Lantern Hollow

Lantern Hollow is a slow, gentle adventure that trades action for atmosphere. You guide a small character through a hand-painted forest, solving light environmental puzzles and slowly uncovering why the lanterns went dark.

The controls are tap-to-move and tap-to-interact, nothing complicated. What stands out is the mood, the soft music and layered backgrounds make it feel like a bedtime story you play. Puzzles are fair and mostly about paying attention to your surroundings.

It's not long, maybe four hours, and there's no replay hook. But it's a lovely offline experience that I finished in two sittings and thought about afterward.

What we liked

• Beautiful hand-painted art
• Calm, story-driven pace
• Fair, observation-based puzzles