Apple Arcade review #116: A Fold Apart

A Fold Apart is a neat idea executed technically and mechanically well, with beautiful, Pixar-like art, lovely piano music, and a heartfelt story about long-distance relationships and drifting apart…but I don’t know if I actually enjoyed playing it. I found a lot of the folding puzzles cryptic, requiring trial and error without actually understanding what worked and what didn’t.

This game has received plenty of positive coverage, and rightly so: it’s the sort of game Apple Arcade does incredibly well. Indie, niche, born from a singular vision and with something to say; a game that would struggle on mobile without Apple’s funding and support.

Unfortunately, while I was looking forward to playing it, I’m not sure I’m the target audience for A Fold Apart. Maybe it’s my inability to problem-solve the folding puzzles, or my tolerance for puzzle games in general; regardless, it’s the sort of game you should download and take for a spin. You might like it a lot more than I did, and I’m really happy it exists. Even if it’s not for me.

Link: https://apps.apple.com/no/app/a-fold-apart/id1468317913