Alone With You
Alone with You is a PlayStation Vita puzzle game released in 2016 developed by Benjamin Rivers. It centers on rule recognition, spatial or logical judgment, and successive puzzle solving, with controls and information arranged around the twin analog sticks, directional pad, shoulder and face buttons, adding front or rear touch, gyroscope, cameras, or microphone only where explicitly used.
- AI score · out of 10
- 6.8 / 10
About this game
Alone with You is a PlayStation Vita puzzle game centered on rule recognition, spatial or logical judgment, and successive puzzle solving. Compact stages add conditions and tighter constraints over time, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Graphics, audio, and input feedback need to support decisions directly, while the high-density portable display, stereo audio, touch feedback, and handheld interface need to keep text, targets, and state changes clear at a small scale. The genre-specific limitation is that limited explanations, input recognition, repetition, or abrupt difficulty can stall progress. Platform conditions also include proprietary memory cards, touch or gyroscope input, battery life, download availability, cross-platform features, and retired online services affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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PlayStation VitaAI review
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Moving hologram relationships slowed by errands and reported Vita crashes.
On PS Vita, Alone With You connects the practical work of escaping a failing colony to conversations with people who are already gone. Gathering resources for a ship and following the AI's requests create a routine, while holographic reconstructions gradually reveal the colonists' memories and regrets. The Vita reviewer finds substantial emotional force in these relationships and praises the art and perspective. The design has a cost: around the middle, sleeping, talking and running another errand begin to repeat, even when the task adds backstory. Conversation and mood are the main reward; someone seeking elaborate puzzles or action will find little of either. The same firsthand Vita account reports an occasional crash, a concrete limitation of the reviewed build. That historical report is not evidence that every later download behaves the same way, and there is no measured frame-rate result to add. PS4 technical behavior is assessed separately.
Strengths
- Character conversations and art lend emotional weight to routine work.
Weaknesses
- Midgame tasks repeat and the reviewed Vita build reportedly crashed.
Who it is for: Players drawn to sci-fi relationships and light interaction.
Play notes: Crash observations are from a 2016 Vita build, not every present download.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Story context cannot fully offset repetitive midgame errands. | Reviewed | 5.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Hologram relationships carry the game more than its simple tasks. | Reviewed | 7.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Art and character writing give the repeated routine emotional weight. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The reviewed Vita build reportedly crashed occasionally, without measured performance data. | Reviewed | 5.7 / 10 | Not provided |
Review sources
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Core information
- Developer
- Benjamin Rivers
- Publisher
- Benjamin Rivers
- Release date
- 2016
- Platforms
- PlayStation Vita
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Adventure · Primary genre
- Tags
- Puzzle Solving3D GraphicsLow Entry BarrierPick-up and PlayMain Story Under 10 HoursSolo-friendlyScience FictionReplayableShort SessionsSlow BurnFixed Camera
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Side view
Release editions
- PlayStation 4Worldwide2016
- PlayStation VitaWorldwide2016
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