A Little to the Left is an indie developed by Max Inferno, released 8 November 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 5.1 hrs to finish.
What A Little to the Left is
A Little to the Left is an indie game developed by Max Inferno and released in 2022. It was published by Secret Mode. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A Little to the Left is a 2022 puzzle video game developed by Canadian independent studio Max Inferno and published by Secret Mode. The game was initially made for the GMTK Game Jam but was later expanded to a full game. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, MacOS, and Nintendo Switch on November 8, 2022. The game was ported to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Xbox One on February 15th, 2024, and Android on October 2nd, 2024.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are comedy and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 65 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
A Little to the Left holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 93% of the 5,101 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Players rate it 80, 10 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 5.1 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 13 hrs, roughly 2.5 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz or faster processor, 2 GB RAM and Direct X 11.0 compatible video card. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
A Little to the Left launched on 8 November 2022, within three weeks of God of War Ragnarök, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord and Bayonetta 3. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: God of War Ragnarök, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, Bayonetta 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for A Little to the Left yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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