Category: Puzzle

Pine Studio have announced a follow-up to their massively successful Escape Simulator, with Escape Simulator 2 that they plan to be the "ultimate first person escape room experience".

Engineering puzzle game Poly Bridge 3 gets Steam Deck Verified with a major update

By Liam Dawe, Nov 20

Highly rated, and now you can take it happily on the go, Poly Bridge 3 had a big upgrade and it's now Steam Deck Verified.

Little Big Adventure – Twinsen's Quest a remake of the original classic is out now

By Liam Dawe, Nov 14

Little Big Adventure – Twinsen's Quest from [2.21] and Microids is out now. It's a remake of the original classic with a graphical makeover and modernized gameplay.

Chrono is a puzzler about time-controlling objects in the world

By Liam Dawe, Nov 13

For fans of Portal and other first-person puzzle games, the indie game Chrono from Portuguese developer David Simoes is all about time-controlling objects across various rooms to progress.

Blood On The Thames is a Victorian London murder mystery now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Nov 8

Team Firestorm sent word that their recently released Victorian London murder mystery game Blood On The Thames is now supported on Linux. Looks really unique with the visual style!

Portal fans may want to try the demo for Total Reload

By Liam Dawe, Oct 28

If you loved the overall style of Portal and enjoy puzzle games, Total Reload looks like one to keep in your watch list.

Escape Simulator gets a free Talos Principle DLC out now, plus a paid DLC in December

By Liam Dawe, Oct 23

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Escape Simulator from Pine Studio continues doing some really cool additions, with The Talos Principle getting a little free crossover DLC out now.

Daily Dungeon gives you a fresh dungeon-puzzle every day inspired by Wordle

By Liam Dawe, Oct 14

Remember when Wordle appeared and the world seemingly went mad for it? How about a dungeon-crawling puzzle game inspired by it? Daily Dungeon is for you.

Get the 2021 remake of the original Myst plus Obduction and more in this Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe, Sep 26

For exploration puzzle game fans you may want to look at the Enter the Mysterium Humble Bundle that has some goodies for you. A nice bit of gaming history in this one.

WINCH IT OUT is a challenging physics-based driving-platformer like classic Flash games

By Liam Dawe, Sep 13

Solo developer ARASLANIX are working on WINCH IT OUT, a physics-based driving-platformer, a game that reminds me of a simpler time with lots of different Flash games.

CATO: Buttered Cat is a truly charming puzzle platformer based on the buttered-cat paradox

By Liam Dawe, Sep 11

Memes, jokes and games don't always blend together well or age well in video games, but CATO: Buttered Cat does it very playfully with the right idea and it's just wonderful.

OneShot: World Machine Edition is coming to Steam with Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, Sep 2

OneShot is a surreal top down puzzle / adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities that released back in 2016, a console adaption OneShot: World Machine Edition released in 2022 that is now coming to Steam with Steam Deck support.

Dungeon Divers is a dungeon-themed take on Minesweeper that gets complicated

By Liam Dawe, Aug 30

What do you get when you cross Minesweeper with a sort-of dungeon crawler? Well Dungeon Divers is pretty much the answer to that.

The Abandoned Planet is a Myst-like classic pixel-art adventure out now

By Liam Dawe, Aug 30

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Love your mysterious point and click adventures like the classics? Inspired by Myst and Riven, the pixel-art game The Abandoned Planet is out now.

Inspired by Lemmings and Pikmin, puzzle-platformer GOD'S GIFT is out now

By Liam Dawe, Aug 21

Following a successful Kickstarter back in late 2018, developer Straitjacket has launched GOD'S GIFT, a puzzle-platformer inspired by classic Lemmings and Pikmin.

Grab some quality puzzle escape room sims in this Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe, Aug 9

What's that, another fun selection of games? It's bundle season it seems. The Great Escape Room Humble Bundle is live.

Preserve is a wonderfully chilled and beautiful relaxing nature-building game

By Liam Dawe, Aug 9

If you love tile-based chilled puzzle games like Dorfromantik, you'll probably really love Preserve. This one is all about repopulating a wasteland to create a vibrant and flourishing ecosystem.

Pight is a puzzle game inspired by the Minecraft redstone system

By Liam Dawe, Aug 8