Kuukiyomi: Consider It

Social awkwardness becomes a rapid-fire party puzzle in Kuukiyomi: Consider It, a deadpan Japanese indie game about reading the room when nobody explains the rules. Every scene presents an everyday situation—a crowded train, a date, a workplace moment, an absurd public spectacle—and asks whether you can recognize the unspoken expectation. Its humor comes from the gap between obvious manners, bizarre logic, and the player’s willingness to make a situation spectacularly worse. The tone stays playful rather than punishing, with simple visuals that keep attention on each escalating social gag.

Play consists almost entirely of moving a red object around the screen, then deciding when and where to use it. That object usually represents your character, but it can also become an item, a bystander, or whatever the scenario needs, so each brief challenge has its own tiny twist. Across 100 situations, the game judges your choices and assigns a consideration score, encouraging repeat runs to see which jokes and alternate outcomes you miss. Controls are deliberately accessible, making it easy to pick up for a few minutes, while the two-player Consider It Together mode lets friends share a controller and negotiate their instincts—or expose how incompatible they are.

What separates it from conventional puzzle games is that success often depends less on strict logic than on social intuition and comic timing. The minimalist presentation resembles a collection of interactive cartoons, while its quick scenes make failure entertaining instead of frustrating. Multiplayer turns the premise into a clever conversation starter, since players can debate what the “right” response even means before committing to it. Anyone who enjoys WarioWare-style microgames, Japanese absurdist comedy, or low-pressure party games finds plenty to like here, though puzzle veterans expecting deep systems should approach it as a humorous personality test rather than a demanding brainteaser.