
Chants of Sennaar stands out as one of the best Adventure/Indie titles in recent memory.
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Verdict
98%
Steam
80
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (98% positive from 29K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (80/100 critic average)
Standout indie gem
No significant drawbacks reported
Chants of Sennaar is a 2023 adventure video game developed by Rundisc and published by Focus Entertainment. It was released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on 5 September 2023, iOS and Android on 26 August 2025. The game is inspired by Heaven's Vault and Captain Blood. The gameplay mostly involves solving puzzles and minigames which generally require decoding and understanding the fictional languages of the tower. It also features occasional sections of stealth gameplay. The plot is inspired by the Tower of Babel myth, and the player translates between various different tribes that do not understand each other.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 1d ago
[H1]Chants of Sennaar[/h1][hr][/hr] 10-15+ hours to complete, Chants of Sennaar is essentially just a giant logic puzzle loosely based off the Tower of Babel, where each civilization on the tower’s floors speaks a completely different language and you’ve got to translate and decipher each one to figure out what it is you are supposed to be doing to get to the top of it. While this may sound like a complicated game, it’s not terrible as the character is smarter than the player and gives you confirmation when you are correct, so in the worst case scenario you can brute force your way through the puzzles. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3764912941 While the deciphering part of the game is quite fun, there really isn’t anything else going on to keep your focus and attention. I accidentally forgot about this game for mayhaps a week before remembering it was something I was doing, before going back to finish it. The story wasn’t my favorite, while I liked the puzzles to get the true ending, the actual ending in question left me with a lot of confusion. There are a lot of positive reviews saying how wonderful the storyline was, which feels kinda crazy to me as I felt like I only understood half of what was happening or why it was even important to do in the first place. It’s a fine game with nothing in particular about it I disliked, so play it if you want, I guess. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3775814883 [code]If you liked this review and want to read about similar games or just support me on my journey of playing my entire Steam backlog, you can join my curator group, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/39675075/] Rune's Reviews![/url] Have a nice day! [/code]
Great atmosphere, music, puzzling technique. I was amazed by the idea itself, enjoyed it every hour played.
Really intriguing puzzle game, with a lot more content and deeper storyline than I anticipated
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