Thomas Was Alone is the charming tale of Thomas. A coloured square. A coloured square who is trying to break free and live his life outside of an oppressive computer programme. It sounds bizarre, and creator Mike Bithell has a reputation for making off the wall and unusual games, but the game is relatively straight forward. You play as Thomas and along the way you recruit other shapes of various colour and sizes, each with their own unique ability. Some can jump higher, one floats, one is heavier etc all in the name of solving the game’s many puzzles.

The game features, among other things, a famous actor doing the voiceover. It can get a little smug at times (such is an advantage of being English) but overall the story, writing and voice work are all really strong and add to what is, already, a really good game. Mike Bithell has already started work on his next game, Volume.