8 Video Games That Did More With Less

8. Thomas Was Alone

Thomas Was Alone is one of the most strikingly memorable puzzle-platformers of the last 15 years, no matter that all the central "characters" are nothing more than coloured rectangles of various sizes.

Despite the deceptively simple gameplay consisting of little more than transporting the various shapes to their respective end-points on each level, the masterful narration from Danny Wallace imbues the journey with an unexpected amount of feeling.

Wallace's words alone will make you feel a whole hell of a lot for these otherwise unremarkable entities, which have no expressive hallmarks whatsoever like faces or even eyes.

But players are encouraged to fill the empty spaces with their own imagination, which in conjunction with the deeply charming narration, make this a game which is boiled down to just the few "basic" elements it needs to make an impact with players.

Though Thomas Was Alone remains fondly regarded today, if you haven't played it you owe it to yourself to change that, like, right now.