Game Review: Little Inferno

A note for streamers: This game shows your “My Pictures” folder at an early point in the game. I recommend installing the game, playing to that point (takes like 6 minutes) and seeing what folder it opens for you. Make sure you don’t have anything in there you don’t want people seeing.

I play Little Inferno every few years. This is essentially a crafting game, economy game, and cozy game for people that want to see the world burn. It was followed up by Human Resource Machine and 7 Billion Humans. The reason the Tomorrow Corporation makes unique games is because it’s literally a division of the Experimental Gameplay Group. Released in 2010, Little Inferno came out in a time when lots of independent games were focused on showcasing unique gameplay mechanics.

This is a good game for streamers who want to make memes. Have a lot of followers who will submit fanart of you they want you to burn live on stream? No safer way to do it than Little Inferno because you can import your own images into the game to use as fuel for your fire. Want to use letter blocks to spell your name and set it on fire? You can do that.

The game is relatively short, but it’s still the number one game for people that want to burn stuff up. In a world where so many games are described with a “-like” suffix (Soulslike, Roguelike, etc.,) there aren’t many Little Inferno-likes. Human Resource Machine and 7 Billion Humans are visual programming games so you’re not as likely to see me review those given those aren’t my wheelhouse.