Play this when
Tetris Effect
Tetris, but every block you drop becomes a note in a song, and your anxiety quietly leaves the room. ✨
Who it's for
Tetris Effect takes the classic block puzzle and wraps it in music and light: every rotation and drop adds a sound to the soundtrack, and each stage shifts between visual worlds.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Tetris Effect is a music-driven version of the block-dropping puzzle game, developed by Monstars and Resonair (with Stage Games), published by Enhance and released on PlayStation 4 in 2018, produced by Tetsuya Mizuguchi and Mark MacDonald. Its thirty stages each have their own visual theme and music, and play is synchronised to the beat.
Where to find it
PlayStation Store (PS4/PS5, PSVR), Steam and Epic (Windows), Xbox (Microsoft Store), Nintendo Switch eShop, Meta Quest store.
Before you start
Heads up: Intense flashing lights.
Age: OFLC (Australia) G; rated for all ages by several boards on the Steam listing. ESRB/PEGI not confirmed. Suggested all ages with photosensitivity caution
Sit still my heart, do not raise your dust. Let the world find its way to you.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 190
