Play Next: A Short Hike

Arina Wagner
2 min readNov 5, 2023

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A screenshot of the game showing a car driving through a nightly landscape and a speech bubble reading “you’re gonna have a great time here this summer!”

Are you ready for some cozy games in November? I know I am (all year round).

A Short Hike takes you to Hawk Peak Provincial Park. There’s no mobile reception, but Claire is waiting for a very important phone call. So her aunt, Park Ranger May, tells her to go to Hawk Peak. On her hike, Claire meets lots of people, learns some new skills, gives a helping hand, explores the landscape, and finds treasures. That’s it. Simple and sweet, but absolutely beautiful, with fun mini-games, a lot of love for detail, and so many tiny, hidden gems to discover.

A perfect, little game to cozy up on your couch in this time of longer-getting evenings.

Genre: Adventure, Single-player, Exploration
Time to beat: 90 min to 5 hours
Platforms: PC, Mac, Linux, xCloud, PS 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
First Released: April 2019
Developer: adamgryu

My “Play Next”-recommendations are super short, usually featuring small, casual games, I personally love playing — suitable to play in one nice weekend session.

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Arina Wagner

Game Designer & Writer | Avid gamer, K-Pop fan, audioplay enthusiast, and space nerd | she/her | Barcelona-based, writing and dreaming in German and English