Just, Bearly

Play as a bear living in inner-city Melbourne, trying to get through everyday life and connect with other people while feeling anxious and awkward.

Each vignette brings a different kind of interaction: make dialogue choices, click, pull or mash through dexterity tasks, and take on reaction and rhythm challenges. Some scenes turn anxiety into interactive panic-attack sequences.

The story moves from one everyday situation to the next, with a changing mix of controls and challenges rather than one central gameplay system. Its scenes blend comedy with more serious moments and combine illustrated characters with photography.

Several supplied reviewers praise the game's recognizable depiction of social anxiety and its awkward everyday encounters, with some saying the story made them laugh as well as feel sad or encouraged. Others enjoy the unusual shifts between mini-games and the mix of humor and discomfort. Some reviewers, however, found the experience very short or the controls and gameplay uneven.