Glover

About

Glover is a 3D platformer with a quirky twist. You play as a sentient glove tasked with chasing rogue magic crystals across surreal worlds. Use rolls, jumps, and your ability to bind and launch glowing orbs to solve environmental puzzles and battle enemies. The gameplay mixes precise platforming with light physics-based challenges as you navigate floating islands, caverns, and twisted castles. Your goal is to outmaneuver Cross-Stitch, a corrupted glove turned antagonist, while restoring order to a kingdom figuring out from magical chaos. The game’s charm comes from its whimsical art style and surprisingly fluid controls for a relic reborn from 1990s arcade roots. It retains the original’s surreal humor and inventive level design while smoothing rough edges for modern play. Community reception highlights its nostalgic appeal and tight mechanics, though mixed reviews note some dated pacing. With ports on every major console and PC, it clocks in at around six hours for completionists. A cult favorite resurrection that leans into its oddball legacy without over-polishing it.

Storyline

In a peaceful, idyllic kingdom, a kindly wizard rules over various lands from his large castle. The beauty and harmony of the kingdom are protected by seven magical crystals, which sit on the spires of the castle. The wizard is aided in his magic by a pair of magic, four-fingered gloves, which are sentient. One day, though, the wizard accidentally mixes together a bad batch of potions, which create a massive explosion. The mishap turns the wizard into a statue, and sends his magic gloves in two directions—one flies out the window, while the other lands in a cauldron. The explosion also shakes the crystals from the spires, and they hurtle to the ground. The glove that landed outside—Glover—quickly casts a spell to transform the crystals into rubber balls to prevent them from shattering on the ground. They bounce away, entering the magical realms around the kingdom. Without the crystals, though, the world transforms into a foggy, desolate wasteland. To make matters worse, the other glove is corrupted by the potion in the cauldron and becomes the villain, Cross-Stitch.