A Wonderland taken to with a knife, seen from an asylum cell.

And yet the first surprise comes from the gut choice: when the community picks on instinct, with no criterion, American McGee's Alice sits ahead of 79% of games. That is high. Look at the detail and the picture blurs. The art style holds up, ahead of 78% of titles, no shock given the direction. The rest crumbles. Attachment stays around the middle, fun drops below the bar, and both the desert island question and the wish to rediscover it fall to the bottom fifth of the field, on few votes it must be said. The soundtrack sits ahead of only 9% of games. There is the real tension: a game people love on reflex, probably for its imagery and its nerve, yet one that loses on almost every criterion where it has to justify itself.

That is the usual fate of auteur games from this era. The vision leaves a mark, the handling ages. Modern horror platformers deliver the same aesthetic shock with far cleaner feel.

So, who is it for? For you if you like a world that stays burned on your retina, and if you can live with a game from 2000. Much less so if you want a comfortable adventure or a soundtrack worth keeping.