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What are the best Puzzle games for PS4?

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Best Puzzle games for PS4	Price	Genre	Platforms
84 The Talos Principle	$49.99	Adventure, Puzzle	Windows, Mac, Linux, Playstation 4, Android, iOS
78 The Witness	$39.99	-	-
-- FEZ	$12.99	-	-
-- Limbo	$9.99	-	-
-- Thomas Was Alone	$9.99	Puzzle, Platformer	PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Android, Xbox One, Wii U, iOS, macOS, Linux

The Talos Principle

Top Pro

Difficulty ramp-up

Starts out easy enough, but gets to some truly difficult puzzles by the end. If you get stuck on a puzzle you can skip it and come back to it later. See More

Top Con

Ending troubles

After getting the "normal" ending you will have to replay the entire game again if you want to find everything you missed. Replaying a puzzle game isn't that fun when you already know the puzzles. See More

IntelligentAhti's Experience

Made me really nauseous. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:Adventure, Puzzle

Top Pro

Great storyline

The puzzles in the game are great, but they're tied together with a thought provoking story line filled with mystery and intrigue. A story about a robot with human consciousness who is being guided by a disembodied voice, are they to be trusted? As the story progresses the player is drip fed clues which can lead them closer to the truth. See More

Top Con

Nauseating

Top Pro

Great original soundtrack

The soundtrack is very pleasant to listen to and fits perfectly with all the areas and themes present in the game. It varies from calm music, for those heavenly areas where you are solving puzzles, to more misterious and epic pieces for moments when things get... real. It's good to have some nice music playing while your brain is melting from solving the puzzles, or just appreciating the scenery. See More

Top Con

Obtuse puzzles, especially with optional content

Mediocre game design all around. Many puzzles are ordered badly or redundant and could have been combined or removed to smoothen the experience, as well as occasionally not exercising the bounds of certain elements (like ranged pickup). The game's optional content is even more worrisome as it often leads you to play hidden object games to look in hundreds of corners instead of using more difficult puzzles. One particularly egregious example is when you have to interpret a message in a very specific way after using a decryption algorithm you may not know about into another questionable input system. See More

Top Pro

An uplifting experience

The brilliantly designed world of this game will erase any depressing thoughts you might have about humanity. If a game can be this genius, there's still hope for us! See More

Top Pro

Rewards exploration and out-of-the-box thinking

It's hard to explain this without spoiling anything, but there are lots of "aha!" moments you will encounter on the areas if you get invested into the story, making the game deeper. See More

Top Pro

Lots of side content

Many Easter eggs and more difficult puzzles as well as an ending in many parts of the game, as well as hidden lore. See More

Top Pro

A game for really smart people

There are tons of games on the market for dumb and average brains. People with really high IQs don't have that many stimulating options. The Talos Principle is made by intelligent people for intelligent people. See More

The Witness

Top Pro

Thought provoking world

Even if some of the puzzles are rage-inducingly hard, the world of the Witness is really peaceful. It's an uninhabited island littered with stone statues and mismatched environments. Yet none of it feels out of place. It is really intriguing to explore each new area, especially because you can find voice recordings in them. At first these may seem like simple audio logs, but each one contains essential clues to gently shift your thought process. To succeed you need to shift your perspective and think outside the box. See More

Top Con

Some puzzles might be impossible for the colorblind and hearing impaired

Certain puzzles use colors to hint at the solution. If you're not able to tell them apart it may be impossible to solve the puzzles. There are also that puzzles require you to listen to the sounds in the environment and use them for the solution. Some of them are masked with sound effects such as car horns or birds chirping, making the puzzles hard to solve. This becomes a lot more difficult if your hearing is impaired. See More

Chandrachud Nanduri's Experience

The sheer variety of concepts used in the game is breathtaking. I mean, if the puzzles on the island are not sufficient, there are rich set of puzzles towards the end inside the mountain!!! See More

Top Pro

Cleverly designed puzzles

All of the puzzles use a simple concept where you draw a line from point A to point B to solve them. This could get old really fast, but the developer has thought of many ways to keep it fresh. While the regular variants are just maze puzzles, they gradually get new layers added to them. It can be symbols you have to separate, panels you have to look at from different angles or clues in the environment. Even after solving around 300 puzzles, the new puzzles you encounter will still feel exciting. See More

Top Con

May cause nausea

Puzzles are fun, but some people might get motion sickness with first-person games that involve walking around. See More

Top Pro

Vivid graphics make you want to explore

Everything about this game leads you toward exploration, even the graphics. They're very vibrant and feel alive, invoking in you a sense of wonder. This is thanks to a great variety of colors, ranging from wild, hot pinks to more subdued ocean tones. The colors are also used contrast the environments and make them stand out. For example, there's a location painted orange autumn colors next to a grayish-white quarry. See More

Top Pro

Non-linear gameplay

You can do the puzzles in any order you'd like and you can explore the island any way you'd like. If a puzzle becomes too hard you can almost always find another one. See More

FEZ

Top Pro

Charming graphics and world

The characters are interesting and expressive and the world they inhabit varies between vibrant forests and villages, foreboding caves, rainy cityscapes, and more. See More

Top Con

Loads of backtracking

The world is an intertwined maze that rely on specific portals to travel between. Since the entire game revolves around locating cubes -- a minimum of 32 cubes are required to reach the game's ending (64 cubes and "anti-cubes" exist in total). A considerable amount of backtracking is needed to locate the needed cubes; which are intentionally difficult to find and acquire. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Top Pro

Clever 2D rotation game mechanic

The core mechanic of FEZ is the ability to spin the world around in 3D, and then traverse and interact with the resulting terrain in 2D. This allows you to experience navigation puzzles that are rarely found in any other game. See More

Top Con

Very limited depth

The core gameplay loop of "jump until stuck, then rotate" is boring and repetitive within the first hour. Aside from this perspective-shifting mechanic, the game does not have much to offer. See More

Top Pro

Mysterious world with lots of depth

FEZ goes beyond just being a great puzzle platformer. It also has a very clever storyline and game world with a mysterious bygone civilization that fits perfectly with the mysterious puzzles of the game. See More

Top Con

Slow gameplay

Navigation isn't quick, and each missed jump can make ascending an area feel like a laborious chore. See More

Top Pro

Brilliant puzzles

Fez has some deviously hard puzzles and mysteries that will require gathering clues from around the world to solve them. See More

Top Con

Guess-and-check instead of intuitive puzzles

Unlike other great puzzle games like Portal or Braid, many of the levels in Fez are unpredictable. You can't just look at the map and predict exactly what to do. You have to guess and check, and not all of the results are intuitive. While guess-and-check puzzles works well for games like The Witness, it's really tedious in a game like Fez. See More

Top Pro

Great atmospheric soundtrack

Soft synth sounds mixed with chiptunes makes for an enjoyable soundtrack that evokes a feeling of nostalgia while creating a fitting atmosphere that complements the graphics. See More

Top Con

Pen and paper absolutely required for full completion

There is a lot of backtracking and so, you need to keep a pen and paper near you to take notes, because you might need something very important later on. For some people this might be a fun killer. See More

Top Con

Minimal direction

The lack of clear direction + the mysteries of the foreign writing alphabet and numeric systems may overwhelm players who got in expecting a simple & cute platformer game about a white dude with a red hat (a traditional Ottoman hat, which is called a "fez"). See More

Limbo

Top Pro

Manages to communicate circumstance and casualty in a unique way

Being completely devoid of text, dialogue, and explanation Limbo manages to communicate circumstance and casualty to the player in a simple way not found in other games. Having a game completely devoid of those three things is hard but Limbo manages to pull it off perfectly. See More

Top Con

Relies too much on learning from failure

MagicalNergal's Experience

Quite engaging. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Top Pro

Artistic puzzle

Limbo has very unique environment with highly creative puzzles that offer a great experience with monochrome, b/w and other dim colors. See More

Top Con

Ending comes somewhat abruptly

There's little lead up to the ending so it comes a little too suddenly and unexpectedly. See More

Top Pro

Astonishing sound design

The sound design is simply great. Even though there's virtually no soundtrack to speak of, the sound effects do a great job of creating the perfect atmosphere in which the players immerse themselves. What's more is that if you pay close attention to the sound cues while solving a puzzle, you will find out that the sound effects are quite helpful in reaching your objective. See More

Top Con

May be too dark for children

The game, by design, has the main character dying quite a bit, often very gruesomely, and so may not be appropriate for younger players. See More

Top Pro

Immerses the player fully

Since there are no cutscenes or loading screens, Limbo makes you fully immerse yourself in the puzzles and atmosphere of the game. See More

Top Con

Has some pacing issues

The first half of the game is filled with interesting creatures that you as a player encounter on the journey. While in sharp contrast, the second half of the game takes place in a deserted industrial area devoid of any lifeforms and even though puzzles become more and more interesting as you approach the end of the game, this sharp contrast between the two halves of the game creates some serious pacing issues. The pacing issues are even more evident as you reach the ending, which while good comes quite unexpectedly. See More

Top Pro

Good for people who don't want to waste too much time on a game

Being a relatively short game (five or six hours long), it's perfect for people who love interesting puzzle games that don't overstay their welcome. See More

Top Con

Somewhat short

Limbo can be finished in about 5-6 hours on average. See More

Top Pro

Unique black and white aesthetic

Limbo uses (what was once) a very unique monochromatic color scheme to give an atmospheric feel. See More

Top Pro

Quite addictive

Limbo manages to keep your attention all throughout the game by consistently presenting new, interesting things for you to solve. It starts out simple, but increasingly gets more intricate and grows into smart multi-part puzzles. See More

Top Pro

Does not become frustrating even if you die a lot

Most players die a lot in Limbo. fortunately this does not translate to a frustrating experience while playing the game. If you die from a trap, the game immediately reloads and takes the character right before reaching that very same puzzle. This way you can try again immediately and find a solution. See More

Thomas Was Alone

Top Pro

Simple, peaceful gameplay

Gameplay is introduced at a relaxed rate, and is never frustrating or off-putting. It's not big on challenge, but does require some thinking. Everything is solvable, new techniques are introduced as they are needed for the story, and the whole thing just radiates relaxation and love. See More

Top Con

Some puzzles can be difficult

Here an there are a few really tough puzzles in the game which can be frustrating, luckily they are few and far between as the gameplay does not tend to repeat itself too often. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:Puzzle, Platformer

Top Pro

Great story

For what is a pretty simplistic looking game, Thomas Was Alone offers a truly great story that actually gets the player to care about what are basically squares and rectangles. See More

Top Con

Short

The gameplay only lasts about 3 or 4 hours. See More

Top Pro

Enjoyable professional narration

What really drives the well crafted story home is the wonderful narration done by British filmmaker, comedian, writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television, Danny Wallace. Not many indie small budget games receive the polish this game has in their voice acting, which really adds to the experience when playing the game. See More

Top Pro

Polished ethereal soundtrack

Haunting guitar strums mixed with beautiful piano chords and bits of chiptune creates a very fitting soundtrack that allows for an experience of polish not often found. See More

The Last Guardian

Top Pro

Great variety of puzzles

The Last Guardian is a puzzle game, and as such has a wide array of puzzles for you to solve. You and your companion Trico, will travel the ruins and often there will be a roadblock in the form a of a puzzle. The solution requires teamwork and involves finding/reaching a switch or destroying part of the environment. Because each location is different, no two puzzles will be the same. One of the locations is a collapsing bridge and the puzzle involves you and Trico crossing it. Another is a tall tower you have to climb, but you have to figure out how because it's falling apart. See More

Top Con

Control and AI issues

The controls and AI in The Last Guardian feel a little off. The camera isn't very responsive, and the AI just kind of picks a random action and goes with it. See More

Top Pro

Beautiful environments

The Last Guardian is set in a long forgotten and ruined castle hidden in a valley called "The Nest." Everything about this environment draws you in. From the grandiose architecture to the beautiful vistas. The colors in the game vary from bright and cheery, to dark and gritty. This helps contrast elements from the present and the past. So you'll often see things like lush green grass on top of a dark and worn-out structure. See More

Top Pro

Captivating soundtrack

The cinematic orchestral soundtrack is one of the best parts about The Last Guardian. Each musical piece uses a different mix of instruments, arrangements and tempos. One song will have a full orchestra furiously going at it, while another will have a lone mellow piano. Each one evokes a different set of emotions in you and helps paint the relationship between the boy and Trico. When you listen to the soundtrack after beating the game you'll vividly remember the scene or location a musical piece was used in. See More

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Top Pro

It's a short game worth your time

This game takes you through an amazing world and tells a unique story, without any dialogue or text. See More

Top Con

Puzzles are on the easy side

While the story and environment of the game are a pleasure the puzzles themselves are pretty easy and casual offering little challenge. While it can be a good game for those that like casual puzzles, those that enjoy a more difficult gameplay will be at a loss. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:Adventure, Puzzle

Top Pro

Meloncholy/beautiful artwork and atmosphere

Top Con

The controls takes some time getting used to

It might take some minutes of struggling before getting the hang of it. See More

Top Pro

Uniquely tells much of the story through gameplay mechanics

The story is told silently without text and it is through the games puzzles/gameplay that one learns the story of the game. This is quite a departure from many games where the story is told to the player, here is is learned through playing. See More

Top Pro

Innovative control scheme

The controls for the game work through the player controlling two different characters simultaneously with the two analog thumb sticks on ones controller. A unique feature that creates a fun way to interact with the game that makes for a memorable experience. See More

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Top Pro

Immersive atmosphere

While wandering the landscape, it's easy to believe you are exploring an old forest and town lost to time. The buildings are run down and decrepit, the roads and railroad tracks are overgrown with grass, and save for the chirping of birds or the river babbling, it is eerily silent. Exploring around and poking into every dark corner of the vast wilderness, one can't help but feel a complete sense of awe and become fully immersed in the mystery. See More

Top Con

Framerate drops from 60fps

There are framerate drops in the game but they never go below 30fps and do not tear due to the progressive vsync. See More

Specs

Genre:Horror, Adventure, Puzzle, Narrative

Top Pro

Gorgeous, state-of-the-art graphics

During development, real objects were photographed, scanned, and put into the game world using a process called photogrammetry. As a result, everything in-game renders as photo realistic without jagged lines or appearing pixelated. Everything from buildings and trees down to the smallest details like rocks and blades of grass look great. See More

Top Con

Pacing feels unbalanced

There is one notable part of the game where the player spends an uneven amount of time in that the environment is lackluster as well as holds many frustrating puzzles. This makes for what feels like unbalanced pacing and is an aggravating section of the game. See More

Top Pro

Very surreal and mysterious storytelling

While the game starts out with the premise of a detective trying to solve the disappearance of a young boy, the story quickly takes a sharp turn and begins mixing in some very surreal, strange themes. These themes border on the paranormal and supernatural, and it quickly becomes apparent this is not a clear cut missing persons case. During the course of the game, the story keeps you guessing and invested as you try to figure out exactly what's going on. Additionally, due to the way you explore the nonlinear world, you might be witnessing events out of order which makes it even more mysterious. See More

Top Con

Horrible character models

They are very plain and look almost cartoonish in nature, which is a stark contrast to the photo realistic environment they inhabit. The same level of work that went into the game world didn't quite make it into the character models, and as a result, they are disappointingly bad. See More

Top Pro

Heavily exploration based

With the exception of a few storyline gated or locked areas, you have the freedom to explore the entire game world from the very beginning. From the dark forests to the run down old houses, you can wander and go wherever you please, stopping to enjoy the scenery or investigate locations at your leisure. There are no linear story paths to follow and most of the puzzles can be completed in any order. This unhindered exploration allows you to explore the world and unravel the mystery completely at your own pace. See More

Top Con

Not much dialogue

For a game that is heavily steeped in storytelling, there is a surprisingly low amount of actual dialogue and spoken lines. While it doesn't detract much from the experience, some people might be expecting a lot more writing for a game that boasts its story as a selling point. See More

Top Pro

Challenging and rewarding puzzles

The puzzles require great observational skills with many clues being found only after thoroughly exploring the location in which the puzzle resides. Oftentimes, these clues are very discreet, well hidden, and integrated into the environment in creative ways. Piecing everything together can be quite a challenge at times as the puzzles provide no instructions, but also very rewarding as bits of the story are revealed after each successful solve. See More

Top Con

Simplistic gameplay

There is very little direct interaction with the world outside of solving puzzles and reading notes. Much of the game is simply walking around and exploring. From time to time, you will stumble upon a location in which you can manipulate items to solve the various puzzles, read notes, and watch story cutscenes play out. See More

Top Pro

Runs at 1080p and 60fps

The game runs at 1080p and 60 FPS. See More

Top Con

Repetitive puzzle solving

Without revealing spoilers, almost every major puzzle in the game is solved using the exact same logic. While the puzzles themselves are thematically different, the way you approach them and the mechanics they use are the same. After you've figured out how the first one works, you'll be applying the same basic principles to every puzzle in the game thereafter. See More

Human: Fall Flat

Top Pro

Very funny

The playable character in this game moves around like a boneless blob of jelly learning to walk for the first time, making for some silly animations and awkward movements. Animations and interactions are over animated and cartoonish which can lead to some hilarious - whether intentional, and most oftentimes unintentional - consequences such as falling off edges, flailing around, and knocking yourself over. See More

Top Con

Can cause motion sickness due to camera shaking

The excessive camera shaking causes a lot of players to experience motion sickness, and at the time of this writing can not be modified to a lower setting or disabled. Even if you aren't considered sensitive, you should still take precautions. Perhaps this will be solved in a future update. See More

Top Pro

Playing co-op with your friends adds a whole new experience to the puzzle solving

Playing co-op with your friends allows you to reach new areas and solve puzzles that you can't do in solo play. Puzzles can be overcome and solved differently based on the number of players. For example, when playing alone you may find something you can't possibly lift or move yourself. However, add a friend into the mix and now you're able to work together to lift and move that object. Ledge you can't quite reach yourself? Have a friend give you a boost! See More

Top Con

Short

The game is too short and will leave you wanting more. The solo campaign clocks in at about 6 hours of game play. See More

Top Pro

Oddly rewarding control scheme

Being able to maneuver your bloblike character efficiently takes some skill, and as a result, feels rewarding once it's mastered. One of the things players will initially notice with the controls is that walking and jumping work as one would expect, however there is a very pronounced wobble and bounce to it. The playable character controls like a boneless blob of jelly, making each step and interaction look cartoonish and overly-animated in nature. These controls take some getting used to, but add a level of charm to the animation. Additionally, your left and right arms are controlled separately which is very unique among games. This is utilized in many of the game's puzzles such as holding yourself against a column with one arm, while using the other to move or manipulate another object into place. See More

Top Con

Not much visual appeal

This game doesn't contain much in the way of vibrant colors, interesting shapes, or textures. Mostly everything in the game is a shaded, blocky object that only consists of a few plain colors. Having an entire world populated by boring shapes and washed-out colors results in an environment without much visual appeal. See More

Top Pro

Fantastic physics

Objects can be pushed, pulled, swung, and dragged around in a variety of ways as they collide into each other, fly through the air, spin, and twist - often with a low-gravity type effect. Pushing, pulling, and dragging objects just has a satisfying feel that makes you feel like each object has mass and density, and is a part of the world. See More

Top Pro

Levels have multiple paths, encouraging discovery

As you make your way through the game world, you will encounter a variety of different environmental puzzles that block your path to the exit. However, getting stuck or stumped is rarely a problem as most levels have multiple paths that you can find. With a little exploration, you should be able to discover an alternate route to bypass the environmental puzzle that is giving you problems. This gives the player an opportunity to replay levels in a different way, and discover each level in its entirety. See More

Top Pro

You can personalize your avatar with colors and textures

Included with the game is a basic paint option which allows players to customize their avatar. Selecting colors from a palette, you can paint your avatar's head, hat, and body using a variety of different brush sizes. Additionally, you are able to upload your own pictures (such as your own face) and apply them to areas of your personalized avatar as a texture. It's a great way for players to give their avatar a personal touch and make themselves stand out during co-op games. See More

Top Pro

Good progression of difficulty

The levels gradually become physically bigger and more challenging as you progress throughout the game. This gives us time to get used to how the character controls as well as how the puzzles operate. As you advance, the puzzles become increasingly more difficult, and the levels become increasingly wider. By building upon what you are learning in previous levels, there's a distinct sense of progression from one level to the next. See More

Top Pro

Hilarious co-op mode

Playing co-op is where the hilarity and fun in this game truly shines. It's quite satisfying to push and bump your teammates around, even if that includes sending them plummeting over the edge of tall structures. There's nothing quite like slapping your friend's character, only to see them fall, slip, and bounce around the levels. It's funny to watch them struggle to get their bearings back, only to give them another good slap and watch them flail around all over again. Solving puzzles with your friends can result in some humorous situations as you accidentally slap and knock each other over trying to accomplish even the simplest of tasks. See More

Spelunky

Top Pro

Expanded gameplay through mods to improve replayability

Ranging from Mega Man to Metroid, there are a tone of great mods for Spelunky all of which make for a new experience in the game which vastly expands the replayability. See More

Top Con

Difficult to the point of frustration

Spelunky is pretty difficult and some could say abusive, but with practice and a desire for masochism the game can be mastered. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:Platformer / Indie / Roguelike

Co-Op:4 Player Couch

Controller Support:Full

Top Pro

Provides an interesting challenge by heavily relying on increasing your skill

Spelunky gives the player everything needed to succeed from the start so it is only when the players skills get better will they advance. See More

Top Con

Co-op is boring and confusing

In co-op this game is very confusing with little instruction on how to play. With little to spice up the game play, it gets boring quickly. See More

Top Pro

Up to 4 player local co-op

Spelunky features 4 player local co-op where players share the same screen, which can get a bit hectic. See More

Top Pro

Quick sessions so you can play in short bursts

Being that Spelunky is at its heart a roguelike the gameplay sessions can tend to be quick as the player will die quite often. This makes for something that can be played in quick bursts throughout the day. The convenient saving also lends to this as a game that is still ongoing can be quickly saved in order to be picked up at a later time. See More

Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris

Top Con

Online co-op with strangers can be frustrating

Most of the intricate and complex puzzles require intense cooperation and communication between players. Achieving that level of coordination playing online with strangers is difficult and frustrating in some situations. See More

Top Pro

Co-op play encourages strong teamwork and coordination

In order to overcome obstacles in your path, get at loot in hard to reach places, or use teamwork to solve a variety of puzzles, the game encourages a deep level of coordination and communication between players that isn't required in most other isometric dungeon crawlers. This makes it a great co-op game to play with friends. Boost a friend to the top of a column for hard to reach loot, pull a switch so they can access a locked gate in another area, or even lay down a rope line to help your friends cross a perilous chasm. Almost everything in co-op play will require multiple people working together to advance throughout the level. Additionally, the puzzles scale based on the number of players, oftentimes adding new mechanics such as switches, levers, and walls that aren't present in solo play. Nobody will ever feel left out as there's always a way for players to contribute to solving puzzles whether you're playing with 2 or 4 friends. See More

Top Con

The story is generic and simple

If you're looking for a deep and intricate story, you won't find it here. The plot revolves around Lara and friends finding all the pieces of Osiris and putting him back together to stop the evil god Set from enslaving all humanity. There's not much depth or character development. See More

Top Pro

Good balance between action and puzzle solving

You'll do your fair share of running and gunning through hordes of scarabs and skeletons, but the action is offset nicely by numerous environmental puzzles. There's just enough action so that you stay on your toes, but it's never overbearing to the point you'll ever feel overwhelmed by enemies. The puzzles are spaced liberally to give a break from the action and let your brain do the heavy lifting for a while. Every so often, you'll put your weapons down and instead pull levers, throw down rope lines, shoot lasers at mirrors, and change the flow of waterways in an attempt to continue down your path. See More

Top Pro

Various loot adds a bit of an RPG element

While this is not a loot-based dungeon crawler, there's still a variety of different weapons to discover and blast your foes with, as well as gems and treasure chests scattered around the levels. The gems are used to open treasure chests that contain rings and amulets. This loot provides combat bonuses such as extra fire damage, a leech effect to steal health from enemies, or provide a bigger blast radius for your bombs. Finding these gems and treasure chests will require some exploration into hard to reach areas, oftentimes by utilizing the help of your friends, but looting a new ring or amulet to increase your combat capabilities makes it a worthy endeavor and gives the game a light RPG element. See More

Top Pro

Boss fights incorporate puzzles

Sometimes the boss battles incorporate elements of the puzzles from the level you just played, and build on them a bit. This makes the boss battles more strategic. Instead of just pumping lead into them and mashing buttons, you have to strategically alter the environment to take them down. For example, there is a snake boss that requires you to arrange mirrors and shoot lasers to expose the weak areas of the boss. Your friend may be arranging the mirrors while you're shooting the lasers. Discovering the trick to defeating each boss is highly rewarding as each encounter incorporates a clever, satisfying mix of action, teamwork, and puzzles. See More

Little Big Planet 3

Top Pro

Charming visuals

The various environments are colorful, bright, very detailed, and have adorable decorations in them. This includes cups with faces, cloud cutouts hanging on strings, squirrels with hats, and any many more. Sometimes it feels like you're watching a stage play for kids. The most noteworthy aspect are the characters though. Each one looks like a stuffed toy that was knitted with yarn. They are very colorful, come in various shapes and sizes, and you can tell they're soft just by look at them. Even their expressions are really adorable, even when they try to be all mean and angry. Giving you a warm and fuzzy feeling every time you play. LBP3's world looks like it's straight out of a storybook, giving you a warm and fuzzy feeling every time you play. See More

Top Con

Occasional bugs

While a lot of the bugs have been getting fixed, some issues still remain. This includes characters twitching, falling through textures, loading screen freezes, and very rarely savefile corruption. There's nothing you can do about it, which can be frustrating, especially if you lose progress. See More

Top Pro

Decent platforming gameplay

You run, jump, press switches, pull levers, and collect items across a level just like in most platformers. To make it more interesting LBP 3 has four distinct characters. Sackboy/Sackgirl, the default character that runs and jumps normally. Swoop, who can fly and carry others. Oddsock that can run really fast, but can be pretty tricky to control. Toggle that can become small to get into narrow spaces or become large to push large switches. There are even levels designed specifically for each character and some levels require you to switch between them. As a result, LBP 3 has enough variety to keep the gameplay interesting for a long time. See More

Top Pro

Very fun co-op

LBP 3 has a very laid back and cheerful atmosphere, which makes the player interaction feel a lot more pleasant. So whether you’re grimacing at each other with your characters, cooperating to solve puzzles, or just pushing each other down a platform, LBP 3 is a joy to play with others. See More

Top Pro

Nearly limitless content thanks to the level creator

LBP 3 has a level creator for creating new and exciting stages to play. This can be a really intricate towers of platforms with many puzzles along the way or just a pool of sharks that you have you to swim across. The options are nearly limitless, as long as you have the patience. What's more, the levels can also be shared online, so you can find thousands of levels to download and play with new levels getting added fairly regularly. Because of this you'll always have new content to enjoy. See More

Unravel

Top Pro

Beautiful environment

The environment is inspired by the beautiful scenery of Northern Scandinavia, including forest, swamps and fields. all during different seasons aswell. The game is colorful, but lifelike, creating a really pleasant vibe. See More

Top Con

Feels short

Though it's a good few hours of gameplay, the game feels a bit short. A few additional levels(memories to collect) would improve the experience. See More

Specs

Genre:Puzzle, Platformer

Top Pro

Simple enough for children to play

The puzzles are nothing difficult and the game mechanics are simple enough as well for children to play through the game. See More

Top Pro

Awesome graphics

Though it's a platformer, the graphics are actually very lifelike, just in a side-view. See More

Top Pro

Amazing soundtrack

The soundtrack consists of sweet and beautiful instrumental pieces, adding to the overall nostalgic vibe. See More

Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)

Top Pro

Collaboration of veteran gaming devs an educational group and Alaskan natives

Never Alone is an actual collaboration work of top industry devs, an educational group and actual Alaskan natives. Ideally this is supposed to give the game a more genuine story and background while also staying educational and fun. See More

Top Con

Transition from game to videos feels disjointed

It almost feels like the player is interupted when a video unlocks and definitely feels disjointed to leave the gameplay to then watch another video. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:Puzzle/Platformer

Top Pro

Interactive folklore

Being that the game wes helped developed by actual Alaskan natives, the folklore of the game holds a lot off weight that gets you right in the feels. See More

Top Con

Difficulty spikes 90 minutes in

The game spikes its difficulty at around the 90 minute mark, whether this is on purpose to stay true to life (in that some points in life are not fun and difficult to get through) or is just bad design is probably up to the player to decide. See More

Top Pro

Videos that tell true stories accompany sections in the game

At many points in the game a player will unlock videos that tell true stories that directly relate to what is happening in the game. See More

Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Top Pro

A game about war where you don't kill anyone

Valiant Hearts tells a story about war, but you're not the one spreading death and misery. Your character simply journeys through battlefields, trenches, and various other locations. You meet other characters and solve puzzles along the way. This is quite refreshing because most modern titles about war always have a gun toting player character. See More

Top Con

Short

Valiant Hearts takes about 6 hours to complete and there's not much to do afterwards. While the collectibles give this game some replay value, not many players will be interested in finding them. See More

Top Pro

Simple but satisfying puzzles

The puzzles in Valiant Hearts aren't exactly the most difficult, but they'll often require a little more thought than you initially believe. One type of the puzzles you'll have to solve is fixing a pipe system. You just have to turn sections of the pipe system until it all fits together. Even solving something so simple is very satisfying and leaves you with a feeling of achievement. See More

Top Con

Historical facts may become annoying

There are historical fact boxes that will pop up during gameplay. They are optional, but can be annoying because they disrupt the flow of the gameplay. See More

Top Pro

Striking artistic style

The style of Valiant Hearts appeals to most aesthetics. It's simple and clean, allowing you to spot even the tiniest details in character designs and backgrounds. You'd occasionally spot interesting things like a flute attached to a soldiers backpack. Or even spot a very detailed Cathedral in the spaces between the rubble. The colors are very dim and blend quite well, giving you the sombre feeling of war. There are no random mashups of colors or effects like in many recent games. See More

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

Top Pro

Interesting puzzles

Most of the puzzles in this game are "escape a room" type of puzzles. The puzzle tasks vary from fixing a broken pipe to decoding an alien language. At times it might feel impossible, but if you persevere and complete one, it feels really rewarding. See More

Top Con

The story won't make sense without playing the previous 2 titles

ZE: ZTD is the conclusion to a trilogy, answering most of the unanswered questions from the previous titles. If you haven't played those, it's best to avoid this game because it will just confuse you. See More

GenuineHeXiangu's Experience

Excellent puzzles, builds on previous games See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

Top Pro

Suspensful atmosphere

You truly feel like a prisoner, trapped in a jail where the wrong choice can lead to your death. Everyone seems really suspicious and it feels like you can't trust anyone. See More

Q.U.B.E. 2

Top Pro

Minimal UI that allows the puzzle solving to take center stage

The UI is very minimal, only showing the color cube you currently have selected in the lower right corner. This allows the game world itself to fill up the entire screen and makes puzzle solving the main focus. Looking around and exploring while solving the various puzzles within the alien world is clutter-free with no distractions. See More

Top Con

Puzzles get repetitive

While the puzzles do gradually get more complex and add some new mechanics from time to time, the same 3 cube mechanics are in play for most of the game. See More

Specs

Genre:First-Person Puzzle, Adventure

Top Pro

Enticing, mysterious narrative

You play as Amelia, and you've woken up alone with amnesia on a strange alien world. Soon, your earpiece crackles to life and you are informed by a woman named Emma you were on some sort of space mission. Guided only by the voice of Emma in your headset, you'll take shelter in a large structure and move from room to room using a mysterious suit to manipulate cubes and solve puzzles. The game is peppered with dialogue between Amelia and Emma that reveals pieces of the story, a little bit of a time. It gives you just enough to keep the mystery alive, and actually develops into a plot with some thriller elements. You'll be wondering what in the world you're doing on this strange planet, what Emma's real motives are, and how you're going to escape. The story doesn't feel tacked on, and it serves as a great way to keep you invested during the puzzles. See More

Top Con

Mistakes are overly punishing

Some puzzles can require manipulating over a dozen cubes, and if you mess up at any point, you have to start the puzzle over from scratch. See More

Top Pro

Great graphics

This game uses the Unreal 4 engine and looks gorgeous. Everything is shiny and glistening in a pristine, almost surgically clean environment. The lighting effects as it reflects and shines off smooth metal surfaces is a treat to look at. See More

Top Pro

Unique and immersive atmosphere

There's a distinct sense of feeling alone and isolated immediately as you wake up on the surface of a dusty planet with no memory of how you got there. The landscape is empty and alien, but before you lays a giant cube fortress. Once inside, the pristine cleanliness, seemingly endless chambers, and strange technology can be a bit unsettling and adds to the overall mystery. The feel and polish of this unique, almost surgical environment will have you believing you're actually in some strange alien fortress manipulating odd cube technology. See More

Top Pro

Simple, but entertaining cube puzzle mechanic

The game throws some curveballs from time to time like switches that have to be pressed, oily floors that can move cubes, or pressure plates that require a cube to depress, but overall it's the simplicity of the easy to grasp base mechanics that makes the puzzles shine. There are blank spaces on walls and floors where you can place 3 different colored cubes, with each having a different effect. For example, orange cubes can be pulled out to form a ledge, and blue cubes act as a jump pad. As you move from chamber to chamber, it's up to you to figure out how to best use the cubes in each room to reach the exit. It's fun to experiment creating ledges and jump pads, and trying various color combinations as you figure out how to best navigate the room. See More

Road Not Taken

Top Pro

Deepens the roguelike experience

Road Not Taken, like any good rougelike title, is all about discovery and using your accumulated knowledge, but it adds a few twists to it. First, you can combine the items to create new items to help you in progressing. This gives you a reason to experiment, even if combining animals might seem weird at first. Discovering the recipe for something really useful feels rewarding. You also have The Book of Secrets to help you keep track of all the recipes, even after death. Second, you won't be always fighting since the game has randomized puzzles. These require you to move around various objects and they get more difficult as you progress. You often have to solve them to proceed, which makes this game feel different from other roguelikes. See More

Top Con

Progression can feel very slow at times

Some of the mechanics are not very obvious, so you'll be dying a lot and learning through trial-and-error. Dying also means you'll lose your progress and will have to restart from the beginning. This can be very frustrating, but gradually gaining knowledge is a part of the roguelike genre. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Top Pro

Easier to learn than other roguelikes

Road Not Taken has an in-game notebook called The Book of Secrets. It records all the items (including enemies) and recipes you've discovered. You can check the entries to get hints, which help with learning the game. Even if you happen to die and start over, you won't lose any of the notebook entries. See More

Bridge Constructor Portal

Top Pro

Decent amount content for its price

While most puzzle games in this price range usually take only a few hours to beat, BCP has a total of 60 levels, taking about 10 hours for a full first time playthrough. You can even choose between a regular and a hard version of a level, further adding to the playtime. See More

Top Con

Can feel frustrating

BCP relies heavily on trial and error, requiring you to build very precise and efficient bridges that don't make much sense initially. Because of this, your well-reasoned and carefully planned bridge might not work at all, which can be really frustrating. So unless you're a really patient player that's willing to try over and over, you probably won't enjoy BCP. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Top Pro

Interesting puzzles

While BCP at its core is a game about building bridges so your forklift can pass, the sci-fi elements of the Portal series make it a lot more interesting. This includes sentry turrets that try to destroy your forklift along the way, gel that speeds up your forklift letting it ascend almost vertical slopes, and even portals that allow travel between distant locations, creating solutions to seemingly impossible scenarios. It's simply fun to solve the many puzzles found in the game. See More

Top Con

Can seem a little bland in its presentation

It has a simple visual style that uses very little color, the soundtrack gets repetitive fairly quickly, and the story feels like an afterthought. The puzzles are the main focus of BCP, but it feels like the developers might've forgotten about every other aspect of the game. See More

Top Pro

Based off of a great puzzle game

Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut

Top Pro

Satisfying to solve puzzles

While the puzzle aren't overly complex, quite a few of them takes some time and thinking to come up with a solution. When you finally solve a puzzle, it feels like a decent accomplishment, spurring you on to look for new puzzles and solutions. See More

Top Con

It is a very short game

Q.U.B.E is able to be completed within a few hours. In this speedrun, someone was able to complete the entire game in a little over 29 minutes. See More

Steve's Experience

Itching for an experience similar to Portal 1 and 2, I bought Q.U.B.E after hearing that it is a physics-based puzzle system like Portal. It was a rather short experience, but it still enjoyable solving the puzzles as they went from simple when introducing a new mechanic, to complex when combining multiple mechanics together to solve later puzzles. I look forward to seeing what Toxic Games has in store for the upcoming sequel. See More

Top Pro

Great feeling of progression

The creators could have just had you continue to solve puzzles in an effort to reach the end and somehow stop the alien craft. However, as you progress from stage to stage, the environment around begins to show signs of damage and even starts to fall apart. Eventually the environment is so damaged that the puzzles incorporate dealing with the damaged environment to solve puzzles. It makes you feel like your efforts to solve the puzzles actually have an effect instead of just waiting for a big finale at the end of it all. See More

Top Con

The physics sometimes feel off

There were a few puzzles where the physics feel a bit unbelievable, which is really noticeable during puzzles that involve navigating a rolling ball through an obstacle course. The ball will hit a pillar, and it should have stop there based on actual physics, but the ball will then slowly roll to the side before continuing down on the path. This can feel really sloppy to some players since Q.U.B.E is primarily a physics-based puzzle game. See More

Top Con

Weak story

There really isn't much of a story to Q.U.B.E. Your are an astronaut that somehow ended up on an alien spacecraft headed towards Earth and it is up to you to solve the puzzles to stop the ship and save Earth. There is some dialogue where someone from the International Space Station talks to you and late on some guy who is convinced everything is a simulation, but it feels like the game would be fine without that extra dialogue. See More

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