A relaxing abstract pinball game, you say!? Well, that’s what you have in From Eva with Green, the work of indie team Crescent Moon Games.

This one is fairly reminiscent of the paintball style INKS (2016), a beautiful pinball game that doesn’t get enough attention.

Available on mobiles and Steam, it launched this week (March 2024) and offers a casual, relaxing experience of it. And all at super cheap value. Hurray!

Atmospheric Pinball Vibes in From Eva with Green

Pinball games aren’t that rare! We think of the excellent Yoku’s Island Express (2018) pinball Pinballvania and how this can all work,

From Eva with Green is more about the chillout factor.

But there’s a story in there, too. At the start, you get a letter from the enigmatic Eva Blossom. She includes a green souvenir with her note.

What follows is a soothing pinball game where you get the core pinball gameplay of balls flying everywhere, merged with serenity and artistic hoo-hahs. Plus, some innovative takes on the pinball mechanic through the unique stage designs.

As always with indie games, we’ve seen some critics complaining about this game being short. We keep having to stress this point—indie games are almost always “short” compared to AAA games, which is why they’re so much cheaper.

From Eva with Green is £2.49 ($3.17), like a cup of tea.

It’s a pick-up-and-play type of deal, one that can provide a momentary break from your commute (or some relaxation during your downtime).

Yes, the game is short. But you get your value for money here.

The game is a thing of minimalistic beauty to behold. There’s relaxation galore, the controls are simple but make it all fun, and there’s ambient music to go with it all.

Yeah, when you search for the game online it keeps firing back pictures and information about French actress Eva Gaëlle Green. Which made researching this review a little more difficult than it needed to be!

But… we won’t mark the devs down for that (although they could have done an SEO think ahead of launching the title with that name).

Away from that, it’s a simple but engaging game that relaxes. Nothing groundbreaking, but then sometimes stuff doesn’t need to be.