Beacon Pines
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure game within a magical storybook. You play as both the reader of the book and its main character, Luka. Explore the town to find word charms. Use your charms to…
Beacon Pines is an adventure developed by Hiding Spot Games, released 22 September 2022 on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $5.99 at Steam. The main story takes about 8 hrs to finish.
What Beacon Pines is
Beacon Pines is an adventure game developed by Hiding Spot Games and released in 2022. It was published by Fellow Traveller. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A cute and creepy adventure in a mysterious book, where you play both as the reader of the book and its protagonist. Luka is a young boy just trying to survive the summer, but something's afoot in Beacon Pines and he and his friends are the only ones taking notice. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and discover charms that can change the course of fate!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy, kids, mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 11 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Beacon Pines holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 11 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 8 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $5.99, that works out to about $0.75 per hour of the main story, or $0.76 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.8GHz+, 2 GB RAM and 1GB. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $5.99 at Steam, 70% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Beacon Pines launched on 22 September 2022, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part I, Return to Monkey Island, The Case of the Golden Idol and Metal: Hellsinger. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the Xbox Series's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Last of Us Part I, Return to Monkey Island, The Case of the Golden Idol, Metal: Hellsinger.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Beacon Pines yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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