Skate Story is one of those games that immediately caught my attention due to its striking aesthetic and ambience. Of course, a strong visual identity is not always enough to make a good game, but I am here to say that Skate Story is one of the most fun and standout experiences I had in 2025.
After my 10-hour journey with Skate Story, I was left feeling impressed, as if Sam Eng had somehow made a game tailor-made to my tastes, despite being someone who doesn’t really play too many skateboarding or extreme sports titles. You are a demon, cast into the depths of hell, tasked with consuming its seven moons to fulfil your contract with the devil. Naturally, this means you are given a skateboard to shred through the underworld, which in Skate Story translates to a bricolage of surrealist environments composed of urban brick and mortar institutions and city streets.
Skate Story’s aesthetic is a masterful blend of abstract vaporwave art, reminiscent of games like Rez,... Read more