Ludography
78/100
Players16 ratings
72/100
Critics3 reviews

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2016 · Exordium Games · Point-and-click adventure · Adventure

Bear with Me

Bear With Me is an episodic noir adventure game. Amber is trying to find her missing brother while being aided by her trusty teddy, Ted E. Bear. Being haunted by nightmares, Amber wakes up in the middle of the night only to find out that her brother Flint is missing.

Released
8 August 2016
Platforms
LinuxNintendo SwitchPlayStation 4WindowsXbox OnemacOS
Genres
Point-and-click adventureAdventureIndie
Developers
Exordium Games
Publishers
Exordium Games
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Mystery
Engine
Unity

About

Bear with Me is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Exordium Games. It is described as an "episodic noir adventure game", and was released in three episodes, first in August 2016, final in October 2017. A prequel, The Lost Robots, was released in July 2019. The game draws inspiration from film noir and features Amber and her friend - detective Ted E.

Bear, who are set on an adventure to find Amber's missing brother Flint. Bear with Me: The Complete Collection, a compilation of the first three episodes, was released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Linux, MacOS, Microsoft Windows, iOS, and Android on July 9, 2019.

Keywords

  • detective
  • episodic
  • female protagonist
  • noir
  • hidden object
  • steam
  • atmospheric
  • steam achievements
  • digital distribution
  • pax east 2017
  • voice acting
  • young protagonist

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

Bear with Me received generally positive reviews. Adventure Gamers, in a review for all three episodes, praised its story, art style and the well integration of puzzles, but criticized the slow movement speed, and the occasional frustration, giving it 3½ out of 5. Italian magazine The Games Machine gave it 7.9 out of 10, stating "Bear With Me is a nice, old-style point and click adventure, with logical and well designed puzzles, although not too challenging, and a story that blends humour and drama. Not a milestone in the genre, but adventure fans should give it a chance".

Hardcore Gamer was less positive in its review for the first episode of the series, arguing "The first episode of Bear With Me still hints at a greater game to come, nicely setting a proper noir tone with some occasional creepy bits and a gleeful dose of snark throughout.", but "it sadly says a lot that the initial outing feels more like a demo for the game than an actual full-fledged chapter of the story." LeveL magazine, on the other hand, gave it 8/10 and praised it as "The first episode of a dark adventure, where childlike elements are mixed with an adult story in a perfect harmony of a noir story".

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows8 August 2016Worldwide
macOS8 August 2016Worldwide
Linux8 August 2016Worldwide
PlayStation 49 July 2019Worldwide
Nintendo Switch9 July 2019Worldwide
Xbox One9 July 2019Worldwide

Editions and related releases

Included in
Bear With Me: The Complete Collection

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Collections1 collection

Platform libraries

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