- Game: One Move Away
- Developer: Ramage Games
- Publisher: Playstack
- Genre: Strategy, Puzzle
- Review Platform: Steam/Steam Deck
- Release Date: 28th May 2026
Author’s Note: A game key for One Move Away was kindly provided by Playstack
I’ve got a fun strategy game to share with you today, which comes in the form of One Move Away. This is the debut game from Ramage Games and is published by Playstack. Having recently released on Steam (and on a launch discount until 11th June), you can pick One Move Away up for under £15.
As for the game itself, well, let’s dive a little deeper into what it’s all about!
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What is One Move Away About?
As previously mentioned, One Move Away is a strategy puzzle game that blends a 3D first person perspective into the stacking based puzzles. Accompanied by a gorgeous art style, the game features three storylines, each with multiple chapters that you can explore at your own pace. Your aim as you explore each character’s life is to pack their possessions in a way that utilises the space to your advantage.
However, it’s more than just stacking and packing!
You need to keep in mind if you overstack objects, they could fall, or maybe the boot of the car will no longer close. Every object and place can have a knock on effect as you continue to pack. Don’t worry, you’ll get the hang of it quickly!
As you continue to progress through the game, you’ll find yourself having to think outside of the box and more strategically. Different shapes and sized objects will bring you new hurdles to overcome as well as ensuring everything fits within the given space.
Are you up for the challenge? Check out the trailer below!
Packing Pro or Packing Fail?
Our journey begins in a tutorial level in 1973 with a young Sylvie.
This is how we learn to play One Move Away through the eyes of young Sylvie. It was a little bit of trial and error, but the controls on PC and on Steam Deck were for stacking bricks and learning our fundamental packing skills, but we were making progress. With seven sections to cover, I polished off the tutorial level with ease and headed into the next level. Sixteen years in the future, and now we were moving to university in Dad’s car!
With each level, you will see before you load into it that there is a difficulty rating. The stars represent the difficulty of each level. However, you only need to achieve the objectives of the first star to progress forward in the game. You can also retry the levels to complete and earn the remaining stars.
With each level containing an element of packing or even unpacking, each of the character’s stories lets you dive into their world and their life in more detail. While some moments will feel relatable, you then find yourself fighting that last object into the space you need to fit it.
There’s no right or wrong way to play One Move Away. Nor is there a right or wrong way as to how you stack and pack the objects. It’s not just packing into a car, there is a variety of different places you’ll find yourself placing objects. Sometimes you need to stop and think of a different approach as to where an object can go. Sometimes it’s just as simple as rotating the object to find the right fit.
The physics feature can feel a little tricky to start with, but after playing around with it, soon it felt almost second nature. There were times when an object wouldn’t fit quite how I wanted it to do so but after rotating and poking it, soon it was where it needed to be. It is also oddly satisfying having to throw objects out of where they need to be in a slight rage, but the overall satisfaction was spot on.
The Perfect Packing Escape
One Move Away is a game you can easily sit down and play, whatever your mood. It’s cosy, wholesome and sometimes chaotic but also it gets you thinking. Don’t worry, you don’t need to be a Tetris pro to master this game, sometimes a different perspective is all you need.
The game is easy to follow, and the challenges and difficulty of each level are well paced throughout the game. Storywise, I was curious to see how each character developed over time, and I even had myself questioning how the character would have packed or unpacked the various belongings compared to myself. I loved the stories and I know many other players will too.
While there were moments of frustration when my packing skills weren’t working out, these were shortlived and didn’t hinder my overall experience with the game. As I previously mentioned, getting used to the physics mechanics took a bit of time but was easy to get the hang of both on PC and Steam Deck.
I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed One Move Away and just how easy it was to get lost in the game, solving each of the levels.
One Move Away is out now on Steam with a limited time launch discount. You can also find the game on Xbox, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. Thank you again to Playstack and Ramage Games for this opportunity.
