Puzzle games reward patience and a sharp eye. You might be lining up tiles, matching patterns to score or trying to crack clever little problems one at a time to escape from a tight situation. They can be satisfying and just tricky enough to make you feel smart when it all comes together.
Some examples of puzzle games are Calçada, Shallow Sea and Burger Master
Blancat – How Hard Can Folding a Blanket Be?
You’ve made a set of new blankets for your cats. That sounds like a nice thing to do, but the cats don’t agree. They miss the patterns on their old blankets, and now it’s apparently your job to recreate them…
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Pura Vida – A Park With Directions
“Pura Vida” means “pure life”, and in Costa Rica the phrase is closely connected to the country’s way of life and relationship with nature. That makes it a fitting name for a game filled with rainforests, mangroves, volcanoes, savannahs and…
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Under the Leaves – Making Every Tile Count
If you’ve ever stopped to look a little closer at a garden, you’ll know there’s far more going on than flowers and grass. Under the Leaves takes that idea and turns it into a tile-laying game where you’re creating a…
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Pinkuins – Keeping the Band Together
A group of penguins is about to play the biggest concert of their lives. The audience is ready, the instruments are waiting, and somehow you’ve ended up as the stage manager. In Pinkuins, players collect tiles and place them on…
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Got Five! – Everyone Sees Your Numbers Except You
There’s something slightly uncomfortable about sitting at a table where everybody can see your numbers except you. That’s basically the whole idea behind Got Five!, and it works better than I expected. Every player has five hidden numbered tiles in…
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Epona – Not As Relaxing As It Looks
Running a horse business sounds peaceful, right? Fresh air, green fields, horses doing their thing. Then you sit down with Epona and realise you’re basically juggling staff, money, planning, and a small army of horses that all want different things.…
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Strato – Trying to Control the Weather
Strato is mainly a solo puzzle game, although the box also includes a cooperative multiplayer option. In the game you’re basically managing a small weather system where clouds, wind, rain, sunlight and storms move around a set of tornadoes. Your…
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Land vs Sea: Uncharted – Expanding the Puzzle
Land vs Sea: Uncharted is an expansion for Land vs Sea that adds new tiles and a few optional scoring systems. It doesn’t change what the game is trying to do. You’re still building one shared map and trying to…
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Lodge – A Hotel Shaped By Its Guests
If you’ve ever imagined owning a cozy mountain hotel where everything runs perfectly, Lodge is here to gently ruin that dream. In the nicest way. It looks bright and welcoming, but underneath it’s a puzzle about space, timing, and guests…
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Land vs Sea – An Ongoing Matter of Territory
When I first saw Land vs Sea, I thought I knew what I was getting. Hex tiles, soft colours, a shared map, that whole relaxed tile-laying vibe. Something calm. Something you pull out at the end of the evening when…
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