| A Little to the Left | |
| Developer: | Max Inferno |
| Publisher: | Secret Mode |
| Platforms: | Windows macOS Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X/S |
| Programmer: | Lukas Steinman |
| Artist: | Annie Macmillan Lukas Steinman |
| Genre: | Puzzle |
| Modes: | Single-player |
| Released: | November 8, 2022 |
A Little to the Left is a 2022 puzzle game developed by Canadian[1] indie studio Max Inferno and published by Secret Mode.
In each level, the player must drag and drop objects to clean up an unorganized space. Some puzzles have more than one answer.
The game was initially made for the GMTK Game Jam 2020. In the game jam, contestants had 48 hours to produce a game following the theme Out of Control. After the event, developers Annie Macmillan and Lukas Steinman established Max Inferno in 2021. It was planned to release by October 2021.
According to Macmillan, she and Steinman developed A Little to the Left as a side project. They were approached by publisher Secret Mode, who would expand the game's prototype.[2]
The game was released for Windows and Mac on November 8, 2022.[3] Max Inferno had planned to release A Little to the Left in December, but due to it being developed ahead of time, it was released alongside both ports. Within a year of release, the game had received a million sales.[4] After Alice O'Connor of Rock Paper Shotgun described that one of the puzzles had an unclear solution,[5] Max Inferno added the Let it Be feature to allow players to skip levels.[6]
On Metacritic, A Little to the Left has a "generally favorable" for its PC, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X ports.[7] [8] [9] On OpenCritic, the game has a 69% approval rating.[10]