I’m a lifelong LEGO fan who continues to build! While I do enjoy TT Games’ comedy adventures, I’m always delighted when LEGO games include actual construction.

LEGO Voyagers captures the spirit of imagination, patient and encouraging, with outstanding atmosphere.

For example, there’s a brief section of gameplay that invites players to build and paint with bricks, but isn’t actually necessary to progress. It’s there for the sheer sake of creativity.

The music is also cute, pensive, and fun throughout the entire game. Aside from some frustrating haze in an early chapter, the art design is terrific too.

It features crisp and colorful ideas with realistic, tactile bricks. The worlds are lively and filled with personality, using scale for some neat and adorable LEGO creations.

I found the level design a bit underwhelming, though, with some unbalanced puzzles. I feel that many of the chapters were just too simple, yet there were also some tougher challenges in the middle.

While the assembly lines with magnets were my favorite part of the game, they may be difficult for younger audiences. You will spend most of your time building bridges or stairs to progress, with little variety among the puzzles.

There are also some basic pick-up-and-deliver tasks that require players to coordinate vehicle controls. These are fine enough, and allow some amusing moments, but they do get redundant from boat to truck.

The final obstacles, astronaut training, are mostly just a play room. This is charming, but given the gameplay time, LEGO Voyagers ends up feeling a bit incomplete.

There just wasn’t quite enough here for me. Those who pay full price might feel similarly disappointed that we didn’t get more content, especially with so much established potential in places.

I believe the general mood of Voyagers is winning over most LEGO fans. It offers some genuinely emotional beats, and creates a real bond between the two explorers through down time and constant collaboration. And the bittersweet ending is a pretty bold choice.

Final Thoughts

LEGO Voyagers has a sincere story and a delightful world that understands LEGO’s charm. It should please most fans, especially those seeking something cozy. However, the game is surprisingly short, with too few puzzles and little variety for the genre. As a result, I personally found the game middling, stronger in spirit than in execution.

Score: 7/10