Game Reviews4.8/10
‘The Assembly’: A Puzzle Game That Thinks Harder Than It Plays
A morally gray institution demands hard choices of its two inhabitants, each path leading to a different conclusion.
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Tag: puzzle game
Game Reviews5.4/10
Twelve Years On, I Am Bread Still Makes Bread Comedy Work
A slice of bread seeks the toaster in a puzzle game of hazards and comedy, reviewed herein.
Game Reviews5.6/10
Asemblance Review: Trapped Inside a Memory Machine
Asemblance traps you inside a memory-simulating machine. Puzzles are clever, horror is uneven, and the mystery never resolves.
Game Reviews6.6/10
Dr. Luigi Review: A Solid, Safe Addition to the Dr. Mario Series
A late addition to the Dr. Mario series, this puzzle game earns its keep with new twists on a familiar tile-matching formula.
Game Reviews6.7/10
Eighteen Years On, Neopets Puzzle Adventure Still Rewards Patience Over Speed
A Neopets tale of puzzle and peril, wherein twelve pets and their petpets battle upon a Reversi grid for dominion.
Game Reviews8/10
Traverser Review: Strong Ideas, Weak Momentum
A young Traverser moves between Brimstone's Upper and Lower cities to expose Raven Corp's grip on air and wealth.
Game Reviews6.9/10
The Sojourn’s gorgeous worlds hide a puzzle game with nothing to say
The Sojourn review: Shifting Tides' 2019 light-and-darkness puzzle game is beautiful and lonely, but its hidden truth never earns the walk. Score: 6.9/10.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Soft Body Review: Two Gooey Snakes, One Pair of Hands, and a 7.3/10
Soft Body is a 2016 puzzle-action game where you steer two gooey snakes at once, built by Zeke Virant for PS4, PC and PS Vita. Score: 7.3/10.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Eight years on, Sushi Striker’s conveyor-belt puzzler still earns its cult following.
Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido turns conveyor belts into weapons. A 7.4/10 review of Nintendo's 2018 plate-matching puzzler.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Lego Builder’s Journey Turns Connection Into a Puzzle You Solve by Letting Go
Lego Builder's Journey is a wordless puzzle game about a parent and child made of bricks, praised for its quiet storytelling and gorgeous Lego visuals.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Human Resource Machine: Forty Puzzles, One Worker, and the Cleverest Programming Lesson in Disguise
Human Resource Machine turns office drudgery into assembly language lessons across forty puzzles, teaching how a processor thinks without ever saying so.
Game Reviews7.4/10
A Fold Apart Review: Folding Paper, Closing Distance
A Fold Apart review: Lightning Rod Games' 2020 paper-folding puzzler about a long-distance couple scores 7.4/10. Platforms, modes and verdict.