A Juggler’s Tale is a cute little side-scrolling indie puzzler clearly influenced by the likes of Playdead’s Limbo and Inside. Abby, a marionette attached to strings, must escape her life of slavery at a circus, but is she really free, or do her strings still hold her back? While A Juggler’s Tale makes an admirable effort, but it never really reaches the peaks of the games that…
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Evokes the likes of Limbo and Inside
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A great narrative with inspiring themes
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Most of the narrators voice work is great
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Narrator occasionally breaks poetic structure in grating ways
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Puzzles and mechanics can be frustratingly obtuse
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Extremely short runtime
