SIRIUS BUSINESS

Constellations are a big theme in Gris: while the usual implications of fate and chance don’t appear to fit the story here, we suppose this wouldn’t be millennial catnip without somebody slapping galaxy print all over it. Your rewards for completing platforming puzzles are tiny, sparkling stars: collect enough, and you’ll unlock the next section of the game, form new paths and, subsequently, a way out of the melancholic mind palace. While the platforming required for game completion is fairly basic, there are a number of optional collectibles that require ever so slightly more dexterity to grab. They have seemingly no effect on anything in the game – we can’t even see how many we’ve collected – but they help add challenge without forcing it.