A Pizza Delivery is a game that feels close to something special. It’s a small, moody story about delivering a pizza in a strange, disconnected town.

Along the way you meet a few people who have lost their way — literally and emotionally. But like a pizza pulled out of the oven too soon, A Pizza Delivery never quite delivers the way it should.

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A Pizza Without The Lot

In this narrative-driven walking sim, you play as “B”, and are sent on a simple job: deliver a pizza. Each stop uncovers more about the people around you — and maybe about yourself. There’s a lot of talk about being stuck, and a quiet resignation that you might not find your way out. The themes are clear and there’s definitely heart here, I just wished the story pushed a bit deeper before it wrapped up.

At around 90 minutes, it’s on the shorter side of narrative games. This isn’t a problem for me: narrative games can be powerful when they’re focused. The issue with A Pizza Delivery is it feels like it is missing a few toppings.

The world feels big, but empty. You drive and walk through barren areas, solving the odd puzzle between deliveries. But the spaces are lacking with minimal atmosphere. A little more music, ambient sound or voice acting would have gone a long way toward setting the tone.

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Rough Sliced and Undercooked

There’s also some roughness in how it plays. One early puzzle that involves typing a password feels clunky and unclear, and some interactions don’t reset properly if you step away. Fortunately, these are the types of things that can be addressed in a patch prior to launch.

Performance-wise, things weren’t great on my end. Despite having a (relatively) powerful computer, the build ran poorly, with big frame drops and low overall performance. It’s playable, but it isn’t smooth and the frame drops often occurred in some of the beautiful, big-picture moments.

Does it Deliver?

Still, there’s something that I liked about A Pizza Delivery. It’s quiet, sincere and unpretentious. The themes of being stuck, of finding yourself, of a tired acceptance — that sometimes things just are the way they are — were so close to landing with me. I just wish the delivery had been a bit warmer when it arrived.

A Pizza Delivery is a thoughtful, short indie game that gets close to being something meaningful but falls short on polish and depth. If you’re into slow, reflective games and don’t mind some extra crispy edges, it’s worth a look. Just don’t expect a stuffed crust.

Quest Daily scores A Pizza Delivery:

6/10

A Pizza Delivery is coming to PC via Steam on November 7th. Price is TBA.

A copy of A Pizza Deliver was supplied to Quest Daily by the publisher.