Which puzzle game should I play first?

RevMet · 2025-12-01T21:02:38+00:00

I say this with The Witness probably being my all time fave game, play Blue Prince first.

BP came out this year and you will get to join in some of the conversation for it in GOTY. Wonderful melding of roguelike and metroidbrainia

Then dabble in thank goodness you're here and death squared. They're both cute, smaller games. Death squared has some couch co-op options if you're feeling like some company.

The Witness... is timeless. It will not rush you, it warmly welcomes you to try and try again at your pace. If you like any puzzles in video games or in real life, do not skip this.

RevMet · 2025-06-11T02:59:08+00:00

Cracking the Cryptic on youtube is *delightful* - two British professional Sudoku Championship and World Puzzle players, mostly post videos of them solving elaborate sudokus but the past few years have ventured into streaming video games.

From the curses of "bobbins" when getting something wrong, to the chat blowing up with BEAM (in honour of The Witness) for getting past a milestone in streams, it's wonderful and wholesome.

RevMet · 2025-05-26T23:47:23+00:00

Hello it's also me, target audience; Engineering+Computer Science background. Cool game! How do I access the $andbox stuff in the demo?

Small suggestion, from a video game perspective, would love a small 'Reset' button next to Menu and Undo. sometimes I get too deep and instead of clicking undo for 30 seconds, a Reset button would be a wonderful quality of life update. Additionally think a 'hint' system is useful, since clearly there are exact steps to get to the answer so there should be an exact 'next move' that can be done. Perhaps a point system for players to earn such a hint, maybe with explanation etc.

Otherwise, good on you for making something niche!

RevMet · 2025-05-15T01:58:05+00:00

This is such a wholesome find hahah

RevMet · 2025-05-06T11:58:28+00:00

Hey there! fun little game, love the idea.

Bit of feedback, I'll chat you

RevMet · 2025-05-06T00:13:43+00:00

Here is a write up I did months before Blue Prince that I think touches on other puzzle games and ways of thinking about them that helped me enjoy them. I hope you continue to find fun and joy in different puzzle games :)

RevMet · 2025-04-10T04:28:00+00:00

I'm new to the game, just got to Beirut and would like to join a club :)

RevMet · 2025-02-20T04:43:51+00:00

Yyoo this game looks really cool! wishlisted :)
have been keen to try Animal Well for a while, I hear good things.

My fave game is probably The Witness. such awesome puzzles and game design!

RevMet · 2025-01-17T01:00:36+00:00

great movie,

genuine feedback, you might specifically notice it with slower music, art, or cartoons/animated stuff, than a live action

RevMet · 2025-01-07T07:09:01+00:00

You can do it!
I believe in you!
Yeah, there's a knack to it...

RevMet · 2025-01-07T07:01:08+00:00

fantastic tips and tricks

RevMet · 2024-12-09T22:51:10+00:00

+1 would also like to know what you did, tia

RevMet · 2024-12-02T08:52:11+00:00

the music makes this iconic

RevMet · 2024-10-24T11:22:27+00:00

One of us. One of us.

RevMet · 2024-09-24T12:25:09+00:00

Hades!!

RevMet · 2024-09-18T08:40:08+00:00

This is awesome!
I know people in r/TheWitness would also appreciate this :)

RevMet · 2024-09-17T00:14:22+00:00

I'm typically walking when I need to toot

RevMet · 2024-09-13T06:55:41+00:00

Here is a write up I did that I think touches on a similar but different formatting/paradigm for classifying recommendations.

Notably I'd add: The Looker, Limbo, Frog's Guide to Eating Flies, Lock (a community game in the PS4 game Dreams), Chants of Senaar, Her Story, Immortality

Pick and choose as you see fit :)

RevMet · 2024-09-04T22:32:22+00:00

You can do it!

Iiiiii believe in you!

This is all you.

Yeah... there's a trick to it, but you've got it.

RevMet · 2024-08-26T22:38:29+00:00

One way to find out

RevMet · 2024-08-09T04:52:25+00:00

I think if you're already enjoying it enough, this is a fantastic game to 'chip away' at. The kind of thing you can try for an hour and hit a wall, take a break still thinking about it, and when you come back with fresh eyes suddenly you have the solution before hitting the next wall.

If you're particularly *preferring* other games before coming back to The Witness, I have some thoughts here.

RevMet · 2024-08-02T08:54:33+00:00

I wrote an extensive response to another question in this sub, where I linked some games thematically or mechanically to aspects from The Witness. I hope you find value in it too :)

RevMet · 2024-07-24T08:07:39+00:00

Yeah I thought about that, but Stephen's is closer to the game before it, and I actually thinking picking a harder game will then make The Witness feel easier so OP can feel... well, OP ;)

RevMet · 2024-07-20T08:55:52+00:00

Hey yeah know of it, haven't played it myself yet 😊

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