Clever, varied sliding puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“It introduces a lot of interesting and creative twists to this kind of puzzles.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
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Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%Lazy 8 Studios, https://lazy8studios.com2009Logic · Puzzle · Casual
$5.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A polished steampunk collection of about 50 3D sliding-tile puzzles that ramps from easy to very hard. Skip it if you dislike sliding puzzles or timers.
Great for
Sliding-puzzle fans who like a rising challenge and optimizing solutions for moves and time
Main risk
It is only sliding puzzles, and star-gated timer and move goals feel stressful and memorization-heavy
What players love
Charming steampunk visuals and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The sound is fantastic - you can hear the steam hissing, the gears grinding, the balloons filling.”
Steam review · 0 h played ↗
Replayable with move and time goals
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“there is lots of replay potential both in terms of speedrunning (completing a puzzle as fast as humanly possible) as well as optimizing solutions”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗
Smooth difficulty curve to very hard
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“There really wasn't a difficulty spike of sorts. It just goes from easier, to medium, to hard.”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗
Satisfying when solutions click
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“It's always super satisfying to finally see the pieces click into place.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Timer is optional and can be ignored
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“the timed aspect is stressful but it's optional and I recommend ignoring it in your first play through”
Steam review · 47.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Only sliding puzzles, not for everyone
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“it is 100% a sliding tile puzzle game. Whether or not you like those is really what makes or breaks the game”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Timer and move limits are stressful
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“I HATE being rushed. The audible timer + the need to get under a certain time in order to unlock stars takes away a lot of my enjoyment.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Repetitive and boring
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“It gets boring quickly because it's monotonous.”
Steam review · translated · 3 h played ↗
Progress gated by stars and speed
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“made it impossible to advance to more slider puzzles unless I exceeded their standard for slider puzzle solving”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Memorization over real puzzle solving
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“This is just about memorizing the optimal moves and then performing the actions in a very limited amount of time.”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗
Dated resolution and graphics
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“Full screen mode doesn't scale either. So, windowed mode is really the only option on modern displays”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable120 MB
Minimum
OSMicrosoft Windows XP or Vista
Processor1.5 GHz CPU or better
Memory512 MB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9 compatible 64 MB graphics card with hardware transform and lighting (T&L)
Storage120 MB Free Space
OSMicrosoft Windows XP or Vista
Processor1.5 GHz CPU or better
Memory512 MB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9 compatible 64 MB graphics card with hardware transform and lighting (T&L)
Storage120 MB Free Space
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