocre - and worse yet, there are maze puzzles. Read full review
80% Cubed3 (PC review)
Brandon Howard January 19, 2017
It's still got its fair share of frustrations, but it's a solid experience, and it's easily one of the best written horror games out there right now. Read full review
favorable Everything Is Scary
Tim Ford July 5, 2016
The Last Door Season 2 does what any good sequel does: builds on a solid game formula and plot, while adding to it in modest ways that enhance without alienating. Read full review
100% Examiner.com
Tom Tonthat March 30, 2016
The nostalgic graphics and simple point and click adventure game play result in a sublime continuation of “The Last Door” franchise. Read full review (dead link)
favorable First Application
(DiyiApp 第一应用)
Linger (灵儿) November 3, 2015 (Chinese)
The Last Door has a unique visual style, exciting background music, a plot with ups and downs, and wonderful puzzle design.* Read full review
favorable Free Gaming-Apps
(Kostenlose Spiele-Apps)
April 19, 2017 (German)
Sure, the puzzles are not very smart or innovative. But it has a singular mood and the action hits every note on the Lovecraft keyboard. With thanks especially to the game's mystical sonic environment, more than one shiver ran down my spine.* Read full review
60% GadgetSpeak
mfereday June 15, 2016
I found that the blocky graphics made it harder to identify items that could be valuable to collect. Read full review
90% Game IT
Renfield April 21, 2016 (Spanish)
The setting is sublime, evoking the feeling of being in 19th century London and being afraid to step in a puddle of some unrecognizable material on the cobblestones.* Read full review
favorable GameBoomers
Jenny100 May 2016
If you enjoyed The Last Door: Season One (or the individual episodes), you'll enjoy Season Two, which completes the story. Read full review
80% GameCritics
Daniel Weissenberger May 4, 2016
The primitive art style transcends kitch and nostalgia, making a strong case for how it can be used as a powerful narrative tool. Read full review
80% The Gamers Lounge
Sam Reader April 12, 2016
If you're in the mood for a deep, atmospheric, episodic adventure game, you owe it to yourself to pick this one up. Read full review
85% GamersPack
Guy Yuval April 16, 2016
The Last Door: Season 2 pulls the veil all the way back to reveal a terrifying adventure game that proves you don’t need buckets of blood, jump-scares or cutting-edge visuals to be truly and deeply scary. Read full review
90% Games Tribune Magazine
Laura Luna January 23, 2017 (Spanish)
The type of terror that The Last Door presents is an elegant psychological experience, without blood or viscera, but loaded with a type of dark beauty that keeps our hearts in suspense throughout the game.* Read full review
favorable Games vs Play
Leigh Carr August 4, 2016
How was I to know that a crowd funded low resolution pixel adventure game could contain such a rich and interesting story? Such adventure? Such horror? Read full review
90% GameSpew
Becca Smith July 16, 2016
It’s scary, the story is amazing and weird, the music is beautiful, and overall, it was just a wonderful series. Read full review
favorable Gamestalker
Stefan van der Wal January 25, 2016 (Dutch)
The lesser points do not detract from the fact that this is actually a work of art, where passion radiates from its makers.* Read full review
80% Gaming Cypher
Han Song April 2, 2016
An extremely well-rounded interactive mystery with a praise-worthy mystery, spanning over multiple locations and episodes. Read full review
85% GamingExcellence
Nicholas Bale June 28, 2016
Last Door: Season 2 provides a compelling conclusion to the first half of the eldritch horror adventure game, though it stumbles along the way. Read full review
mixed Grail (Graal.fr)
Chris Admin January 9, 2017 (French)
There is good in this game, but there are some elements that keep The Last Door from being excellent. What I would like is a deluxe version of the game with all the graphics redone in a 21st century style!* Read full review
72.5% Grand-screen
Prokopenko Sergey (Прокопенко Сергей) (Russian)
It has excellent sound, dazzling special effects, and a non-linear plot with several branches, but no Russian translation.* Read full review
80% Hardcore Gamer
Alexander Chatziioannou April 28, 2016
The Last Door: Season 2 grips you on the strength of a complex, involving story that is perfectly complemented by an array of cinematic techniques. Read full review
60% HeyPoorPlayer
Jay Petrequin March 30, 2016
It’s just sad that it ends with so much less of the charm that made it’s first season stand out so well from the flock. Read full review
89% IGN Italia
Andrea Maderna April 26, 2016 (Italian)
A great second half for a great graphic adventure. If you love classic horror you cannot miss it… unless you’re allergic to huge pixels. Read full review
90% ITCua
Yuriy Melkov (Юрий Мелков) April 3, 2016 (Russian)
A fascinating horror-adventure game for those who are not afraid of pixels.* Read full review
favorable Just Press Start
Jeff Ortloff April 20, 2016
The game is engaging and absolutely nails the setting and atmosphere, but a somewhat disappointing ending and some more questionable puzzle logic kept it from being an all-time classic. Read full review
favorable Matronix
November 21, 2016 (French)
This game really * surprised me. The graphics made me think of the games of my childhood, like Kyrandia 3 of which I am a big fan. These graphics make the imagination work enormously, I love it very much.* Read full review
favorable Medium
Adventuring Mike November 6, 2017
The game feels more like a great book with mysteries, secrets and puzzles to solve on your own. Read full review
100% The Mental Attic
Kevin Kutlesa March 29, 2016
It’s not only the writing and the music (or the surprisingly detailed environments) that make the atmosphere and the game work so well, but the fact the Game Kitchen married their puzzle design to their storytelling. Read full review
favorable The Most Beautiful (Zuimeia 最美)
Little Beauty (小美) February 4, 2017 (Chinese)
The journals and conversations progress like little symphonies in which the climax cues the most horrifying movement... When the music starts playing in the background, you may want to stop and quietly appreciate the entire song.* Read full review
C+ Nerdy But Flirty
kelseyr713 May 2, 2016
The Last Door Season 2 continues the wonderful creepy, unsettling atmosphere of the first game, but the unsatisfying final act along with two mazes left me feeling lukewarm. Read full review
favorable OldGamesItalia
Gwenelan June 17, 2016 (Italian)
The folks at The Game Kitchen are masters of atmosphere, perfectly creating the sense of anxiety and tension that is necessary for a title of this kind.* Read full review
80% oprainfall
Ashley Ring July 21, 2016
Through its clever use of storytelling and its presentation, The Last Door: Season 2 creates an excellent point and click adventure that keeps you on your toes from the moment the game starts. Read full review
favorable Outcast
Davide Moretto April 29, 2016 (Italian)
The second season of The Last Door repeats the excellence of the previous season. It confirms that The Game Kitchen is capable of creating an atmosphere that other developers, with much more means, can only dream of.* Read full review
favorable The Past Is Now
Cabesa Freeman November 7, 2016 (Spanish)
The plot is very strong, for me stronger than in the first season. It’s more complex, it includes more characters, more locations, a coherent structure, and it’s more terrifying.* Read full review
85% PLAY! Zine
Bojan Jovanović April 6, 2016
Sometimes, all that’s required to make us turn on all the lights around the house are a skilled writer and sound designer. Sometimes, all that’s required is a game like Last Door. Read full review
88% RageQuit.gr
Stefanos Koutsoukos (Στέφανος Κουτσούκος) August 26, 2017 (Greek)
The atmosphere created by Carlos Viola’s creepy minimalist soundtrack, coupled with extraordinary, economical writing and efficient, stylish pixel art, create a very special mix.* Read full review
favorable Rubber Chicken
Ricardo Correia April 6, 2016 (Portuguese)
Ten years ago, perhaps no one would have believed that a game with pixel art could perfectly capture the atmosphere of terror in Poe and Lovecraft. But The Last Door may be the epitome of this retro-artistic improvement of terror.* Read full review
80% Skyship (Himmelskibet)
Andreas J. Søe May 8, 2017 (Danish)
The Last Door is meant to be played repeatedly. Each time, you find out more about the game.* Read full review
favorable technomon (تکنومون)
April 24, 2017 (Persian)
If you are looking for immersion in a deep story, and wish to experience a narrative without just trying to reach the end, The Last Door is the way to go.* Read full review
65% TechRaptor
Mark Richard May 16, 2016
While not as captivating as the first season, The Last Door Season 2 is a solid worthwhile sequel from a team who knows their craft. Read full review
76% TecnoSlave
Ximena Rodero July 9, 2016 (Spanish)
If you are looking for a calm but chilling experience, you should try this game.* Read full review
80% Tribeca Review
Sergio Gómez October 15, 2018 (Spanish)
The team from Seville has achieved levels of ambiance and atmosphere that many Triple A companies would like, along with one of the most memorable scripts in recent years.* Read full review
“Unmissable” Universal Gaming Reviews
Shaun Meyers April 1, 2016
If you enjoyed the first season then I highly recommend playing this one too because its story is great. I did notice a few spelling errors in a couple places but the writing was excellent as was the soundtrack. Read full review (dead link)
favorable Wei Feng:Games (威锋:游戏)
Night Sky Watch Bear (夜空守望熊) October 31, 2016 (Chinese)
The game uses a very retro pixel-style picture design, but it does not affect the excellent plot design.* Read full review
70% Emotional Multimedia Ride
nufafitc October 20, 2017
The game has to be played for enjoying the complete story, but with a bit more focus on the plot, characters, and subtle horror and less on puzzle solving, this could have been a much better sequel. Read full review
favorable Fragments of Silicon
April 24, 2016 (podcast)
While the 8-bit pixel style is a bit played out in certain genres, as an adventure game it feels very fresh. Read full review
“Excellent” Gold-Plated Games
Audish August 1, 2017
The Last Door captures that feeling of hopelessness in the face of the vast unknowable, while at the same time telling a very human story about temptation and hubris. Read full review
favorable John Guy Collick
February 12, 2017
A hugely enjoyable game for weird horror fans looking for something a bit more atmospheric and elegaic. Read full review
favorable Klardendum
Kain Klarden (Кейн Кларден) March 31, 2016 (Russian)
This episodic game tells a rare type of horror that is most commonly associated with Poe and Lovecraft, with a little touch of the paranoid absurdity of Kafka.* Read full review
favorable A Most Agreeable Pastime
Richenbaum Fotchenstein August 9, 2017
The well-crafted atmosphere manages to carry it surprisingly far. Not far enough that it will become one of my new favorite horror and/or adventure games, but enough to make the experience a satisfying one. Read full review
favorable Omnireviewer
Matthew Parsons October 2, 2016
There are fewer truly horrifying moments in this than there were in the first season... but all in all this is a stronger game than its predecessor. Read full review
80% Pekoe Blaze
July 7, 2017
There are more areas to explore and each episode actually feels like a small adventure game in it’s own right... But, it lacks some of the drama, scariness and thrills of season one. Read full review
favorable Sense of Right Alliance
Chadd Derkins Sept 6, 2016
But what really makes The Last Door shine is its story, which was engaging enough to keep me playing and powering through segments that might otherwise have been super frustrating. Read full review
favorable This Cage Is Worms
Cameron Kunzelman Sept 12, 2016
The developers really went for it here in order to make it a coherent, special experience at the end, and I appreciate the density of knots that they went for. Read full review