A Little to the Left

KeenGamerAbigail Westwood

8/10

A Little to the Left is an enticing puzzle game with a creative outlook on everyday organisation tasks, developed by Max Inferno and published by Secret Mode. Initially released in 2022, A Little to the Left arrived on PlayStation on 15th February 2024.

Playstation UniverseJoe Richards

8/10

A Little to the Left is a satisfyingly methodical puzzler that had me feeling relaxed from the minute I started shifting items around. Every part of the game feels intricately crafted to feel as relaxing as possible and each puzzles offers a real sense of satisfaction that I don't often get from other games.

GameGrinNathan Lakritz

8/10

A Little to the Left is a family-friendly puzzler that’s great in short bursts. It doesn’t have a whole lot of content at the moment, but still provides a few hours of relaxing brain teasers to solve.

Hardcore Gamer Jordan Helm

In all its tricks, turns and trials to overcome, A Little to the Left succeeds on the basis of its charming and relatable premise on the obsessive nature of order and sequence. Messes to tidy up, objects to arrange and patterns to recognize, or perhaps be led astray in assuming there's one to even recognize. Max Inferno already establish a quaint and attractive presentation here, but it's thanks to the execution of its main puzzles -- with a few added mechanics and incentives to replay puzzles on top -- where A Little to the Left finds that added lift to help bolster its appeal. The game's key...

WellPlayedJames Wood

7.5/10

A Little to the Left perfectly captures the cosy and softcore vibes you’d want from a game primarily about the cute-ification of everyday cleaning tasks, with great approachability options and puzzle variety to boot. But its simplicity may leave you feeling a bit listless in the end.

Nintendo World ReportWillem Hilhorst

7/10

Overall I found A Little to the Left to be enjoyable in the moment, but after playing I rarely have thought about the game since. The puzzles are very clever and the way they are seemingly integrated into real life objects and locations makes A Little to the Left stand out from many other puzzle games. It should be very accessible to people who do not play a lot of games, even though I felt that by the end that the game had run out of steam and felt a bit too abstract for its own good. While the Switch version performs fine enough, the controls did feel like a drag when using a gamepad, which…

Pure NintendoSophie Hiner

7/10

A Little to the Left is a relaxing puzzle game in which you, well, solve puzzles. There is no story and no objective arc. What’s unique about this game are the puzzles you solve, which are centered around everyday objects.Read More

SiliconeraJenni Lada

7/10

A Little to the Left is a cozy puzzle game that has you sort, stack, and organize household items into pleasing arrangements while you keep an eye out for a mischievous cat with an inclination for chaos.

TheSixthAxisStefan L

7/10

A Little to the Left is a charming and refreshingly cosy puzzle game to sink into. From the tone of the puzzles to the mischievous intrusions of a fluffy white cat, it's a simple delight, only let down by a few more obscure puzzles and fussy controls for certain object interactions.

XboxEraJon "Sikamikanico" Clarke

6.8/10

A Little to the Left is at its absolute best when it’s focusing on finding just the right spot for everyday things, and at its worst when it’s operating on its own, chaotic-puzzle logic. Those two worlds and design choices are at odds in my opinion, and collide to unfortunately produce an uneven end result. However, I feel confident in saying any puzzle game fan will find something to like and perhaps even love here, and with it being available to try on Xbox Game Pass, it’s worth a download.

EurogamerLiv Ngan

Slick puzzle design finds itself at odds with the creativity of organising that A Little to the Left wants to evoke.

Rock Paper ShotgunRachel Watts

Unscored

A charming puzzle game about the satisfaction found in organsing and tidying. Plus one mischievous kitty.