Apple Arcade: Down in Bermuda is one of those Activity Bear games

This week we're looking at some of the gems of Apple Arcade. Next stop, a dreamy puzzler.

I love Down in Bermuda as much for what it made me realise as for what it actually is. It's one of those games where you prod and poke your way through puzzles, pressing this button, sliding that switch, turning this dial. It made me realise: oh man, these games are probably a thing now. This is probably a sort of sub-species genre.

I think we should call these games Activity Bear games, after the big plastic bear that had all those dials and doodads and whatnots for entertaining very young children. Whatever name works, Down in Bermuda is lovely. A pilot crashlands on an island and, years later, the player turns up to help them get home. You do all this by exploring the environment, prodding, poking, sliding...

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