OOLO feels like the sort of game that would have quietly lived on a PS1 demo disc years ago before becoming somebody’s all-time favourite. There is an old-school confidence to it straight away – a strange world, barely any explanation, and the expectation that players will simply head off exploring to see what they can uncover.
Now available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Windows PC for £4.19, with Play Anywhere support too, OOLO comes from Riddle Master Productions and blends puzzle-solving, exploration and classic isometric adventure design into something that feels pleasantly out of step with modern trends.
Don’t expect too much from this one. Just a weird fantasy island and a lot of secrets.
At A Glance
- Game: OOLO
- Developer: Riddle Master Productions
- Publisher: Riddle Master Productions
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, Play Anywhere
- Genre: Adventure / Puzzle
- Price: £4.19
A Fantasy World Built For Wandering
The setup is fairly simple. Players arrive on the Isle of Souls with the task of rekindling the mysterious World Flame. Getting there means travelling through forests, underground catacombs, forgotten ruins and even magical factories while solving puzzles and unlocking new routes across the map.
OOLO is not built around pushing players down one obvious path. Instead, it seems far more interested in letting people poke around its world at their own pace, finding hidden areas and slowly realising how everything connects together.
Progress comes through exploration rather than constant combat. Players collect keys, unlock upgrades and uncover memories left behind by earlier adventurers, gradually piecing together the history of the island.
The whole thing sounds very much inspired by older adventure games where the fun came from figuring things out yourself instead of being walked through every mechanic step-by-step.
However, at £4.19, OOLO is clearly not trying to compete with giant blockbuster fantasy RPGs. This feels like one of those smaller games perfect for a quiet evening – the sort where you start exploring for twenty minutes and suddenly realise an hour has disappeared because you became obsessed with checking what might be hidden behind one locked door.
If that is what you want from your games, head over to the Xbox Store and download OOLO now. It’s playable on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Play Anywhere.
