PC (Microsoft Windows)2022

Faraway: Jungle Escape

Faraway: Jungle Escape is a relaxing adventure escape game full of new puzzles to solve. The second sequel of the Faraway trilogy.

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33 Steam reviews

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Steam User 6246STEAMRecommended

Faraway: Jungle Escape is a lot better (and easier) than the other 2 Faraway games imo! The first two were just ports of the Mobile version to PC HOWEVER! I enjoyed all of them! This one is just my favorite! 10/10

Mar 16, 2026·3h·Verified

Steam User 0303STEAMNot recommended

[h3] ACHIEVEMENTS DON'T WORK !!! [/h3]
This has been reported on the forum multiple times, crickets from the devs.
There are other issues also.
Time to move on ...

Jan 11, 2026·Verified

Steam User 9893STEAMNot recommended

Got the entire series because I love puzzle games/escape room games and even though the levels are enjoyable as they aren't timed and the puzzles aren't too difficult, I was really disappointed with how buggy some of the levels are across the series. The achievements also don't work on this game, which is another disappointment.

Dec 15, 2025·Verified

Steam User 1798STEAMRecommended

Faraway: Jungle Escape, developed by Pine Studio and published by Snapbreak, is a relaxing first-person puzzle adventure that invites players to explore mysterious jungle ruins filled with clever mechanisms and ancient secrets. It belongs to a long-running series of Faraway games, each themed around a different environment, but this entry focuses on lush greenery, forgotten temples, and an atmosphere of quiet curiosity. At its heart, the game is about observation and problem-solving rather than narrative complexity or mechanical innovation. It embraces a minimalist philosophy that favors meditative exploration over intensity, and this approach works in its favor when played as a calm, thoughtful escape rather than a grand adventure.

The structure of Faraway: Jungle Escape is simple but satisfying. Players move through a sequence of temple levels, each self-contained and built around a collection of environmental puzzles. Every stage begins with a sense of discovery: stone doors to open, levers to pull, runes to align, and switches to activate. Each solved puzzle leads to another layer of the temple opening up, eventually revealing a path forward. The game’s logic is easy to grasp, and most challenges rely on spatial reasoning and pattern recognition rather than obscure clues or trial-and-error frustration. This keeps the experience accessible and rewarding, offering just enough mental engagement to feel satisfying without ever becoming taxing. The puzzles follow a consistent rhythm that creates a gentle flow from one level to the next, making it an ideal game for short, contemplative sessions.

Visually, the game captures the mood of exploration through bright, stylized environments that mix the tranquility of nature with the mystery of ancient architecture. The jungles are lush but orderly, with crisp geometric lines and subtle lighting that evoke both serenity and decay. The temples feel abandoned but not hostile, creating a world that is mysterious without being threatening. The art style doesn’t aim for realism but instead delivers a smooth, clean aesthetic that mirrors the game’s straightforward mechanics. The ambient soundtrack further enhances the tone, filling each level with soft, echoing sounds and gentle melodies that encourage focus and calm. Together, these elements make Faraway: Jungle Escape as much about mood as it is about logic.

The narrative, though minimal, gives a small layer of context to the player’s journey. You play as an explorer searching for your lost father, whose notes and messages are scattered throughout the temples. Each level hides a letter that gradually fills in the backstory, giving a light emotional thread to tie the gameplay together. It’s not a deep or dramatic story, but it adds enough motivation to make exploration feel purposeful. The focus remains on the puzzles themselves, and the story never overshadows the sense of quiet discovery that defines the game’s tone.

However, while Faraway: Jungle Escape succeeds in its accessible design and tranquil atmosphere, it struggles with repetition and limited ambition. The puzzles, while clever in isolation, begin to feel similar after several levels, and the lack of new mechanics or twists reduces the sense of progression. The pacing is steady but predictable, and players looking for surprises or more complex challenges may find the experience too gentle. The game’s origins as a mobile title are also evident in its design and interface. The point-and-click controls work fine on PC, but they lack the tactile immediacy of touchscreen input. Some players may also notice the limited interactivity within the environment, as objects are mostly static aside from the puzzle elements, giving the world a slightly sterile feel despite its inviting visuals.

In terms of length and value, Faraway: Jungle Escape offers a concise experience that can be completed in just a few hours. This brevity works well for players seeking a casual, self-contained adventure but may disappoint those expecting something more expansive. The replay value is modest—finding all the hidden letters or replaying levels for efficiency can extend playtime slightly, but once the puzzles are solved, there’s little reason to return. Still, within its short runtime, the game maintains a consistent level of polish and coherence that demonstrates careful craftsmanship, even if the scope remains small.

Ultimately, Faraway: Jungle Escape is a pleasant and well-made puzzle game that prioritizes serenity and clarity over depth or innovation. It’s a perfect choice for players who enjoy calm, logic-based challenges and atmospheric settings. The game doesn’t try to be more than it is, and that simplicity is part of its charm. While its mobile roots and repetitive structure keep it from reaching the heights of more ambitious puzzle titles, its balance of accessibility, aesthetic appeal, and gentle pacing make it a relaxing journey worth taking. It’s not an escape filled with danger or adrenaline, but one that offers peace, reflection, and the quiet satisfaction of solving something ancient and beautiful.

Rating: 5/10

Nov 4, 2025·14h·Verified

Steam User 0525STEAMNot recommended

As much as I like Pine Studio's other games, this entry is really buggy and was not fully tested. Achievements do not trigger on the latest build which requires users to pull a previous build in order to get them to trigger (if you're into that kind of thing). I was able to get out of bounds in a few spots and one puzzle flipped me upside down when trying to go back into it.

I do like the puzzles and the vision, but some of the quality issues really bring it down for me.

Nov 4, 2025·5h·Verified

Steam User 3875STEAMNot recommended

Game was puzzling however the many glitches caused a lot of grief. The game did not save any of your achievements. Any of the letters found.
Needs improvement.

Aug 26, 2025·10h·Verified

Steam User 9920STEAMRecommended

Great puzzles for any level. Some are easier than others, but all are can be solved in any language.

Aug 4, 2025·6h·Verified

Steam User 7016STEAMRecommended

中レベルのパズルで１の時より楽しめますがすぐに終わってしまうのでもうちょっとボリュームが欲しかったです
セールの時に買うと良いでしょう

Aug 1, 2025·9h·Verified

Steam User 2896STEAMRecommended

作为系列第二作，大部分操作继承了上一代的方式，难度略微上升，自带截图功能挺好用的。其中一关放置骰子摆出合适形状的谜题操作方式很怪，不知道是不是移植产生的影响：谜题中如果需要摆放浮空的骰子，不能从下往上搭，因为会无法去掉用来垫底的骰子，但是可以在空中横向延伸使骰子浮空。这个操作十分诡异，既不符合现实情况，也不符合游戏中的逻辑直觉，导致卡关了很久。希望能优化一下这点。

Jul 16, 2025·4h·Verified

Steam User 6618STEAMNot recommended

Despite the mixed reviews, I wanted to give this game a chance. Unfortunately, it's a poorly ported mobile game—the controls are messy because of that, and the bonus levels are inaccessible on the PC version, making it impossible to 100% complete.

Jul 12, 2025·3h·3·Verified

Steam User 8060STEAMRecommended

和前作比，一些笔记相对好找了
第20关最后开门的楼梯有bug，会卡在第一节上不去，退出重进也没用，必须删档重开才行

Jul 11, 2025·5h·Verified

Steam User 3905STEAMNot recommended

Developers abandon it, game is incomplete, not finish.

Impossible to 100%. Extremely bad port from a MOBILE GAME.
NONE of the achievements work 0!

You can also get stuck in any level with walking moving platform.
The moving pieces of the puzzles can also get stuck.
In all this circumstances your only option is to restart the level & do it all over again. (I once got stuck 3 seconds before finishing the level)

Some puzzles made for mobile touch, perform extremely poorly on PC. Some require extreme precision, grabbing them by the pixel.

The '''puzzles''' for the secret notes in each level are illogical, incoherent; deprived of any sense whatsoever.
You WILL have to spend hours trying your luck, or you WILL have to see a tutorial to ''solve'' them.

The hidden Notes? None existence, laterally many notes are no longer in the game, so the little boring story it had, is no more.

Not only are some levels missing, but some puzzles that are in the mobile version, are missing as well. Yes a super buggy puzzle single player with missing levels & puzzles.

Yet another case of Steam & the developers giving 0 dam, & and just allowing/putting broken games to steel your hard earn money.

Jun 11, 2025·1h·3·Verified

Steam User 5726STEAMNot recommended

同一開發者發行的遊戲，不僅操作體驗不夠流暢，謎題設計上也沒有任何提示，更令人困擾的是遊戲中完全沒有設置提示鍵，導致玩家一旦遇到困難，便難以推進關卡。

Jun 4, 2025·3h·Verified

Steam User 3950STEAMNot recommended

I do generally like this game, the puzzles are fun if not overly challenging, and I like the fun added puzzles in finding the secret notes. However I cannot recommend this game to new players. Non of the achievements work without messing around with the steam console and downloading an older debug build. There is a guide on steam about how to do this but I do not think that a game you pay money for should have this kind of problem years after release. If you get it in a bundle it may be worth it but otherwise I cannot recommend to others.

Jun 1, 2025·9h·1·Verified

Steam User 6052STEAMNot recommended

Кривые хитбоксы, баги с текстурами. Самое главное - нельзя получить ачивки "легально", нужно копаться в файлах, откатывать старую версию игры. Крайне не рекомендую!

May 29, 2025·3h·Verified

Steam User 2491STEAMRecommended

Short and sweet like the first game. It's again an okay puzzler, but you can beat it quite fast. Get it for cheap if you're going to play it.

May 9, 2025·3h·Verified

Steam User 9385STEAMNot recommended

не одного достижения нет
в первые за всю мою историю

Feb 19, 2025·12h·Verified

Steam User 2564STEAMRecommended

Сойдет

Dec 3, 2024·10h

Steam User 5884STEAMRecommended

Very sad that all music is copyright... played the whole series, thanks to the DEV, but using copyright music is very very sad at this point... Beware Streamers!

Otherwise, beautiful, chill puzzle game

Giving a yes to recommend this game to everyday people, again, streamers beware..

Sep 5, 2024·6h·6

Steam User 4498STEAMRecommended

Jeu sympa, reposant et vue son prix ça vaut le coup !

(fait en stream)

Jun 5, 2024·4h

Steam User 4789STEAMRecommended

El juego me gusto mucho, pero me encontré unos cuantos bugs, si quereis verlos, tengo los directos en mi canal de Youtube

May 26, 2024·6h

Steam User 1629STEAMRecommended

Unfortunately, a glitch in Level ? won't let me shoot the crossbow arrow into the target on the next building. I was allowed one try to aim, pushed the firing button, and it didn't fire, However, it will not let me try again. I've repeated levels and nothing works. This is the second Pine game that I've had to give up on.

Mar 31, 2024·11h·2·Verified

Steam User 4860STEAMNot recommended

Игра пройдена от корки до корки. Но, похоже, мы раньше присоединимся к главному герою в секретной локации, чем дождемся починки ачивок.

The game is fully completed. But it seems to be that we will sooner join the main character in a secret location, than can wait for the achievements bug fix.

Mar 5, 2024·7h·1·Verified

Steam User 7429STEAMNot recommended

The game is fairly mid overall, but then there's a lot of bugs that push it into not recommended territory. Like achievements totally don't work, and cubes puzzle kept getting stuck so I had to quit back to menu and resume multiple times to continue.

Mar 2, 2024·3h·4·Verified

Steam User 9078STEAMNot recommended

It crashes at level 8. How can I totally reset the game?

Aug 31, 2023·4h·Verified

Steam User 5422STEAMRecommended

Unlike the previous game, this one thankfully doesn't have a game breaking bug with one of the puzzles. The solution is the one from the mobile version instead of what the puzzle shows on the PC version. And that STILL hasn't been fixed in the original game.

With that being said, there's a lot of jank present here. So many objects that you can clip through, a zipline i one of the levels can be used without even getting the handle for it, doors that vanish once you unlock them can still be interacted with even though they are gone etc etc.

Originally played the first game in its demo form back on Kongregate and then on mobile. Positive review only cause of nostalgia.

Jul 25, 2023·4h·1·Verified

Steam User 7147STEAMRecommended

This is the 2nd in a series of 3 (so far) satisfying first-person puzzle games.

They all play exactly the same so I will copy-and-paste the below from my review of the first one:

Production values are not very high as these games were also released for mobile devices, but they work very well for the gameplay. The music is pretty and calm but unfortunately repeats itself for the entire game. It would have been nice to get more variety, perhaps a track per level. The "story", really just the piecing together of notes you find, is barely there and has nothing to do with the gameplay. A missed opportunity to provide depth. The game engine is a bit buggy: sometimes the in-game camera doesn't work, producing all-black photos. You can use other methods to take screenshots instead. By the way, this paragraph is true for all three games in the series.

But you've come for the puzzles! And they are nice, of medium difficulty and mostly fair. There are a few annoying ones that require quick action. For those you absolutely want to play with a mouse and keyboard, even though the game does support gamepads.

All the games have at least two puzzle-solving components. The first is just completing the levels. The second is searching each level for three notes. The first note is always in plain sight, the second is hidden, and the third involves solving an extra puzzle. Finding that third note can be tricky, often those are the most difficult puzzles in the game, requiring you to think outside the box.

This game lists Steam achievements but they seem to be broken. Not a single one activated for me.

Jul 23, 2023·7h·2·Verified

Steam User 8255STEAMRecommended

很好玩！谜题不是很难，但是很有意思，每关还有隐藏的收集元素

Jul 3, 2023·12h·Verified

Steam User 2334STEAMRecommended

HOW IS THIS GAME GOING UNNOTICED???
Excellent little puzzle game. The music is relaxing; the graphics are simple; but the developers hit that perfect fine balance between Not too hard and Not too easy.
It's 20 levels of puzzles and I only found fault with level 10 (picture taking); level 15 (jump onto columns); and level 19(spinning wheel). But that was just me. You may not have any trouble with them at all....who knows.
IF you like solving puzzles, buy this puzzle game immediately. For only a few bucks, you will probably get over 6 to 9 hours of enjoyment.
You have to slowly walk through the game BUT, if you hold the SHIFT key, you can run. I found that if you hit your Caps Lock, you won't have to hold the SHIFT key to run. [you will then ALWAYS run]<<<And I'd just let it there because you will NEVER want to slow walk Ever!!
Great little Puzzle Game and, for the price, it is EXCELLENT!!

Apr 29, 2023·9h·8·Verified

Steam User 4663STEAMRecommended

i like puzzle games, and this game where u are able to move freely exceeded my expectations. good job!

Mar 11, 2023·13h·5·Verified

Steam User 4151STEAMRecommended

It's so fun!!!!!! The puzzles are not to hard. The graphics and music are fantastic. If you like puzzles this is your game.

Dec 29, 2022·15h·3·Verified

Steam User 5221STEAMRecommended

This is a fun casual game. There's lots to explore across all the levels, none of the puzzles is mind melting, lots of clues in the environment although a couple are a bit play around with to see what happens. I only had one small glitch in one of the later levels, but exiting and restarting the game fixed that. It auto saves continuously so it doesn't matter where you leave off, it restarts in exactly that place with no lost progress. It's worth every penny of the price. One small gripe, the music, aaaaaaaaaaarrrrggghhh, the music. I know it's a game about loss and trying to find something that is faraway, but the music is so depressing, play with the volume low!

Dec 23, 2022·14h·2·Verified

Steam User 5091STEAMNot recommended

Steuerung vom Boot die absolute Hölle, genauso wie die Laufgeschwindigkeit des Charakters. Story hab ich zu wenig aufgepasst, kann ich nix sagen. Rätsel sind ok.

Dec 17, 2022·4h·2·Verified

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