You could be forgiven for looking at screenshots from Train Valley and expecting a railway management sim a la Railroad Tycoon; it certainly looks the part in screenshots. And while it does have some light simulation elements, in truth, it’s more of a puzzle game—and a rather unique one at …
Escape room puzzle game and arcade-style shoot ‘em up don’t exactly seem like they’d fit together. But that’s exactly what makes such genre mashups so fascinating: when you find (or create) common ground between such disparate influences, the results can be an unorthodox delight, even if there’s a bit of …
Mosaic Chronicles isn’t your typical jigsaw puzzle game. Forget the usual puzzle piece shapes, with their tabs and holes; here, you’re assembling pieces of stained glass, and what at first seems like a superficial distinction changes the nature of the game to a surprising degree. The smooth edges of the …
When you think of “Taito milestones”, what comes to mind? Space Invaders, surely, as one of the most influential videogames of all time? The inimitable charm of Bubble Bobble? The unique style and innovation of Darius? You’ll find none of these in Taito Milestones. This new 10-game compilation is touted …
It seems a fairly obvious thing: turn gorgeous artwork of Hatsune Miku and her vocaloid friends into jigsaw puzzles, put some Miku music on loop, and you’ve got a recipe for something great. Hatsune Miku Jigsaw Puzzle is exactly what it says on the box, and that’s all it needs …
As brain training games go, Big Brain Academy: Brain vs Brain is rather playful. The likes of Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training treat everything like a workout: a structured daily routine, with a focus on tracking progress and measuring those gains; Big Brain Academy is more an assortment of brain training-style …
There’s been a neat trend of story-focused digital jigsaw puzzles over the last few years. Instead of a random assortment of pictures, or a collection of thematically linked but otherwise standalone illustrations, we’ve seen games use the sequence of puzzles to tell a story—like a picture book, only you have …
Don’t Forget Me, the debut outing from The Moon Pirates, is an intriguing premise. A “new breed of puzzle game” that combines adventure game puzzles with keyword-driven exploration of people’s memories, it’s a unique take on cyberpunk and complex moral thought experiment on individuality and freedom—if one that feels a …
When Hatsune Miku Logic Paint—or “MikuLogi” for short—landed on mobile last year, it made its mark as one of the better picross (or nonogram) games on the platform. A couple of bucks gets you a few hundred high-quality puzzles, beautifully presented, with a slick, user-friendly interface. Hatsune Miku Logic Paint …
Room to Grow is the sort of puzzle game that will, almost at the same time, make you feel both incredibly stupid and like some sort of genius. Building of a deceptively simple concept, it doesn’t take long at all to reach the point where each new puzzle seems genuinely …
