FreeCell Quest
If you like playing Free Cell this is probably the best game I’ve played. Freecell is a solitaire style game where you can place cards in free cells so that you can bring them into the game later and use the card behind the card you just displaced. The goal of the game is to collect all of the suits from Ace to King. In order to win you must move around cards and stacks of cards. Stacks can only be connected if they are in number order, but it doesn’t matter what color or suit they are.
As you play this game there are a few extras that are added. Eventually you can obtain new free cells, I think you have a maximum of 6. You also have spells to help you move cards around. You can randomize all the red cards, choose a specific card to move to its final destination, move all the kings to the top, and much more. As you win each level, you obtain money which you can use to obtain potions to heal your character or refresh you mana for spells during the game. There are many many levels, I mean an extraordinary amount of levels. It took me forever to beat the game. It would seem that you could play this as a casual game, but if you plan on beating the game prepare for a 100+ hour romp through this game.
– Real player with 202.8 hrs in game
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Not since Letter Quest: Grimm’s Journey has a game taken a simple concept and added enough systems to make it feel fresh again. Levelling up, getting new equipment and spells, etc. You might have seen something similar done already, but FreeCell Quest does it now for this classic Windows card game.
I’m sure you know the rules. Mismatch red and black suits down rows starting with a king, working your way towards collecting aces, etc - but what this game does different is that it’s like a fight, as you’re working out the solution or using up mana to draw the cards you want towards you, you’re being attacked and losing health, so much so that you might even have to retreat or lose a lot of gold if you don’t. It starts simple, but this game gets hard, and certain puzzle sequences might require you to grind to even get a chance to beat them, and since the puzzles are randomized, you can’t exactly turn to a YouTube guide. Eventually, even if you can’t figure it out, you can overpower it once you’ve gained enough in game strength.
– Real player with 87.8 hrs in game
Sudoku Zenkai
INTRO
If you are searching for a fine Sudoku game on Steam, like I was, you can stop doing so now.
ABOUT
In Sudoku Zenkai they let you play the way you like it. Choose what theme you want. Choose if you want to play with numbers, letters, colors, signs and more. Choose your difficulty. Choose the amount of help the game offers you. Make annotations (Yes, there are Sudoku games out there which let you play on extreme difficulties without letting you make annotations…). Solve the daily challenge and play with your friends in a co-op style of gameplay in order to solve the puzzle together.
– Real player with 26.4 hrs in game
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Really versatile Sudoku simulator. The game offers small numbers to help you solve the puzzles and you can remove big numbers and small numbers you typed yourself alike. You can choose to use symbols instead of numbers and a lot of colour background options and methods of play. The daily challenges really want you to use your problem solving skills in these puzzles, so you better be prepared and practice a lot to master or else you may forget techniques to use. This game is recommended to all Sudoku fans, to ones who follow Sudoku Guy on Youtube or possibly the ones who want to extend their Steam library with more puzzle games into their collection.
– Real player with 25.4 hrs in game
Army of Numbers
As a math nerd, I love it. I’m happy that there’s finally a quick game I can play to relax that still makes me think instead of just brainlessly push buttons and swipe. This is what this genre should be.
– Real player with 12.5 hrs in game
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Most fun with maths that i have had
– Real player with 4.9 hrs in game
Shephy
SHEEP!!!!!
This somewhat complicated card game is a must play for anyone looking for a challenge! Your decisions will affect the fate of your herd, so be careful! One wrong move will cost you the game in some cases… From its charming art style to its impossible story mode, there is no wonder of why this game is so fun!
PROTECT THE SHEEP!!!!!!!
– Real player with 23.2 hrs in game
Found this game when Watame played it, honestly pretty dang fun. It’s more of a randomly generated puzzle game. You have a deck with a set amount of bad event cards that you have to play around in order to win. Big problem with this kind of game is how sometimes RNG just screws you over and gives you a 0% chance of winning. The chances of that are about once out of 5 or 6 games, and since you can try an infinite amount of times, it’s not that bad in my opinion.
What I’m most annoyed about is that after I play it a few times the next time I start the game the screen is just black. I can still control it it’s just the display that disappeared. I have to reinstall the game to fix it, but since the game size is so tiny, the download is done almost instantly so it’s not much of a bother. I’m not sure if it’s a problem on my side or the game.
– Real player with 7.2 hrs in game
Solitaire - Cat Pirate Portrait
So it’s just normal solitaire. It has a cat wearing a pirate outfit as its background. The music is awful so it gets turned off anyway. This is my “play in the background while I’m watching TV or avoiding adulting” game. It really just is bare bones and mindless, but a cute spin on the basic version…because…pirate cat. Plus it’s really cheap…I think I may have gotten it as part of an extremely inexpensive bundle, so maybe wait for it to be on sale or look for it in a bundle deal if the price is scaring you away.
– Real player with 29.4 hrs in game
I can’t stop playing this game. I have “one-more-turn” syndrome.
Okay let’s get right down to it. Yes this game is bare bones, just one background (of the pirate cat!), though it does have two differernt deck face choices. The old normal one (with numbers so tiny I can barely see them!) or a new set of suits that I’m still trying to figure out can and can’t go on top of another card. Thankfully, when in doubt just click on a card and it will automatically go where it can. Or you can click, hold, and drag if you want to be old-school.
– Real player with 13.7 hrs in game
Maze of Memories
I finished all of these mazes in 3 days (an hour a day). I would put on my music and mindlessly play through the mazes. It was a nice way to wind down after a long day.
– Real player with 3.2 hrs in game
Squareometry
Very hard, but very cool. This game needs a lot of agility.
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
This is the kind of annoying and addictive game at the same time, but if you pay close attention just create a pattern and the solution appears, too bad my fingers don’t help me.
– Real player with 1.0 hrs in game
Dead’s Prison Watcher
Good, some odd suspence and emotion feeling in the air.
– Real player with 3.6 hrs in game
Gra & Vity
Really cute and challenging, the reverse square had me brain cramps
– Real player with 4.2 hrs in game
Nice puzzles… some of them are really challenging.
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
Minimal Crypt
Minimalistic indeed, yet complex enough to give you headaches, well designed, innovative, surprisingly varied and makes me struggle much more than I am willing to admit. It’s definetely worth its price and you’ll be able to enjoy it for days with the community levels.
– Real player with 7.2 hrs in game
Puzzle games with genuinely innovative mechanics are incredibly rare these days and this little gem in the rough is a perfect example of something brand new that’s easy to pick up but incredibly hard to master.
The simplistic graphics, smooth, minimalistic animations, fantastic soundtrack and the exponentially steep difficulty curve all culminate together brilliantly.
For just 5 bucks you’ve got access to the 5-ish hours campaign (including a secret level that you unlock by inputting the Konami code) and a plethora of community made levels.
– Real player with 6.1 hrs in game