{"id":1123749,"date":"2026-02-01T21:37:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T21:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=524286"},"modified":"2026-02-01T21:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T21:37:40","slug":"humanitys-valentines-day-playlist-adds-heart-to-a-sterile-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/humanitys-valentines-day-playlist-adds-heart-to-a-sterile-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanity\u2019s Valentine\u2019s Day playlist adds heart to a sterile world"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/humanitys-valentines-day-playlist-adds-heart-to-a-sterile-world.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">What\u2019s more romantic than faceless hordes marching through sterile environments? Not much, it turns out. Today, the team behind 2023 puzzle game <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/reviews\/23729137\/humanity-review\">Humanity<\/a><\/em> released a Valentine\u2019s Day-themed playlist containing 10 holiday-appropriate user-created levels, and it\u2019s one of the best game holiday tie-ins I\u2019ve played. Like slapping a heart on a Companion Cube, it\u2019s amazing what a few little details can add.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The playlist, which you can find in the game\u2019s Library tab, contains levels ranging from the easy \u201cLovers\u201d, where you just jump on four panels then sit back and watch your infantry take out a series of turrets, to the expert \u201cHeart to Heart\u201d, where you have to chart a perfect path to get one of your Oscar-looking \u201cGoldy\u201d friends to the top of a hill made of hearts before a group of enemies takes out your army of teddy bears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">On Bluesky, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/humanitygame.bsky.social\/post\/3li5ohbsbjl2j\">developer Enhance called out<\/a> one level, \u201cLet There Be Love\u201d, saying it \u201cmight just be the most romantic (and challenging) stage yet\u201d. I\u2019m not sure the data supports the latter claim (the game itself lists the stage as \u201chard\u201d rather than \u201cexpert\u201d, and as of publishing this story its completion rate is 8.31%, which is far from the game\u2019s lowest), but its hard to deny the romance of the thumping stone hearts floating in front of you. Even if you have to shatter them to finish the stage. The stage puts a twist on the typical <em>Humanity<\/em> design approach by hiding some of what\u2019s happening from the player, forcing you to use context clues to figure out the best approach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">I also recommend \u201cLovers Quarrel\u201d, which tasks you with guiding your troops through a forest below two giant statues that look like a couple fighting. What it lacks in optimism it makes up for in an excellent mix of stealth and strategy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">All-in, the playlist offers a great curated package of levels that, for me, made for a nice excuse to return to a game I loved at launch but hadn\u2019t gone back to in awhile.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/impressions\/524286\/humanity-valentines-day-playlist\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s more romantic than faceless hordes marching through sterile environments? Not much, it turns out. Today, the team behind 2023 puzzle game Humanity released a Valentine\u2019s Day-themed playlist containing 10 holiday-appropriate user-created levels, and it\u2019s one of the best game holiday tie-ins I\u2019ve played. Like slapping a heart on a Companion Cube, it\u2019s amazing what a few little details can add. The playlist, which you can find in the game\u2019s Library tab, contains levels ranging from the easy \u201cLovers\u201d, where you just jump on four panels then sit back and watch your infantry take out a series of turrets, to the expert \u201cHeart to Heart\u201d, where you have to chart a perfect path to get one of your Oscar-looking \u201cGoldy\u201d friends to the top of&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/humanitys-valentines-day-playlist-adds-heart-to-a-sterile-world\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1123750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1123749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Humanity\u2019s Valentine\u2019s Day playlist adds heart to a sterile world | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What\u2019s more romantic than faceless hordes marching through sterile environments? 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