Hexologic
This is a really pleasant puzzle game!
This is one of those games where you start it up, and you’re immediately dropped into a set of puzzles with no explanation as to how to proceed. Thankfully, the mechanics are easy to pick up, and new concepts are gradually introduced in intuitive ways. All throughout, the puzzles are very well-designed, and the difficulty curve is smooth.
Though there are only 90 “basic” and 21 “hard” puzzles in the game, and it may feel like a majority of the puzzles are themselves easy and short, I would say the game makes up for it by increasing in difficulty and throwing in a few tough puzzles in between the easy introductions of new concepts (which themselves are designed so as to not overwhelm you as you get used to them). The game also has two difficulties, an easy mode and a hard mode; these give you different achievements and have different puzzles in each, so this adds to both the replay value and challenge of the game.
– Real player with 8.7 hrs in game
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AT A GLANCE:
3/5 Stars - This is a pretty decent logic based game. If you like messing around with numbers then check this game out. I would describe it as a logic meets sudoku puzzle. Definitely something different.
GAME GENRE:
Casual, Puzzle, Single Player, Indie, Logic
GAME DESCRIPTION:
Release Date: May 2018 - Click on the hexo’s to add or remove number dots. Equal the amount needed at the end of the hexo to finish. Puzzles get more challenging the farther along you go.
KID FRIENDLY:
– Real player with 8.3 hrs in game
Arrows
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
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Coloree
Coloree is a relaxing puzzle game with a very familiar mechanic that I have never seen in a puzzle game before: left-click and drag a box to change the color of everything in the box. The puzzles are increasingly challenging but the aesthetics and the sounds keep the relaxing theme going the whole time.
The reason that the mechanic is familiar is because it’s what we do in an operating system or a game when we want to select multiple things- brilliant! However, this game requires some novel thought processes when thinking about strategies to solve puzzles and it’s easy to get lost in the gameplay. The music and sounds are mostly from a marimba (Google it- it’s a giant xylophone), which plays a big part in setting the ambiance.
– Real player with 4.2 hrs in game
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This game is AWESOME!
I played this game for about 30 minutes and its so fun.
I realy recomend this game!
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
Crystal Sequence
Very good game.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
A good guessing game in which you have to find the correct sequence of crystals. It was nice to turn off my brain for a while and forget about the problems haha
– Real player with 1.8 hrs in game
Bunny’s Flowers
On the surface it looks like a quaint little pastime, but once you play you start realise it actually is a psychological horror game. These levels are designed to torture your mind and once you’ve come back to the brink of sanity after completing a puzzle, you’re sent right over the moment you progress to the next one. This continuous cycle will break you utterly as it did me.
The only thing that kept me going was Adam and Diego’s strong relationship, I had to do it for them
(In all seriousness this game is pretty great, really enjoyed getting stuck on a lot of the puzzles)
– Real player with 8.2 hrs in game
This was a fun game, especially for someone who isn’t a full proper gamer and is rather new to playing games. I liked the puzzles and definitely will be playing through it again :) It’s very cute, I love that every level is named after a flower. I wish it were longer and I wish the interactions had been more interactive, but I still enjoyed it a ton
– Real player with 6.9 hrs in game
I wish Michael Phantomino were here
“I wish Michael Phantomino were here” offers beginners and veterans alike an easy-to-learn game that will keep players engaged for more than one evening. Let your brain do the hard work solving 42 levels of Story Mode, meet dozens of hilarious characters and help them solve the puzzle, because you’re the famous Michael Phantomino!
Have you ever heard of Pentamino?
It’s a popular logic puzzle game that originated in the late 1960s. The game consists of flat pieces, each consisting of 5 identical squares connected by sides. A total of 12 different pentamino pieces are used. When solving problems and puzzles the pieces can be rotated and flipped.
O.C.D. - On Completeness & Dissonance
OCD presents itself very cleanly as a well-made interpretation of the classic sliding-tiles puzzle, the likes of which have remained popular with casual audiences and more hardcore fans alike since the earliest days of Flash animation games. The name becomes ever-more fitting as the levels advance, the challenge rapidly becoming something which requires genuine forethought to successfully overcome; the basic control scheme of using each arrow key to rotate the board ninety degrees left or right at a time masks the many dynamic aspects the game which will be introduced very quickly.
– Real player with 3.9 hrs in game
It’s an interesting rotating puzzle game.
You have to fit the tiles in the marked area in the exact orientation, among a few other challenges.
It’s a decent game with 60 or so levels.
– Real player with 1.8 hrs in game
Pixross
This game is so good it has spoiled me for the other nonogram games which are on Steam. I had somehow never seen nonogram puzzles before and started here with Kenney’s creation. Now I judge all of the other nonogram games I try based on this one.
My playtime is a little inflated because I left the game running a few times so I could finish a puzzle after doing something else, but the game is still well worth the tiny price tag.
The Good
- This is a very solid implementation of nonogram puzzles.
– Real player with 16.2 hrs in game
Yay finally more nonogram games on Steam!
Pixross has a lot of options to tailor to your play style, and a good variety of puzzles! There is even a random generator for 5x5, 10x10 or 20x20 puzzles introduced in the most recent update, which is great for people like me who appreciate nonograms for the process of figuring them out rather than the aesthetic payoff at the end result. So while other nonogram games tend to run out of content for me very quickly, I think I’ll be playing this one for a long time!
– Real player with 11.5 hrs in game
Angkor: Runefall
+1 Match 3
– Real player with 1.8 hrs in game
In this video I take a look at Angkor: Runefall, a nice new match three from HH-Games and Ironcode.
This is a refreshing change, it has it’s own look and way of doing thing from most of the HH-Games match threes. It still keeps all of the flare but looks different and has some unique perks. I enjoyed it and think it’s worth a look for a match 3 change.
Watch the video to see what the game is like…
Check’n Games Video Curation, providing you with as many Let’s Play’s as we can.
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Finley’s - The Colour of Radiation
A puzzle solving game of laser light beams, refraction, reflection and mixing.
Game Features:
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Casual gameplay
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A plethora of levels to discover
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Steam achievements (over 40 awards)
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Speed Runner mode
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Leader boards for total score and speed (friends and globally)
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Ever increasing difficulty
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Multiple ways to solve a puzzle
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Simple user interface using “drag and drop”
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Share your achievements with others
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No time limit (although faster means better!)
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Beautifully rendered secret laboratory
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Retro 1960’s comic style
“Is this thing on? Testing, testing.”
“My sensors really need a clean!”
“Oh wait, there you are.”
“Welcome test subject to our human radiation colour …or is that color? Hmm I’m not sure, my programming has more than a hint of the transatlantic in it…Where was I… Oh yes.,, Welcome test subject to our human radiation colour perception challenge. My name is Finley 808 and I’m your AI companion for your short foreseeable future.”
Pit your wits against the maniacal artificial intelligence Finley in this reimagining of the unknown and very secret 1960’s human perception tests carried out in top secret hidden bunker laboratories.
“Did you know there’s a Prize to be found deep in the Laboratory at the end of this test?”
As the test subject, the deeper you go into the facility, the harder the puzzles become to most.
“Thanks to a lucky find near Roswell, New Mexico we have built this facility to experiment on some new forms matter”
The objective of each test is simple. Drag and drop the available laser manipulation devices to split, redirect and absorb the laser death ray and eliminate the alien blob like waste product artefacts.
“The death ray… I mean focused radiation beam… is quite powerful. Should it touch the sides I will have no choice but to activate sterilisation protocols!”
It is possible for the light beam to touch the sides of the test laboratory. If you do, it will activate a countdown (limiting the time you have to pass the test). Should the countdown reach zero (all containment suppression fuses in the lab are blown), you will fail the test.
“Oh I do hope you aren’t one of the mediocre ones. You know your colours right? Oh I do hope so, whilst this alien waste product is messy, recycling substandard humans is really messy!”
The alien artefacts have a distinct hue. Black, Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and White. The white light of the laser will neutralise any of these. However you can split the white light (and combine of course) into these colours to remove corresponding Alien waste products.
“I’m always amazed just how many supposedly bright humans don’t understand how primary colours are mixed to make other colours. As a species you boast about the likes of Newton and Einstein, but really. The number of test subjects I see that didn’t know Red and Green makes Yellow, Red and Blue makes Magenta and, get this, Blue and Green makes Cyan. I mean please, over 80 billion neurons and not one helping… I will understand this species one day”.
A report card is produced for each test level completed. The grading is typical of the 1960’s where a “F” is an out and out fail through to an A (a top pass). Finley will award three star ticks for the best “A” class students! You are welcome to retake a level test again and again to improve your rating and score.
“It’s good to reward good effort don’t you think?”
You can increase your score (and report card attainment of course) by completing levels quickly, matching laser beam colour to Alien blob and minimising the number of device moves.
“Oh dear, that was a failure. Where will I get the next test subject from?”
You can easily (with permission granted) share your report with friends. Perhaps they will be better or worse than you when they face Finley’s Colour of Radiation challenge? Either way, it’s a game that will improve your cognitive and problem solving skills - Those secret 1960’s experiments have to have proved something right?
“We like humans, they will do whatever you ask of them, if you ask in the right way. Only last week I said to a test subject that managed to get to the Prize… I got into a fight with 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. – The odds were against me. Soon after, 19 and 20 had a fight. Twenty one. ….They laughed!”
Still not sure if you want to give this game a go? Well, we can offer you hearsay and hyperbole regarding the experience of this game. Here are some of the totally fictitious characters that helped develop it…
“Man. This game is far out. The colours dude, they like blend you know.” (Comic reader guy, Long Beach, CA)
“My uncle did a lot of deep water filming in the 1960’s, but this game takes you deeper.” (Jake Coostoe, Monaco )
“One doesn’t simply play the game, one becomes the game, doesn’t one?” (MP, London)
“You know… When I was stuck in the game, I did manage to get by with a little help from my friends.” (Musician, Liverpool)
“Floot-rig-noota-garf-garf-yipa-enata-solinty-bim.” (A caretaker, Altair V)
We hope you enjoy this game!
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