Game Reviews5.9/10
Toby Leaves the Village to Save His Friends, and Toby: The Secret Mine Earns Its 5.9
A small boy sets out to save his friends from kidnappers, facing traps and a grim choice in this puzzle platformer.
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Tag: puzzle platformer
Game Reviews7/10
Scrap Garden Review: Canny’s Lonely Quest Earns a Solid 7 Out of 10
A solitary robot named Canny awakens amid a ruined city wherein all machines lie still, seeking answers amid peril.
Game Reviews7/10
Metrico Review: Data as Terrain on the Vita
Metrico review: Digital Dreams turns infographics into puzzle-platformer terrain on PS Vita, with a Palmbomen score and a 2016 Metrico+ re-release.
Game Reviews6.8/10
Jumpship’s debut looks gorgeous and says almost nothing
Somerville review: Jumpship's wordless sci-fi adventure from Playdead's co-founder scores 6.8 — clever energy puzzles, thin story, mixed payoff.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Greak: Memories of Azur Review: Three Siblings, One Escape, and a Score of 7.5
Greak: Memories of Azur review — a 7.5/10 puzzle platformer about three Courine siblings escaping a dying land by airship, one controller, one screen.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Ibb & Obb’s Two-Screen Gravity Still Has No Rival 13 Years On
Ibb & Obb splits the screen with a horizon line that flips gravity, forcing two players to trust each other through a short, sharp co-op puzzle game.
Game Reviews7.7/10
BoxBoxBoy! Review: A Sequel That Justifies Itself With One Change
BoxBoxBoy! review: HAL Laboratory's 3DS sequel adds a second box set to Qbby's puzzles, earning a 7.7/10 for clever, disciplined design.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Pikuniku’s goofy exterior hides a tight, generous puzzle-platformer
Pikuniku review: Sectordub's funny puzzle-platformer about free money, corn, and a robot pitchman — a 7.5/10 with great tone and thin puzzles.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Teslagrad Review: A Wordless Steampunk Puzzle-Platformer That Still Holds Up
Teslagrad review: Rain Games' wordless 2013 magnetism platformer still holds up, with hand-drawn rooms and a conspiracy you assemble yourself. 7.9/10.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Mike Bithell’s debut still makes players feel things about coloured rectangles 14 years on.
Thomas Was Alone turns faceless rectangles into unforgettable characters, thanks to Danny Wallace's BAFTA-winning narration. Our review scores it 7.6/10.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Trine 4 Brings the Series Back to 2.5D, Seven Years On
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince review: Frozenbyte returns to 2.5D puzzle-platforming with four-player co-op, restored character progression and Prince Selius.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Papo & Yo turned a designer’s alcoholic father into a puzzle-platformer, 14 years on
Papo & Yo review: Minority's semi-autobiographical puzzle platformer about a boy and his monster, scored 7.5 of 10.