3 Must-Play September Games You Missed Between Fire Emblem and Wolverine
Three lesser-known September games — He Who Watches, Woodo, and Well Dweller — offer a peaceful escape from blockbusters.
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Tag: puzzle games
Nobody Talk To Me Until I Finish Building My Perfect Mouse House With Picross Puzzles
A cozy mouse house built puzzle by puzzle, with 800+ Picross challenges, emails of rats, and a scarf that says autumn.
Game Reviews5/10
Koi Review: A Beautiful Recovery That Never Quite Finds Its Pace
A koi carp loses its memory and must recover it, piece by fragment, in this quiet, melancholy game of pond and reflection.
Game Reviews7.1/10
Fourteen Years On, Warp’s Slow-Burn Stealth Puzzle Still Works Better Than Anyone Expected
A stealth puzzle of portals, guards and hidden paths, wherein Zero must escape an aquatic fortress of dread.
Game Reviews6.6/10
Co-op Puzzler Tiny Brains Still Needs Four Committed Players
Tiny Brains review: Spearhead Games' 2013 four-player co-op puzzler nails shared-power teamwork but needs the right group. Score: 6.6/10.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Solo Review: Love as Fuel in Team Gotham’s Quiet Archipelago
Solo, Team Gotham's 2018 puzzle exploration game about love as fuel, reviewed: a sailor, a vast archipelago, and a 7.2 score that fits.
Game Reviews7.4/10
ChromaGun Review: A First-Person Puzzler About Paint, Robots, and One Very Good Idea
ChromaGun review: Pixel Maniacs' first-person paint puzzler scores 7.4/10, with 26 single-solution chambers, Worker Droids, and no undo.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Bejeweled 3 Review: A 7.8/10 Puzzle Classic That Finally Learned to Relax
Bejeweled 3 arrived December 7, 2010, adding eight modes, Zen, badges, and a swap-while-falling rule. A review of PopCap's most complete mainline puzzle game.
Game Reviews7.5/10
PopCap’s 2009 sequel tightens the ball-blasting formula without changing what made it work.
Zuma's Revenge! review: PopCap's 2009 sequel adds 60 levels, six tiki bosses and new power-ups, but keeps the same frog-blasting loop.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 stacks two puzzle games and the combination works
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 review: Sega's puzzle crossover stacks Puyo and Tetris, adds Skill Battle, and opens esports to players outside Japan. Score: 7.7/10.
Game Reviews8/10
Catherine Review: Atlus’s Romance and Nightmare, Fifteen Years On
Atlus's Catherine blends a romance story with brutal block-climbing nightmares. A review of the 2011 cult classic, its story, modes, and Full Body.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Ten Years On, SuperHyperCube’s Wall-Rotation Puzzle Still Holds Up
SuperHyperCube review: Kokoromi's 2016 VR puzzler asks you to fit a growing cube cluster through a wall's hole. Head tracking is the whole game. 7.7/10.