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Review

Lego, Puzzle, sandbox

Lego Bricktales

Content

8/10

Performance

5/5

Tested on Steam Deck

Deck Verified

Best on Deck

ProtonDB Platinum

Lego Bricktales is a calming, yet challenging puzzle game that takes you around the incredibly vibrant worlds of legos. It is also a Best on Deck game that we absolutely love!

Steam Deck settings

FPS limit
60
Refresh rate
60 Hz
TDP limit
No
GPU clock
Disabled
Scaling filter
Linear

Half Rate Shading

Off

Proton version
No Forced Compatibility

In-game settings

No Changes Needed!

Wattage

10W - 12W

Temps

56c - 63c

Battery

3.5 - 4 hours

Where to buy

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Steam Deck score

5/5

Performance
5/5
Visuals
5/5
Stability
5/5
Controls
5/5
Battery
4/5

Content score

8/10

Gameplay
8/10
Graphics
8/10
Story
7/10
Sound
8/10
Fun factor
8/10

Lego Bricktales was provided to us by Thunderful Publishing and Plan of Attack for review. Thank you!

It’s time to embark on an epic adventure across the world of Lego. Lego Bricktales will take you across gorgeous unique biomes where you will have to solve puzzles by building your solutions…brick by brick. Journey across the worlds with your robot buddy and help the people so you can gather energy and help your grandfather fix up his rundown amusement park. These puzzles will test your skills in various different ways, including taking physics into consideration, and provide you with a sandbox mode to test the builds you make. With that in mind, let’s get to building!

If you are looking for a relaxing game that will challenge your mind while giving you the chance to be creative, look no further! Lego Bricktales will have you walking around gorgeous different overworlds tackling head-scratching puzzles that range from being decently easy to pretty challenging. One moment you will be building a bridge, the next you will have to copy a statue, and then you’ll need to build a branching support to hold a platform up, all taking objects and physics into account…and I am all for it.

I love games like this, and with new content updates on the way (Easter is around the corner), now is a great time to check it out! The puzzles sometimes feel weird to control with a controller due to controlling the mouse cursor, but it is something I got used to. Overall, the experience was a good one and luckily, this is a fantastic game to play on the Steam Deck!

Lego Bricktales – Best on Deck

With no changes at all, Lego Bricktales runs at 60 FPS with no slowdowns whatsoever at an average of 10W – 12W battery drain. I encountered the game stuttering for a split second a couple times, but this didn’t happen often enough to derail my experience, which was near flawless. I also noticed one time where the game spiked battery drain to almost 13W, but this calmed itself down almost immediately and again, didn’t change my experience at all.

The controller/gamepad support worked great and I had no visual issues whatsoever. I will say that some of the icons at the bottom during the building screens were a bit small, especially the ones showing the shoulder buttons of the controller, but otherwise, everything else was fantastic.

Conclusion

Lego Bricktales is a wonderful game to sit down and relax with. It doesn’t bombard you with time limits or action sequences, its just about taking your time with calming music to build what you need to solve puzzles and help the citizens around you. At times, this feels like a Lego builder’s dream, being able to create how you want and even customize it. And with how well it runs on the Steam Deck without changing a thing, this is an easy Best on Deck game!

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Written by

Noah Kupetsky

CEO/Editor in Chief

A lover of gaming since 4, Noah has grown up with a love and passion for the industry. From there, he started to travel a lot and develop a joy for handheld and PC gaming. When the Steam Deck released, it just all clicked.