All You Need is Help

Despite a few design missteps the underlying concept and game is solid and All You Need is Help! is a good example of a chaotic, joyful celebration of teamwork and failure in video games. It’s the kind of game that makes friends and family shout at each other in joy and frustration and creates stories of the fun that was had around the tv whilst playing video games together. While not ground-breaking, its execution is confident and clever, offering enough content to keep groups entertained for a good few games before maybe moving onto something else. If you’ve got three willing players and are craving for some cosy Tetris inspired laughter, this is a must-play. Just don't forget to mute the music and crank up the Spotify Playlist! Right I'm off to bash my gashapon and twist my Tetris piece

Absolutely charming, family-friendly, and approachable when it works… but lacks in obvious longevity

All You Need is Help is cute and welcoming, but can be quite repetitive and directionless. It’s the epitome of a party puzzler: incredibly simple to pick up, play and enjoy. It’ll get you a few minutes of joy, and you’ll probably want to get it when you return home so you can recapture that excitement. Yet, if you do, be sure to always have friends on hand or a good online connection, because solo play will simply never be a part of this game’s future. Yes, you do need help, but all you really need is someone else to play with.

By confining gameplay to groups of four people, whether locally or online, All You Need is Help restricts the ways we can enjoy its simple but cute and fun ideas for a while. This practical limitation doesn't fit with the game's casual intent, which also doesn't attempt to deepen the gameplay to the point of being a memorable cooperative puzzler.