I have a great respect for designers that settle on building a puzzle game. Puzzles are complicated things to get right, whole games delicately balancing on the developer’s ability to communicate intentions and goals and the players’ willingness to learn and adapt. Which could be said about most types of games, sure, but puzzle games hedge their entire experience on …

There’re two approaches you can take to making a successful co-op game: precision teamwork or unbridled chaos. I know that I’m being exceptionally reductive in terms of game design, but if I think back to co-op experiences I’ve really enjoyed they fall into one of those two categories. The former is something akin to lining up synchronous headshots in Ghost …

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince is a return to form for the enjoyable platforming puzzler series, shifting back the perspective to 2.5D while delivering another stunning, satisfying experience.

With the Switch, Nintendo can reintroduce many of their great but unappreciated franchises to a new audience. It's perhaps why re-releases of games like Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and Captain Toad's Treasure Tracker have found new life on the console, after being relegated to hardware that hardly captivated mass audiences. It's part of the reason why sequels to established franchises can feel so fresh, and Luigi's Mansion 3 is no exception. There are small refinements here and there, but so far this sequel looks and feels like more of what made the previous two titles so great, and a perfect starting point for those unfamiliar with it.

DOOM Eternal is a puzzle box, one that requires you to slot bullets into specifically-shaped demon heads so that you can progress. In id Software’s mind, the sequel to the hit 2016 game that made retro cool again, is a power fantasy combat puzzle.

Bedtime Digital Games’ exploration of the subconscious will be hitting PS4 in May following the critical success garnered by the PC and Switch versions. Figment is a beautiful game, there are no two ways about it. Originally released back in 2017, the game’s surreal themes of conscious and subconscious thoughts proved a visual spectacle. Not only did the game have …

Wait, so after solving everything this game’s thrown at me, you’re saying I still can’t fly a plane?

There’s an art to whittling down Freaker numbers in Days Gone, as the actual environment in which you face off against an army of flesh-eaters is more of a puzzle box than a sandbox.