All reviews

Puzzle

37 games reviewed, ranked by score.

Baba Is You

Baba Is You

The Rulebook Is the Puzzle, and It's Brilliant

92
Into the Breach

Into the Breach

Three Mechs, Eight-By-Eight Grid, Endless Tactical Knots

91
Portal 2

Portal 2

Aperture's Comedy Masterpiece Still Outwits Everything Since

91
Portal

Portal

A portal gun, GLaDOS, and no wasted minute

89
XCOM 2

XCOM 2

Concealment and turn timers punish every cautious instinct

88
Endacopia

Endacopia

Edutainment nostalgia turned quietly wrong, and it works

86
Inscryption

Inscryption

A deckbuilder that won't sit still, for better and worse

86
The Mermaid Mask

The Mermaid Mask

Submarine murder that outsolves everything the series has done

86
MOLE

MOLE

Industrial dread and grief told through sound, despite punishing chases

85
Pronoun Palace

Pronoun Palace

Spell your way out of a state that confiscated your pronouns

85
The Incident at Galley House

The Incident at Galley House

A period whodunit with a playback machine that grips

85
The Message from Deep Space

The Message from Deep Space

First contact you solve yourself, worth the geometry grind

85
Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

A Sequel That Outclimbs Its Predecessor

84
Cobalt Core

Cobalt Core

One-axis ship combat that clicks, enemies that don't keep up

82
Mini Motorways

Mini Motorways

Simple rules, traffic-induced rage, and one more city

82
MOLDRISE

MOLDRISE

Learn the building, skip the climb, meet the neighbours

82
walk

walk

Half an hour of tactile calm, and a closing note that earns it

82
Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division

Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division

SQL detective work that turns queries into real deduction

80
Desktop Explorer

Desktop Explorer

A dead PC's files hide a mystery worth cracking

80
Feed The Pit

Feed The Pit

A cult hunt with real heart, sold one act at a time

79
Stray

Stray

Being a cat is enough. The rest is window dressing.

78
Crushed In Time

Crushed In Time

Inventive pull-and-stretch puzzles, dulled by guesswork and stray QTEs

77
Deer & Boy

Deer & Boy

A wordless journey of grief, tripped by loose controls

76
Orb of Creation

Orb of Creation

An active incremental with real choices, then the updates stopped

76
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order

STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order

EA's Best Apology Is a Soulslite With a Lightsaber

76
Return to Monkey Island

Return to Monkey Island

Guybrush Returns Sharp, The Ending Doesn't Land

75
Big Walk

Big Walk

A tender co-op wander, if the audio mixer relents

74
Sol Cesto

Sol Cesto

Gorgeous grotesque odds-juggling, tripped up by unfair dice and no save

74
The Book of Unwritten Tales

The Book of Unwritten Tales

A Warm, Funny Throwback That Wears Its LucasArts Heart Openly

74
Dimhaven - The Lost Source

Dimhaven - The Lost Source

Sharp logic puzzles, saves that vanish on update

71
Supermarket Chaos

Supermarket Chaos

Cozy shelf-stocking soothes, until mismatched shelves fight your tidiness

70
Cat Mail Co.

Cat Mail Co.

Satisfying parcel-sorting that runs dry before the pile does

68
HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator

HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator

Real terminal craft worth learning, walled in by one-path missions and soft-locks

68
Deponia Doomsday

Deponia Doomsday

Deponia's Fourth Trip Trades Charm for Time-Loop Headaches

65
Hogwarts Legacy

Hogwarts Legacy

Hogwarts Looks Stunning – Underneath It's Just Generic Open-World Busywork

60
The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles

The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles

Critter charms, the Yeti cave crashes the party

60
Survival Machine

Survival Machine

A lovely rolling fortress, stalled by jank and two thin biomes

58