Samorost 3 review: Amanita Design's silent point-and-click adventure scores 7.9/10 — gorgeous nine worlds, a flute mechanic, but a story told in static books.
Maquette review: Graceful Decay's recursive first-person puzzler mirrors tiny objects into a giant world, but its love story keeps players at arm's length.
Lara Croft Go review: Square Enix Montreal turns Tomb Raider into a turn-based puzzle game. Forty levels, five chapters, vertical design, 8.6/10.
Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain review — Nintendo's Switch party puzzler scores 8.1, with class scaling and Ghost Clash carrying thin multiplayer.
Gorogoa review: Jason Roberts' wordless hand-drawn puzzle game, where stacking four panels is both the mechanic and the meaning. Score: 8.2/10.
Woodo is a calm 3D puzzle game from Daedalic where you rebuild a stopped, happy world piece by piece with a talking imaginary friend.
The Sexy Brutale review: a 2017 time-loop murder mystery set in a casino-mansion, where saving guests means watching, learning, and intervening.
The Rise of the Golden Idol moves the detective puzzle series to the 1970s with 20 cases, corporate greed, and a mind-swapping relic. Review: 8.9/10.
Viewfinder review: Sad Owl Studios' first-person puzzler lets you photograph a room and step inside it, guided by a witty cat AI. Scored 8.4 out of 10.
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