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Is Ib worth it for you?

We tell you who should skip it, too.

Play it if you…

Good fit

Adventure players who prefer exploration and puzzles over combat-focused play
Players drawn to eerie settings built around art galleries and strange environments
Completionists interested in pursuing multiple endings and postgame exploration

Skip it if you…

Saves you a refund

Players seeking combat-centered gameplay or action-heavy encounters
Those looking for a large open world rather than a puzzle-focused gallery exploration
Players who do not enjoy replaying sections to pursue different endings

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Our take on Ib

Rather than centering its adventure on combat or a broad travel map, Ib uses a changing art gallery as its setting and makes inspection, puzzles, and traps the main structure. Its seven endings also make choices part of how the story concludes.

What is Ib?

Ib is a 2D exploration adventure set in an art gallery that changes after a young girl becomes separated from her parents.

Players search the museum, examine their surroundings, find items, disarm traps, and solve puzzles. The remake adds new and redesigned artwork, puzzles, effects, and tricks alongside updated graphics for maps, characters, and still images. Zoom Mode makes small items and artwork easier to view, while a conversation system lets companions talk and offer hints. Player actions and choices lead to seven different endings. After finishing the game, players can visit the True Guertena exhibit to collect artwork and enter an extra dungeon that is unavailable during the first playthrough.

How Ib plays

01Seven Endings: Player choices and actions determine which of the seven endings is reached.
02Postgame Exhibit: After completion, the True Guertena exhibit offers artwork to collect and access to an extra dungeon.
03Zoom Mode: Magnification lets players examine small objects and details in the artwork.
04Companion Conversations: Companions can converse with Ib and provide hints.

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Is Ib worth it?

It is worth it if: adventure players who prefer exploration and puzzles over combat-focused play. Skip it if: players seeking combat-centered gameplay or action-heavy encounters.