Lil Gator Game Review: A Cozy Game To Heal My Childhood Self

If there was an official “Wholesome Tier List”, I’m convinced Lil Gator Game would be at the top, and it would take a lot to move it from that top spot.

Lil Gator Game follows a little alligator who explores, what I believe to be, a national park or campgrounds with his older sister. He spends all of his time trying to motivate her to play with him like they used to (before she grew up and became a gator teenager!)

While he fails time and time again to get her to put down her studies, he still finds a way to enjoy the park. The story continues as the little alligator and his childhood friends design their own adventure game, complete with quests and attractions to entertain himself and other kids at the park. He makes use of cardboard from trashcans, and with paint, lines the trails with monsters.

NPCs are whimsical and friendly, and quickly you’ll find yourself yearning for simpler times – when all you had to worry about was imaginary monsters and restoring the splash pad! As you make new friends and help the various visitors at the campgrounds, you pick up new items including a water gun, funny hats and a rafter for speed down rivers!

Just because Lil Gator Game is a simple and cute game, doesn’t mean there isn’t good writing to enjoy. There are some memorable NPCs that I will surely remember for years to come. In one quest, with a group of “cool kids”, our little gator teaches us that the coolest thing of all is to support one another, stand up for ourselves and….be kind. Isn’t that so true?

This game took me back to my childhood, wandering around with friends, in the town I grew up in. Back then we had nothing to worry about besides where our next adventure would take place. I’d like to think there’s still that kid inside me, even today.

Maybe that’s why we love video games so much. Perhaps it helps us connect to that adventurous, imaginative child inside us.