Infinifactory
Infinifactory is the best puzzle game I’ve ever played. It takes something truly compelling for me to spend hours, sometimes days at the end, perfecting a single puzzle, and yet I have never felt frustrated. This is a game that truly earns the description ‘engaging.’
Everything that happens in this game is because you made it, and you need to have your brain firing on all cylinders to make it through. But fear not, any new players considering this game: the mechanics are easy to approach and you’ll be hooked in no time. Players who have enjoyed any other game by Zachtronics (like Spacechem or TIS-100) or who like similar games with similar mechanics (Factorio, Big Pharma, even the city-builder games by Impressions) will absolutely love Infinifactory, but I think anyone willing to giving Infinifactory a chance will love it too.
– Real player with 574.9 hrs in game
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This game puts you in the position of an alien abtuctee that is tasked with manufacturing various constructions from supplied materials for your new masters. Your role is to design and construct the “factory” to make each construction. In order to prove that your process works, you must deliver 10 perfect copies of the requested item to a “scanner” that validates that each copy delivered is correct. As you progress, you are given additional tools, more challenging conditions/restrictions and more complicated items to assemble.
– Real player with 181.1 hrs in game
Contraption Maker
I used to like this game. A lot. I won firts place in one of their contests, and second place in another. For which I received reward in the form of steam games. Contraption maker is a great example of a game that never stops growing. Even now, they keep adding new content to it.
But… things havetemporarily changed.
Top Meadow and Game Dev Castle took over the development and publishing of the game, and I get the feeling that they don’t really care about the game itself anymore. They look at things from a rather business perspective which is bad for this type of game’s health. I am talking about DLC packs, and the fact that they ruin this game’s fun of uploading and sharing contraptions, puzzles and mods.
– Real player with 205.6 hrs in game
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If I think about my earliest days of video gaming, back before I got into my classic platformers like Sonic the Hedgehog, the title that stands out to me the most (amidst many education-focused games) was The Incredible Machine. A game that tests your ingenuity to solve puzzles, and your imagination to create them. Many of my fondest gaming memories from those days came from T.I.M. I got this game when it was in alpha, and the fact that I got to play any part in this game’s development, even just by messing around with the parts and reporting bugs, is something truly special to me.
– Real player with 37.8 hrs in game
Blub Emporium
This game is truly unique, colourful, and bubbly (or I guess you could say blubbly ;))
While playing through this game, the first thing I noticed was the vibe it gave when I was watching the emporium sell, the blubs buying items or sitting down, maybe even playing on an arcade; It is really something else, especially with the soundtrack adding to it; It sounds relaxing and ambient, yet it sounds like there’s a powerful meaning behind every song.
I also find that the factory is super fun! It’s puzzles are very challenging, but very possible; Meaning it has a very nice balance! The Farm has a lot more depth than most would initially expect with how you can harvest items and whatnot, you can even automate some parts of it! :O
– Real player with 186.5 hrs in game
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I’ve played a few hours and it’s very fun :)
Really cute aesthetic which is a blast to decorate, a relaxing farm which is super therapeutic, and (my favourite) a really interesting factory which plays just like a puzzle game! (with a ton of potential to improve at, optimise, and experiment with).
This game is a perfect example of being worth more than the sum of it’s parts, and there’s something in it for everyone - it’s not the sort of game I would normally play, but so far I’ve had a blast, and look forward to playing more (THERE IS SO MUCH CONTENT O.O)
– Real player with 157.3 hrs in game
ChaosTower
If you want a game to play for relaxing, I recommend this game.
– Real player with 7.5 hrs in game
Yeah it’s released finally and I like this game! To build up my tower with all this different parts is fun and to see how it works against gravity and natural forces is also great. The defend could be challenging sometimes but after a while there is always a way :)
Of course I am not yet through every level but so far I would clearly recommend it.
– Real player with 5.8 hrs in game
Grand Casino Tycoon
My intension to get the game was to try a new management simulation game and the idea of planning/constructing a casino with all the entertaining requirements for the guests was the selling point for me. My first interactions with the game weren´t as good as I hoped, because I had some issues starting it on my end and it took me some time to get used to the user interface. After those initials obstacles I was surprised by the gameplay, and it made a lot of fun to build the casino and keep all the guests happy. As the game progresses it gets way harder and with more guest types it also becomes a challenge to keep most of them entertained.
– Real player with 11.1 hrs in game
What bothers me the most about this game is if you take your time to get it right. You will never be able to accomplish your goals. You will always be in debt. There are also items that do not seem to attract any players. You lose money, because the object in question is useless, but you absolutely need it to advance in your goals. I believe this game has potential, but it doesn’t feel complete.
– Real player with 11.0 hrs in game
Mini Countries
Surprising I stumbled upon this page by going down a rabbit hole looking for a puzzle game that could entertain me without requiring me to spend most of my time trying to figure out the puzzle/strategy in order for me to complete it. I bought this game purely based on first looks and watching the developer play a bit of it on his live stream before I decided to just jump in and try in on my own.
Honestly, I was surprised by the way it looked first right off the bat and how the music and design were clean and refreshing from the start. Reminded me of the puzzle game The Witness on the first loading screen of just the background and music drawing you in before thrusting you in a game where you use your wits to figure out what to do. Though, this game did start with instructions which made it easier to understand on certain parts. Even with the Instructions I got, it was neat to learn things that the instructions didn’t go over completely (like the fact that you can connect storage units to each other). However, I thought from the first levels it would be a repetitive process until I hit later levels where cities would pop up more and more mechanics were added. Nearly lost my mind trying to find a new strategy for different levels.
– Real player with 14.6 hrs in game
Great game, chill and challenging at the same time.
Would definetely recommend the game, although some gamecrashing bugs occured during my playthrough. When attempting to beat the finland level at around 3000 population all the indicator bars above the cities turn grey and i am no longer able to identify the missing item, which then makes me lose the game 2 months later. Very frustrating when you managed to build a system that works and then just having it wasted like this.
Hope the devs will pick up on bugs like these, keep up the good work, will replay at a later time!
– Real player with 12.4 hrs in game
Path Maker
A simple and more or less challenging puzzle game depending on imagination and dexterity.
I am nit really that much into that kind if puzzle games but it’s an OK game for some cheap puzzle entertainment.
Developer is not greedy and do not ask much (0,47€ with -41% on sale) and I think it surprisingly good for what little I paid !
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
Best game EVER!!!!!!!!
very fun and charming, loved every secont. well made and lots of fun
verry pritty from graphics to music lovly game all around
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
Block Motion
if you like infinifactory, then just buy this beautiful game.
– Real player with 63.1 hrs in game
Good for scratching that Infinifactory itch. Not quite as polished, but brings some new ideas to the table.
– Real player with 47.9 hrs in game
I made a …
a puzzle game about …
The game was started at Global Game Jam 2020 (Theme: Repair) inspired by Another World II. In this game you must “Repair” the broken shapes using different camera perspectives at the same time. You can walk/jump/push. However, it’s not enough sometimes. You need to change your “Perspective” and sometimes your “Dimension”.
perspectives and dimensions
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side-scrolling
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top-down
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isometric
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bottom-up
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3d
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2d
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1d
Inspiration; Another World II by M.C. Escher
Insane Creations
Welcome to Insane Creations. Build crazy contraptions! Destroy vases!
50 levels of building contraptions to creatively find ways to ensure the vase’s doom.
Collect coins to unlock different backgrounds and unique music packs.
Collect coins and unlock new backgrounds and music packs.
Insane Creations is all about finding creative ways to accomplish shattering the vase, so you may have to think outside the box. There are multiple solutions to most of the puzzles, so find your own solution.