Little Inferno

Little Inferno is a game about burning objects in a fireplace. It is played from the first-person perspective of a boy with a fixed, single-screen view of the fireplace. That fireplace is called the Little Inferno Entertainment Fireplace from the company Tomorrow Corporation and the boy is encouraged to stay inside the house because it is too cold outside, and to burn all his toys to stay warm.

Most of the screen is filled with the fireplace. The player can interact with it through a sliding motion to start a fire and ignite whatever is inside. At the bottom of the screen there is a shelf where messages and items are stored. The goal of the game is to complete a list of 99 combos by igniting different combinations of items, each with a different effect. Items are dragged from the shelf into the fireplace and then the player observes how they interact when ignited. When a combo has been performed successfully, it is ticked off in the list. The player views the list of 99 combo goals right away and has to figure out the objects involved through a cryptic description. The list also shows the amount of items needed (two or three) to complete the combo.