Last updated on January 16th, 2026 at 07:50 pm
Playdead's INSIDE – Adventure Game Review
Playdead's INSIDE is a Adventure/Puzzle game from Playdead ApS, first launched in 14th December 2017.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 29,965+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Playdead's INSIDE Stand Out
Discover Playdead's unique indie adventure game Inside, a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has received critical acclaim for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
Apple Design Award Winner.
What the press said:
“MASTERPIECE! Inside is a 2D puzzle platformer that builds upon what made Limbo great, and in fact builds something greater.”
IGN — 10/10
“Inside expands on the concepts and scope of its predecessor in wildly creative ways, and it's so immaculately designed and constructed from top to bottom that it almost feels suitable for display in an art museum. This is one hell of a follow-up.”
Giant Bomb — 5/5
“Gorgeous art and animations, devious puzzle design and a pitch-black sense of humor. A perfectly paced series of escalating "holy shit" moments.”
Kotaku
Winner of more than 100 awards, including:
- Artistic Achievement (BAFTA)
- Game Design (BAFTA)
- Narrative (BAFTA)
- Original Property (BAFTA)
- Best Independent Game (Game Critics Awards)
- Best Independent Game (The Game Awards)
- Best Art Direction (The Game Awards)
- Spite Award (D.I.C.E. Awards)
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction (D.I.C.E. Awards)
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction (D.I.C.E. Awards)
- Best Audio (Game Developers Choice Awards)
- Best Visual Art (Game Developers Choice Awards)
This Adventure game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Playdead's INSIDE is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 5th January 2026
Recent improvements include:
- Play the beginning for free
- In-app purchase the full game
Download & Availability
Playdead's INSIDE is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Playdead's INSIDE on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This was an amazing game, we bought the full game and it was so fun and challenging! We definitely recommend to buy the full thing to experience all of the cool art and story. Definitely reminds us of the game little nightmares. Love this.
This is one of our favorite games ever the sound design and the lighting and just everything about this game is absolutely amazing, we play it on switch but it ran really good on mobile too. Amazing game everything about it is perfect.
We discovered Limbo a few years ago and have been searching and waiting for the creation and release of Limbo 2. Only recently did we find Inside and it didnt disappoint. The eerie atmosphere, the same unforgiving consequences towards even minor errors, the critical thinking puzzles, all of it EXACTLY what we had been craving more of since Limbo. We admit, the second half of the game, as the editors choice review stated is to be experienced more than understood so the storyline, if you can call it that, seems a bit muddled. Nevertheless, we finished the game with immense satisfaction and would encourage Playdead to hasten to completion whatever new project is in the works because, as we said in the title we just want more. Absolutely 5 stars and we look forward to additional releases games from their developers.
In this game, you start out as a little boy who climbs into the woods at the middle of the night. You must run through the forest while avoiding being captured our mysterious people in masks. You head on in a strange adventure that challenges your thinking. This games experience is beyond words. The atmosphere and lack of any explanation leaves the ending up to the players interpretation. The gameplay is very fluid, smooth and without flaw. This is one of the best games we have ever played, and we do not regret buying it. The puzzles are challenging yet entertaining and quite simple. The mystery and intrigue of this game really makes you feel involved in playing it. We are very impressed with the graphics and the games design along with the gameplay. We definitely recommend playing this game. It takes a few hours to complete, given if you struggle on a few of the puzzles. The sound design and music make the experience almost perfect. It is pretty much 2 dimensional, but it does have a 3d twist to it. We genuinely enjoyed playing this.
The buttons on the backbone are not comfortable we have to touch the screen to grab.
This 1 of the best games we have ever played. Its extremely challenging but not impossible. The animations are incredible. We have never felt like writing a review on any game before but this 1 is amazing.
Best game Ive ever played and we play many video games but this is the best one out of all of them. So we payed for it and it was worth the money. The graphics, the simplicity, and the amazing story. The ending kinda confused us as we didnt exactly know what it meant but we have our theories. Sadly we finished the game and wished there was more parts or games like this Playdead made . Playdead made this game incredible and its been years since a new game from them came out and we wish they started making new games but sadly no news came out about what happened. Playdead we hope youre reading this, your game Inside is incredible and will always be our most favorite game ever. We hope whatever happened to you guys gets fixed. Please make incredible games like Inside it is amazing.
We really like this game but is not good we have to pay 8 or 7 because the end was not what we were wetting for we love the game but not the end.
Other than the fact that you had to pay for half of the other game, its pretty good.
Please add controller compatibility.
We straight up love these type of games and this one did it so well. Morons who cant pay a few bucks for an extremely well done game can go get bent. Its 100% worth it if youre into this type of game. Also, please play without looking up on the internet how to pass any challenge. Give yourself the challenge. Try, fail, fail again, and again, and againand so onuntil you finally figure it out. Its awesome. 5/5 for sure.
This is actually our first time leaving a review and we have played a lot of games, but we can easily say this is the most impressively made game and its incredibly entertaining to play. There are some difficult challenges in the game that we had a hard time figuring out but we were thankfully able to pass them all moderately smoothly. We finished the free section of the game (there is a nice portion of the game you can play for free and the rest you need to pay for). This is a 50/10 in fun and entertaining With 1 being too easy and 10 being annoyingly difficult, Id give it a 6 1/2 (personally we think the game is the perfect blend of easy and difficult). This game was super fun. Thank you for creating this game.
Im suprised he does not go left or right but its a fun game we give it a five stars.
And its Inside on your phone so you can go play it outside if you want, too.
This is a amazing, absolutely beautiful game. The graphics is amazing. They spend their time on it. They have a free trial before the purchase. Its easy to get the hang of. This is a straightforward adventure game and youll never know what happens next the 6.99 is worth it. There is in game purchase and if you cant pay it, you cant continue playing.
So much fun. Challenging, without being ridiculous. The scenery is amazing, if not a bit deranged and creepy. The gameplay and controls are the best Ive come across for iPad play. You can play the entire game with either hand or a combo of both. It makes for very relaxing play. The game will get your heart rate up though! Some of the scenarios are quite thrilling. Best puzzle/adventure game Ive played in years.
Cant say enough good things about this for those who like puzzle/adventure games and using your mind to solve your way through. And tons of great variety in the puzzles as well. Incredible experience and we hope they keep making more of these, we for one will keep playing them. And for those complaining or rating low because of the nominal charge to buy the full game after they give you a few free levels to check it out thats utterly ridiculous. This clearly took time and effort and the developers deserve some money for all their time and effort and for a job well done. Bravo.
Okay this game IS SO COOL AND SO GOOD !!! We dont have the full one here but we do have it on our xbox and omg this game is WHHDJAEJEDJSKJWNDKSKWKRKSK PLAY IT ITS SO GOOD AND FUN RAAAH.
The first time we played this game we said this we a interesting game but then when we were halfway through the game we used to wake up go on our phone and play it then we finished the game but we were manda sad because it was so short but then we remembered it again then we restarted the game and still loved it we really suggest this game.
We cant stand seeing all these idiotic people demanding a FREE game and getting angry they only have to pay $7 !? If you so desperately want to play it make a game yourself half of yall dont even know how to, imagine spending so much time developing a game only for it to be free ? Yall realize they gotta make a profit somehow, even $7 is a little. They have every right to charge.
Game has you controlling a child who faces realistic dangers including gunfire. If you Limbo and dont have enough , then please go mow lawns or babysit. Dont miss out in this one Tip: the sub can pop out of the water (youre welcome ).
Literally EVERYTHING is amazing about this game and we repeat EVERYTHING is justSO GOD DANG GOOD WHAT ELSE DO we HAVE TO SAY.
Yeah no kidding its a preview of the game, ppl are so dumb.
So we love the game so much. We love how it has so many features, but we cant afford to buy the game. We would love a game that had good features but was free. We love how there is a trial but we wanna play more of the game. Our parents would never let us get it tho. Love it.
We love this game sm! Its one of those games where you dont want to stop playing, we loved the story and the graphics! LIMBOs best game yet! Worth our money! The ending tho is one of those ending where your still left with questions and spend hours just diving into the internet to see if you can find answers! With is very annoying bc as humans we need closure but also nice to question and never know, to keep its a mystery. Definitely get this game.
This is one of the best games we have ever played it is so immersive and well worth the money.
Please add on to the game or make a sequel.
Great game, finished it, would like to start over but will not allow us to do so, anyone have any suggestions.
We have never before felt genuine panic while playing a mobile game. The plot, music, and imagery are truly enchanting. We have only played the free trial, but have already fallen in love with this game. Having a small helpless child as the protagonist is genius. The simple art style and quiet music are haunting. Everything you see is intentional and adds to the emotional impact of this game. Even when solving puzzles we feel like Im in danger. This is hands down the best game we have ever played. We look forward to playing the full game.
One of the best games Ive ever played. Haunting, epic, beautiful, mesmerizing, horrific!,, Im floored how good this game is. It will creep your soul.
Realmente este juego cumple con sus expectativas y mucho mas, es increble espero y saquen mas as o alarguen la historia de este.
This game and its attention to detail is brilliant! Many people are giving it lower ratings because Its too expensive or Its too short, in our honest opinion this game is worth every penny. You can buy a $25-$50 video game that isnt even as half as good as this game. It being too short honestly depends on how good you are at gaming, personally Im not amazing at video games but Im not terrible and this game can be frustrating and take a long time. It took us about 3 days for us to complete this game and honestly 100% worth it.
This was nice. We enjoy your game very much and we just wanted to leave a review letting you know it was wonderful.
We dont write allot of reviews but personally we love this and would like to see a second. You do have to PAY FOR THE WHOLE GAME!!!! Other than that worth every penny to ourselves.
The game is amazing, the puzzles are a little challenging but not impossible to figure out, the graphics are amazing for such a small game, albeit there is no dialogue or announcer detailing for us what is going on but still the story is filled with mystery and horror, enough to have us worried for the protagonist once or twice oh and the last 15 or so minutes of the game left us with a huge wow! Didnt expect that! Its such a good game for such a decent price. Great job.
Played the whole game secret ending as well. WOW! Thats gonna leave you scratching your head.
Please make more of your games !!! Is there a sequel or similar style game you can make every month? Lol. We play this game over and over!! No one can shine your shoes when it comes to this game!! Hope to hear a response.
So Im not able to play the full game since Im poor lol, but just the demo surprised us. Its kind of a mobile version of little nightmares! We love the scenery and story. Well done.
So we loved the game, amazing graphics. We messed up on a part and we die thinking itll put us back in the other side of door (Im in the small submarine thing) we were technically supposed to go all the way down and push the big container out of the way so it opens up this hole u can go through, but we didnt do that, we went straight through the door, and now we cant get back to the other side. We deleted the game thinking itll start us back at the beginning but it put us back right where we were. Now we cant play it cause Im stuck on the other side of the door.
We just downloaded this game yesterday because we were bored and its so fun and we mean it is, even though it cost $7 to get the full version of this game it is very cool and it looks like a shorts animation very well made we love this game and we hope we can probably buy the full version in the full version of the game . We also love how it's a puzzle game too. We don't know why people are so angry about the fact that it's $7 people have to pay for things too yk.
If you like puzzle and mystery games this is for you. Its very well made and keeps you wondering whats next. Controls are simple and the story is intriguing. Finished it fairly fast but we enjoyed every minute of it. Worth every penny.
As. We know, plsydead has created 2 games l limvo and inside. First, lingo nespeeds to be free to play snd download. Second, inside should be totally free, no strings attached.
Ok we love this game but why would someone chasing a child what did he do.
Im always checking for more from Play Dead. When can we expect more.
Playdeads inside is an amazing game thst was very well made. The puzzles it puts you through are insane and youll need a tutorial to get through it mostly. AND we LOVE THAT!!!!!! We dont think youll really read this, but if you guys can, can you guys make a 3rd game expanding off of this series? (If LIMBO isnt related to this game then we mean 2nd.) thanks.
We have played many unique games in our life but this one is probably the best one yet. Such a bizarre, yet deeply fascinating storyline that pairs nicely with the increasingly difficult challenges and puzzles throughout the game. Bravo to the creators and developers of this story – truly a masterpiece.
Highest quality mobile game Ive ever played. Gorgeous graphics, incredibly unique and creative storyline, challenging puzzles yet very well thought out and not impossible. The solution suddenly clicks and its so satisfying when you figure it out. The NPCs are really cool and we love how theyre incorporated into the challenges. Huge variety in scenes/environments. Very nice balance of scary die scenes and more relaxed. Kinda scary but not so much that youll have nightmares. You wont get bored playing this game. Its addicting and youll want to play through in one sitting. Price is very fair and we liked that we could play first before purchasing. We would have no problem paying more given how good this game is. Obvious that an incredible amount of talent, hard work and quality control went into making this.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.1.13
- Size: 704.53 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence, Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes, Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity
- Developer: Playdead ApS
Last updated: 5th January 2026 | Genre: Adventure, Puzzle | Developer: Playdead ApS