Earth Must Die review: inventive puzzles meet crude, rapid‑fire comedy

Pcgamer reviewed Size Five Games' Earth Must Die, describing it as an inventive point-and-click sci‑fi adventure that pairs playful, high‑concept puzzles with rapid‑fire gags. Released January 27, 2026, the game is developed by Size Five Games and published by No More Robots.

The review notes the developer's return to point‑and‑click roots and a tone that evokes '90s comedy puzzlers and vintage Cartoon Network and Adult Swim shows. Many scenes are set pieces for jokes and puzzles: examples include a shrinking mission to fix a button via a microscopic civilisation that builds a sex shop, and a cruise sequence that recalls Hitman's Agent 47 and requires deciphering an alien language. Recurring mechanics and characters — VValak's refusal to touch things, the baby‑nursing robot Milky and an in‑fiction hint system called Milkypedia — underpin several puzzles, while the game frequently leans on sexualised humour that the review says sometimes derails otherwise clever moments.

The verdict calls Earth Must Die "an inventive puzzler with rapid‑fire gags that'll make you groan as much as guffaw," praising its creative puzzles, strong voice cast and brisk pace while noting its hits-and-misses sketch approach. The review says the game is pleasantly compact — just shy of eight hours — and was reviewed on an RTX 4090 system.

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