Please don’t skip Unreal Life. At the time of my writing my review, Unreal Life has been on Steam since late November 2020. It has 98 user reviews, with a 97% positive rating; you can do the math on that. Developed by just one person, this is the kind of supremely niche indie game that
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Editor’s Note: mild spoilers for Outer Wilds concepts are present in this editorial. Specific details and plot elements are kept as vague as possible, but but this is a game best experienced blind. Exercise caution before reading, but do play the game first and come back to this editorial after. It’s worth your time. Had I
The Turing Test is a first-person puzzle game by Bulkhead Interactive that first released for current systems and PC in 2016. The game’s design draws heavy inspiration from Valve’s Portal series, while the narrative is an original mind-boggling adventure. The puzzles don’t develop into a worthy challenge until late into the game; however, the story
Most puzzle games aren’t weird enough. Sure, ambitious new titles like Legend of Solgard look to shake up the match-three formula, however, a lot of puzzle games end up focusing solely on mechanics rather than world-building or narrative. While that’s all fine and dandy, it would be nice to see a new generation of puzzle games
It’s a scenario as old as gaming itself– you find yourself alone in a room surrounded by boxes. You spot an exit somewhere in the distance but there’s no clear path to your destination. If you’re a seasoned gamer or simply a puzzle fan, you know what comes next; you have to move all of