Backfirewall_
Backfirewall_ is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by Naraven Games. It centers on puzzle, maze, or device solving, story, case, or mission progress, and objective or clue progression, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 6.8 / 10
About this game
Backfirewall_ is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on puzzle, maze, or device solving, story, case, or mission progress, and objective or clue progression. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, 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. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences 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 5AI review
AI reviews are subjective assessments, not player ratings. See each review for its evidence and limitations.Published date:
Personified phone software tells a charming story around modest puzzles.
Backfirewall turns applications, processes and operating-system updates into characters with motives. Logs, graffiti and technical jokes build a miniature society, and the most interesting question is how its inhabitants respond to replacement. Deleting or duplicating objects to create errors is easy to understand, but repeated puzzle tasks offer limited development. Completionist collecting is also awkward. The PS5 reviewer reports no chapter selection and having to replay the opening after choosing an early joke ending, making experimentation less convenient than the tone suggests. It suits players attracted to personified software and programming humour more than demanding spatial puzzles. Follow the story first without feeling obliged to find everything. The assessment is limited to the 2023 test, with no promise about subsequent fixes.
Strengths
- Inventive personified software world
- Humour supports character relationships
Weaknesses
- Repetitive, modest puzzles
- Awkward replay and saving
Who it is for: Players attracted to personified software and programming humour.
Play notes: Follow the story first without feeling obliged to find everything.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Story momentum is stronger than the reward for completionist replay. | Reviewed | 6.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Clear puzzle rules support the premise but offer limited depth. | Reviewed | 6.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Personification and humour give the setting its strongest appeal. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Save and chapter limitations undermine convenient experimentation. | Reviewed | 6.0 / 10 | Not provided |
Review sources
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Core information
- Developer
- Naraven Games
- Publisher
- All in! Games
- Release date
- Jan 30, 2023
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- 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
- Puzzle · Primary genre
- Tags
- Third Person3D GraphicsStory-drivenInvestigationLinear LevelsPuzzle SolvingExplorationSolo-friendlyMain Story 10–20 HoursSlow Burn
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- First person
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideJan 30, 2023
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