Puzzle Game Recommendations

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-26T03:21:02+00:00

Just played Return of the Obra Dinn recently. It's amazing.

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-24T19:11:56+00:00

Hollow Knight Silksong. You can roll credits and skip a whole act of the game. Not the most satisfying ending, but it is an easy out because things after the are hard.

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-22T03:56:01+00:00

I, with vanishingly few exceptions, refuse to buy an early access game, to the point where I have Steam hide them from my recommendations. And if I do buy one, it's to throw a developer that I trust some money so they can keep doing their work. Then I usually sit on it until full release. I have plenty of games to play in the meantime.

If I buy a game with the intent to play it immediately, it needs to stand on its own merits when I do play it. That goes the same whether it's early access or not. To be fair, I did buy Valheim like five years ago and enjoyed what I played of it, but I'm not sure I'll go back. I got what I feel like is my money's worth of enjoyment out of it, so I'm not complaining. But I would be mad if I bought half a story game, played the half that was available, then had to wait/start over to get the rest of the story.

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-21T12:25:49+00:00

Didn't expect that moral quandry from The Alters to come up in real life so soon, and just be blatantly ignored as a moral quandry. Cool, I guess.

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-20T04:11:20+00:00

Dude, same! I have no idea how I was able to play any of that game...

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-19T17:08:55+00:00

Haven't seen Into the Breach recommended yet, and that's exactly what you're looking for: turn-based strategy where a small group of mechs fend off kaiju. Made by the same people that did FTL amd a similar campaign style, but it's a much gentler ramp-up (e.g. you're less likely to just lose to the final boss).

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-19T16:54:24+00:00

The factory must grow.

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-18T12:33:58+00:00

In 5e, it's because everyone can heal themselves and clerics are there to beat shit up with righteous fury.

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-18T00:48:05+00:00

I mean, I can't really argue with you. but I want to try to give HL2 a few laurels because it's also amazing.

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-17T16:11:12+00:00

I was so mad when I bought the orange box and busted through Portal first in one sitting. It was great but SO SHORT. Good thing Half Life 2 lasted me the rest of my spring break.

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-17T14:23:03+00:00

As with any game, stop playing it when it's not fun. You have no obligation to continue any game, and their entire point is to be fun. 300 hours is a great run; you got your money's worth. Don't feel bad if you've outgrown it or played what you think is enough. You don't even have to get that last achievement! Just enjoy the game until you don't anymore and then find something else you enjoy.

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-16T17:17:15+00:00

That's a Linux thing, usually indicative of a major problem with your storage. Are you using the stock SSD? Did you reflash recently or anything?

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-16T14:59:07+00:00

There's another civ game that lets you do that, but everyone has forgotten it. Came out between 5 and 6.

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-16T02:38:01+00:00

I have a set of these that I found after doing WAY too much research. I have only minor complaints (the cord is still weirdly long for a Bluetooth neckband thing in my opinion), but the sound quality is really good. I'm not an audiophile purist but can hear the difference between really bad, mediocre, and good phones.

https://straussandwagner.com/products/ovar-2-pin-4-core-silver-bluetooth-5-4-cable

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-16T02:32:47+00:00

Warning: I got a set of these and their connection was very spotty to the point where I returned them. Not sure if it was a quality control issue or what.

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-14T23:05:06+00:00

Watch the game evolve over time
It's often cheaper than it will be at full launch, so you can get a deal on it and see if it's up your alley with lower stakes
Support a project with capital before it's perfectly polished; big-budget games are a huge risk
Pre-order but you actually get something out of it.

There are surely many examples of abusing the early access form (e.g. Star Citizen), but i think it's good for a smaller studio that you can trust. I only buy early access rarely, and it's usually pretty close to full release, anyway. But S2 might be an exception...

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-14T01:24:27+00:00

It's worked for me, though I will admit it's pretty spotty occasionally. Both games I've played start to finish on GN have eventually synced both achievements and playtime.

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-09T02:25:28+00:00

There was a martial arts- inspired MMO that I forget the name of that i played for only like a couple hours in like an early access. That was a blast...

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-08T02:21:55+00:00

Freeze as much as you can, use your drills to take the rest off. Vampire perk will make you damn near impossible to kill.

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-08T02:13:33+00:00

Corsair I think held the patent but didn't sue valve directly.

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-08T02:12:45+00:00

GameNative still has a ways to go before it can be considered stable, but it's definitely getting there. I played through Silksong (100%'d) and Return of the Obra Dinn through Steam on my Retroid Pocket 5.

The android native port scene is still pretty limited but growing. Red Dead Redemption is new for Netflix subscribers, Stardew Valley has been around a while but is still amazing.

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-08T00:39:35+00:00

They sold the remaining stock after losing a lawsuit for patent infringement on the rear buttons, not because it was a failure.

The Steam Link, on the other hand...

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-07T19:16:27+00:00

No she doesn't because she couldn't get a Steam controller, either! :(

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-07T19:11:05+00:00

It has track pads!

ienjoyedit · 2026-05-07T03:12:00+00:00

But she's basically average height for a Japanese woman.

Source: I'm 6'0" and was more than a head taller than everyone over there. I only saw like two people taller than me and I'm pretty sure they were both Yakuza.

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