Game Reviews8.7/10
Croteam’s robot-puzzle game asks what makes a person, and answers with a laser
A review of The Talos Principle, Croteam's philosophical puzzle game about androids, sigils and humanity's last days, from its 2014 launch to 2025.
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Tag: puzzle games
Game Reviews8.4/10
Quadrilateral Cowboy’s Heist Puzzles Are Really About Sitting Alone With a Manual
Quadrilateral Cowboy, Blendo Games' 2016 cyberpunk heist puzzler, makes typing code the verb. A look at its design, four-year build, and 8.4/10 score.
Game Reviews9/10
Die On Every Roll, Then Learn To Stop Rolling
Devil Dice review: Shift's 1998 PlayStation puzzle classic where you roll dice as a little devil, build chain reactions, and still holds up today.
Game Reviews9/10
The Talos Principle II Review: Croteam’s Most Confident Swing Yet
The Talos Principle II review: Croteam's ambitious puzzle sequel builds an android civilization, then tests it with a vast physics-defying pyramid.
Game Reviews9.5/10
Return of the Obra Dinn is a detective game with no detective
Return of the Obra Dinn review: Lucas Pope's 1-bit detective puzzle asks you to name 60 dead sailors and say how each one died. Score: 9.5/10.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Tetris Effect Review: Falling Blocks as a Light Show, and It Works
Tetris Effect review: Monstars and Resonair's musical Tetris earns 8.8/10, with the Zone mechanic, 30 stages, and the definitive PC version.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Jonathan Blow’s island puzzle game still refuses to explain itself
The Witness: 650 puzzles, eleven regions, no tutorials. How Jonathan Blow's 2016 island masterpiece teaches without saying a word.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Unpacking earns its calm
Unpacking turns the mundane chore of putting things away into one of the most quietly affecting puzzle games of its year, and it earns every bit of its calm.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Wetrix Turns Rainfall Into a Resource You Can Drown In
Wetrix review: Zed Two's 1998 water-catching puzzle game for N64 and PC, from its fireball economy to its thin split-screen battle mode. Score: 8.5/10.
Game Reviews6/10
Tetrisphere Wraps Its Puzzle Grid Around a Ball and Never Quite Justifies the Gimmick
Tetrisphere brought a wrapped sphere and chain-reaction combos to the N64 in 1997, with a Neil Voss score reviewers loved. A buried puzzle experiment.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Pokemon Puzzle League Turns Match-Three Battles Into a Nintendo 64 Sport
Pokémon Puzzle League hit Nintendo 64 in 2000. A look at its modes, 16-trainer roster, 3D cylinder playfield, and why its chain system still holds up.
Game Reviews8/10
Yoshi’s Cookie Holds Up Because It Never Tries to Be More Than a Puzzle Game
Yoshi's Cookie review: Nintendo's 1992 tile-matching puzzler for NES, Game Boy and SNES, rated 8/10 for its simple, addictive rotating-line gameplay.