The House of Da Vinci 3
Genres: Puzzle, Mystery, Point & Click, Atmospheric, Adventure
Play modes: singleplayer
Release Date: 22-12-2022
Developer: Blue Brain Games
Our verdict
8/10
- Difficulty: Medium
- Players: 1
- Playtime: 7–9 h
The House of Da Vinci 3 closes Blue Brain Games' Renaissance puzzle trilogy. You return as Giacomo, Leonardo da Vinci's apprentice, solving mechanical puzzle boxes and room-sized contraptions across Italy and beyond. The Oculus Perpetua lets you change the past to alter the present, which opens up time-travel puzzles. It suits solo players who enjoyed The Room-style touch puzzles and the first two games.
Players rate it very positively, at about 88% of 622 Steam reviews. Tag votes lean on adventure, puzzle, hidden object and point-and-click, and the two written reviews praise plenty of good puzzles and an old-world atmosphere. Median playtime among positive reviewers is around eight to nine hours, longer than many games in the genre.
The main caveat from players is that controls can feel a bit wonky and it is not always clear what you can interact with. There are only two detailed reviews here, so the finer points of puzzle fairness are hard to confirm. For fans of the series it is a clear buy; newcomers should start with the first game, since this is the finale of an ongoing story.
Pros
- Intricate Renaissance mechanisms and puzzle boxes to take apart
- Oculus Perpetua time-shifting adds past-and-present puzzles
- Long for the genre at around eight hours
Cons
- Controls feel a bit clunky at times
- Not always clear which objects are interactive
- Story makes most sense after the first two games
About
The grand finale to The House of Da Vinci trilogy is here! Solve numerous new puzzles and mind benders and explore new mystifying locations of ravishing beauty. Use your wits and observational skills to escape rooms and solve the mysterious story behind one of the world’s most prolific inventors in history.
With sharp wits and an open mind, you will prevail.
The time has finally come: become Giacomo one last time and join Leonardo da Vinci, the master of both art and science, as his friend and apprentice. Explore more of the Renaissance world full of puzzles, discover secret messages, and reveal mechanical wonders. Unravel conspiracies involving the most powerful people in Italy – and travel not only through space but time as well. Meet friends and rivals both old and new. Become the focus of a plan that might change history forever.
