Article category: Puzzle - page 4

Interview with OutOfTheBit on their cinematic platformer Nanuka: Secret of the Shattering Moon

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jun 2024

OutOfTheBit are currently working on Nanuka: Secret of the Shattering Moon, a cinematic puzzle platformer after previously releasing the positively received Full Void.

Planetiles is a beautiful blend of Tetris and Dorfromantik

By Liam Dawe, 7 May 2024

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Planetiles is an absolute puzzle gem from developer MythicOwl (Hexologic, Harmony's Odyssey) that gives you a wonderful blending of gameplay ideas from Tetris and Dorfromantik but on a mini-planetary scale.

City-building puzzler TerraScape gets controller support, Steam Deck support coming

By Liam Dawe, 6 May 2024

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Since I'm a big fan of stuff like Dorfromantik I've been keeping an eye on TerraScape, which just added controller support and they say Steam Deck support is planned too.

Check out the demo for Just Crow Things, a cute sandbox puzzle game

By Liam Dawe, 18 Apr 2024

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Unbound Creations who made the sweet Rain on Your Parade have put up a demo for their next game, Just Crow Things, and it's just as cute.

World of Goo 2 delayed until August 2nd

By Liam Dawe, 17 Apr 2024

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The goo has gotten a bit stuck, and so the May release date previously announced for World of Goo 2 has been pushed back to August 2nd.

Clever light-manipulating puzzler Closure from 2012 gets upgraded for modern PCs

By Liam Dawe, 15 Apr 2024

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Eyebrow Interactive have given a fresh coat of paint to their 2012 game Closure, thanks to bringing in game porter Ethan Lee to get some technical issues sorted out.

Nanuka: Secret of the Shattering Moon is a colourful cinematic 2D puzzle platformer

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2024

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OutOfTheBit Ltd are doing it again. After the wonderful Full Void last year, they've announced Nanuka: Secret of the Shattering Moon, another great looking cinematic platformer.

Please, Touch The Artwork 2 gets a bunch of Steam Deck improvements

By Liam Dawe, 10 Apr 2024

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Please, Touch The Artwork 2 is a free and highly rated hand-painted cozy hidden object adventure out now, and recently it had some nice Steam Deck improvements.

Musical logic puzzler Beat 'N' Path has a demo live now

By Liam Dawe, 4 Apr 2024

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Beat 'N' Path is a game that sees you combine together your creativity and logic to create machines to play music, it looks wonderful and there's now a demo available.

Escape Simulator adds VR support in the latest free update

By Liam Dawe, 3 Apr 2024

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Escape Simulator from Pine Studio has proven to be popular, so much in fact that they hit 1 million sales in less than a year and multiple expansions later there's another big free upgrade.

4D Golf is making my brain melt away

By Liam Dawe, 27 Mar 2024

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Released on March 22nd, 4D Golf is about exploring higher dimensions through Golf. It's absolutely wild visually and I think you need to see this.

Nature-expanding tile-stacking puzzler 'Preserve' has a demo up on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2024

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Preserve looks very sweet. A tile-based puzzle game all about nature that features both horizontal and vertical building and there's a Native Linux demo now available to try out.

Hilarious physics-platformer Mosa Lina has a Director's Cut update - dev passed the torch

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2024

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Mosa Lina is one of my little favourites from last year, a physics-platformer gem that's just completely ridiculous. The original developer has given it a Director's Cut update and has passed the torch to another to continue it on.

Wonderful puzzle-adventure CLeM is out now & Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, 13 Mar 2024

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If you're in need of a new puzzle-adventure game like the classics, CLeM looks like a wonderful game to add to your library and it's Steam Deck Verified now too.

Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory looks like one for Zachtronics fans

By Liam Dawe, 12 Mar 2024

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Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory releasing in July is an open ended puzzle game, where you design and build machines to combine ingredients to make chocolates.

nullptr is an action puzzle hacking game where every second counts

By Liam Dawe, 28 Feb 2024

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Due to release sometime in Q3 2024, developer Jeferson Silva has recently put up a demo for their action puzzle hacking game nullptr.

World of Goo 2 launches in May on the Epic Store - but Linux support from their website

By Liam Dawe, 21 Feb 2024

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World of Goo 2 was quite a surprise reveal late last year and now it actually has a released date, although it won't be on Steam.

Check out ChipWits, an upcoming remake of one of the first programming puzzle games

By Liam Dawe, 20 Feb 2024

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Originally released back in 1984, ChipWits is a programming puzzle game and it's getting a modern remake in Unity that will be released on Steam.

Hazard Pay is an upcoming dark and mysterious block-pushing puzzler

By Liam Dawe, 20 Feb 2024

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Want a puzzle game that's a little bit different to keep you wanting to find out more? Hazard Pay from Smitner Studio releases later this year and it sounds great.

Puzzle game Sokobond Express releases February 22nd

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2024

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Sokobond Express is a beautifully minimalist puzzle game that combines chemical bonds and puzzling pathfinding in novel ways. The developers say it's a bit of a mashup of the ideas from Sokobond and Cosmic Express.

Category: Puzzle