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Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2020

Should you play it?

Delores is back home and working as a photographer for the Nickel News. Thimbleweed Park hasn’t changed at all in the year she’s been away… or has it? Sample Ron Gilbert’s new adventure game engine in this free prototype that uses “found art” from the award-winning Thimbleweed Park.

What works

  • Free to play
  • Nostalgic and charming pixel art style
  • Clever and enjoyable puzzles
  • Humorous writing and dialogue
  • Short, accessible gameplay sessions

Things to keep in mind

  • No manual save feature, forced restarts after each assignment set
  • Limited exploration area
  • Minimal story and character development
  • Some repetitive gameplay due to replaying assignments
  • Lack of voice acting and polish

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery

  • Tick Tock Isle

  • Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Don't Dry

  • FoxTail

  • Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love

  • The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

More story-driven

Games that feels like Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Loco Motive

  • Elroy and the Aliens

  • Metaphobia

  • Lucy Dreaming

  • Underground Blossom

  • Cleo - a pirate's tale

More thrilling

Games that feels like Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure but with more suspense and thrill

  • The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition

  • Cube Escape Collection

  • The Rise of the Golden Idol

  • The Samaritan Paradox

  • Slender Threads

  • VirtuaVerse

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Last update: 21/08/2026