puzzle

As the indie genre has grown, so has the tendency to overfill games with stories that either don’t match the game’s theme, or whose own self-importance is heavily overblown. Every…

‘Baba is You’ has a novel premise that feels damn good, managing to stay fresh and inventive for quite a while. Eventually, however, that quirkiness gives way to more traditional puzzle solving.

My name is Izsak Barnette and I normally don’t like indie games. However, against my preferences–and at the behest of editor Patrick Murphy–I’ve decided to dive headfirst into the indie…

The Wario Land series is a strange beast – and a consistently excellent one, at that. A strong departure from the mainline Mario entries, the Wario Land games have always…

Puzzle-platformers have become a staple on the Nintendo eShop, and with every good one that captures our imagination, there’s a bad one that doesn’t quite meet our expectations. ‘Elli,’ a game with bags of potential, sits somewhere in the middle.

A look back at the stylish, niche DS adventure game.

Eloh is the kind of casual puzzle game we need to see more of on handheld devices and cell phones.

There’s something so utterly charming about a throwback like Road to Ballhalla: a game that exists as not just a flashback to other video games but also to one of the oldest forms of gaming I’ve ever experienced.

Coming up with a fresh take on the puzzle genre is near-impossible nowadays. While classics like Tetris, Puyo and Picross were mainstays for years, puzzle games saw a massive new…

Tiny Bubbles is a deceptively simple game that shines through its colorfully appealing design. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but polishes it to a shiny sparkle. Both the puzzles and the process of solving them are satisfying enough to leave you in a relaxing state of bubble zen.

A look at Minit: a bite-sized big-little adventure where there’s more than what meets the eye

‘Puzzle’ is an absorbing peek into a muted life that begins to blossom.

The Initiate attempts to blend interesting puzzles with a horror/mystery narrative, however, it fails on almost all accounts.

Even if you’ve seen the trailers and marketing for Pavilion, it’s still a bit difficult to know exactly what you’re getting yourself into. For instance, what exactly is a 4D puzzle…

From the minds behind cult classics like Psychonauts and Brutal Legend comes the new retro-futuristic action-adventure game Headlander. As a huge fan of Double Fine Production’s previous projects, I couldn’t have…

There’s a pretty decent chance, if their sales numbers are correct, that at some point in your life you’ve heard of or played with Lego, or some brand of connecting brick…

It’s interesting to consider how, for many of us, games have been growing up with us. Atlus’ Catherine serves as a prime example of this phenomenon. Having been developed by…

Ever since the indie scene exploded back in 2008 with the arrival of Braid, a lot of the focus in this section of the industry has been around the idea of…