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Assemble With Care (2019) is a narrative puzzle game from the makers of Monument Valley and is a unique way to consider how physical objects become meaningful and hold our memories. You play a restorer who repairs people's favourite possessions: from family heirlooms to broken statues to complex VCRs. The narrative of the game weaves through the different objects that you fix and the people that love them.

This starts with a little girl who has a broken cassette deck. To fix things you use a variety of tools to unscrew, detach and disassemble each object. This starts as simply needing to replace empty batteries or re-spool tape back into a cassette but later becomes more complex with wires, electronic components and more disassembling.

But this isn't a test of your engineering skill, but how well you can pay attention to how something is made and how you can take it apart. You manipulate each element on the screen to completely disassemble and identify what's not working.

Each item you repair unlocks the precious memory held in the object. This might be a departed parent, a treasured memory or a message from someone far away. In doing this, the game hints at the tension between the things we can fix and the deeper things we cannot, without one eclipsing the other.

Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Assemble With Care 4 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 5 weeks ago.
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Play StylePlay Style

This is a Narrative and Puzzle game. This is a single-player game.

DurationDuration

Play Time: This game will take between 1 and a half hours and 2 hours to complete.

Age RatingsAge Ratings

Content Rating

This game has not yet been rated, but we anticipate it is likely to be rated PEGI 3.

This is not yet rated by PEGI or ESRB, but has a 4+ rating on the Apple App store.

Skill Level

6+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. The storytelling and the disassembly and fixing of items are good for younger children. This does get more complex, but with a bit of adult help, even the very young can enjoy this.

CostsCosts

Assemble With Care usually costs £5.79. 

Assemble With Care

Steam StoreSALE PC £5.79 £2.31 until 21/03/2024
App Store iOS Subscription Free

Apple Arcade

App Store Apple TV Subscription Free

Apple Arcade

App Store Mac Subscription Free

Apple Arcade

There are no additional in-game purchases, loot boxes, adverts or subscription costs.
 
There is a free downloadable Epilogue that takes place after the original story. You help cafĂ© owner Carme, cheer up her big sister Helena by assembling an old espresso machine. More free content is planned to be added. 
 

DetailsGame Details

Release Date: 19/11/2019

Price: 60% off

Out Now: Apple TV, Mac, PC and iOS

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Players: 1

Genres: Narrative and Puzzle

Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

Developer: Us Two Games (@UsTwoGames)


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