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

By Liam Dawe,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
With a demo now available, the 2D puzzle game Pight was inspired by the developers love of the Minecraft redstone system.

World of Goo 2 is out now with Native Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
One of the original greats from the original indie games boom has returned, World of Goo 2 from 2DBOY and Tomorrow Corporation is now available.

Pixel With Your Friends gets you and your pals to restore pixel-artworks for a museum

By Liam Dawe,
A fun idea for a nice casual puzzle game: Pixel With Your Friends has released with Linux support where you restore artworks pixel by pixel for a museum.

Please, Touch The Artwork 2 adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
While it was already playable with Proton, the developer of Please, Touch The Artwork 2 has added a Native Linux version.

Vibrant Sokoban-style game Puzzledorf now available for Linux, works great on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of Puzzledorf emailed in about their rather vibrant Sokoban-style game that recently added Native Linux support.

Hexis is a slightly chaotic spin on Tetris where blocks come in all directions

By Liam Dawe,
This isn't your classic Tetris, this is Hexis, a block-falling puzzle game about building up your high score but the blocks will come from all directions.

Open-ended physics building-puzzler Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory is out now with a demo

By Liam Dawe,
Build various contraptions in an almost Zachtronics-like automation puzzle game, Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory is quite reasonably priced and is available now with a demo you can try too.

Relaxing nature-stacking puzzle-building game Preserve launches August 8

By Liam Dawe,
Preserve from developer Bitmap Galaxy is a relaxing puzzle nature-building game that's going to enter Early Access on August 8th.

Dimhaven Enigmas is a new first-person puzzler from the team behind Quern

By Liam Dawe,
Zadbox Entertainment who created the Myst-like Quern - Undying Thoughts are working on another interesting first-person puzzler with Dimhaven Enigmas.

Valve fixes up the new Riven from Cyan Worlds videos on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Cyan Worlds Inc recently released the brand new Riven that's a re-imagined, and expanded version of the classic from 1997. It had a bit of trouble with videos on Linux / Steam Deck though.
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