Quirky, charming story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“You got fun puzzles, you got surreal, mysterious events, and you got quirky Minnesotan accents.”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗
Puzzle Agent
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%Telltale2010Point & Click · Puzzle · Casual
$4.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 14 min ago
The verdict
A short, charming Professor Layton-style puzzle adventure with a quirky Twin Peaks/Fargo story and hand-drawn art. Skip it if you want hard puzzles, a long game or a story that actually ends.
Great for
Fans of Professor Layton, Twin Peaks or Fargo vibes who want a short, cozy puzzle story on sale
Main risk
Puzzles are easy or vaguely worded, it's very short, and the story ends on a cliffhanger
What players love
Distinctive hand-drawn comic art
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The game art has a comics vibe and I like it.”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
Fun voice acting and humor
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“voice acting was good, and the art style is quirky and fitting!”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗
Layton-like, relaxing and cheap
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“it kept me entertained for longer than a sandwich usually does.”
Steam review · 7.4 h played ↗
Creepy gnome atmosphere with jumpscares
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“the right amount of creepy without being that scary”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗
Good mix of fun puzzles with built-in hints
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“the puzzles are hard without being frustrating”
Steam review · 11.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Puzzles too easy and repetitive
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Puzzle Agent stops at tutorial-level complexity with the exception of two or three puzzles.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
Vague or incomplete puzzle instructions
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“the puzzle instructions tend to be worded so poorly that trying to understand the question was harder than any of the puzzle solutions”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Unresolved cliffhanger ending
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Incomplete game. Just buy the sequel because the sequel makes everything you did in this game pointless.”
Steam review · 6.4 h played ↗
Very short with little replay value
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“There are only 37 puzzles in the entire game and I was able to clear the whole thing in 4 hours even without using hints.”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗
Only one accepted solution
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Many puzzles did not account for multiple solutions.”
Steam review · 14.8 h played ↗
Crashes and broken on Mac
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Running this on Mac OS X, and getting the "usual" second puzzle bugged.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified220 MB
Minimum
OSWindows XP / Vista / Windows 7
Processor2.0 GHz +
Memory512MB
Graphics64MB DirectX 8.1-compliant video card
Storage220MB
Recommended
OSWindows XP / Vista / Windows 7
Processor3 GHz Pentium 4 or greater
Memory1GB
Graphics128MB DirectX 8.1-compliant video card
Storage220MB
OSWindows XP / Vista / Windows 7
Processor2.0 GHz +
Memory512MB
Graphics64MB DirectX 8.1-compliant video card
Storage220MB
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