"generally favorable" reviews for Microsoft Windows but received "mixed or average" reviews for Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PlayStation 5, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Hideo Kojima praised Twelve Minutes, stating he hadn't "been into a game this much since Inside", and had inspired him to consider making another adventure game. Some reviewers expressed strong criticism of the amount of domestic violence, particularly that is forced onto the wife in order to progress in the game. Renata Price of Kotaku stated that while it was possible that a story could include this type of violence if it was well crafted, its inclusion within Twelve Minutes was "pretentious and exhausting", and considered the twist ending "terrible". According to Polygon Samit Sarkar, the staff at Polygon were split whether the violence was necessary to serve the game's story, but Sarkar also was concerned with the lack of any disclaimers related to the violence or other troublesome topics at the start of the game. Twelve Minutes had been released near the same time as Boyfriend Dungeon, which on its initial release also had received similar criticism related to darker, mature content that had not been alluded to through pre-release materials or in-game content warnings. Both games were considered examples of where proper in-game content warnings would be necessary to warning players about disturbing content before encountering it. Yahtzee Croshaw of Zero Punctuation called the game "absorbing, up to a point", but noted that "the game kind of fell apart" past the plot twist and noted that he considered the ending so unsatisfying that it made him unsure if it was the real ending. Twelve Minutes has been considered a fresh take into the ‘point-and-click’ genre using a very small space for exploration with the ability to tell a story in a unique way. IGN's Ryan McCaffrey compared it to a "fresh twist on the genre" and flipping the traditional point-and-click adventure on its head while GameSpot's Andrew King saw it as "mechanically rich while encouraging creative thinking". Awards References External links 2021 video games Adventure games Android (operating system) games Annapurna Interactive games Incest in fiction Fiction about familicide iOS games Nintendo Switch games Single-player video games PlayStation 4 games PlayStation 5 games Video games about time loops Video games developed in the United States Windows games Xbox One games Xbox Series X and Series S games Video games with time manipulation