There's really not much I can say about Escape Goat just because everything is Done. So. Well. I literally have no complaints.

It pulls off the 8bit graphics perfectly. The controls are wonderful, extremely responsive (even on a keyboard). The puzzles are all fairly easy in terms of figuring out what to do but some are challenging to pull off. The puzzles were usually the perfect level of difficulty that I would sometimes have to sit back and think for a few minutes, but then when the solution came to me it would make me think "That's so clever!" And that makes me feel clever for feeling it out, and that feels nice. My point is, it was challenging but not so much as Super Meat Boy can be where I get so pissed that I have to step away from the computer for a few minutes to not punch things. I'd even go one step further and say that Escape Goat is relaxing to play as well as satisfying.

It's a very short game (for me about 3 hours, even shorter if you don't play all the levels, which WHY WOULD YOU NOT). Some might say that is too short but 3 hours of fun is still 3 hours of fun, and the fact that I easily imagine myself giving it a second playthrough in a year or two makes it undoubtedly worth the $5 price tag.