Brilliant, fair puzzle design
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The design of every puzzle I have played so far has been so meticulous, it actually starts to make sense why this game took 10 years to make.”
Steam review · 71.8 h played ↗
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 97%Thekla, Inc.2026Sokoban · Puzzle · Adventure
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A huge, brilliantly designed sokoban puzzler with 1,000+ puzzles and constant new mechanics. Skip it if you dislike sokoban, the skipping stones section, or filler dialogue.
Great for
Puzzle fans who enjoy slow, deep "aha" solving over dozens of hours, especially Witness and Braid fans
Main risk
Opaque mechanics (especially skipping stones) and softlocks in long levels can sour the experience
Since the last analysis (Oct 15)
Notable change
- New complaintSkipping stones puzzles feel opaque or unfair (#3)
- New complaintCrashes and lost saves (#5)
- New complaintSoftlocks in long multi-puzzle levels (#6)
- New praiseRuns well on modest hardware (#6)
- Complaint goneDeveloper's politics
- Complaint gonePoor colorblind accessibility and visual clarity
- Complaint goneClunky, unresponsive movement
- Praise goneFast startup, resumes where you left off
- Complaint movedRepetitive, tedious or too many puzzles: #4 → #2
- Complaint movedPoor performance for its visuals: #3 → #4
- Praise movedHuge amount of content: #3 → #2
- Praise movedBeautiful art and soothing music: #2 → #3
What players love
Huge amount of content
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“a game of a truly astounding 150+ hour length”
Steam review · 124.1 h played ↗
Beautiful art and soothing music
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Gorgeous art. Take some time admire the backgrounds while you're scratching your head!”
Steam review · 35.3 h played ↗
Constant new mechanics and variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The amount of mechanics that get continuously introduced is impressive.”
Steam review · 183.4 h played ↗
Open overworld lets you switch when stuck
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“If you get stuck you can just go somewhere else for a break to prevent frustration”
Steam review · 32.5 h played ↗
Runs well on modest hardware
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews
“I’m getting 60fps, default settings on my steam deck with no audible fans”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Weak, intrusive story and dialogue
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The dialogue just completely drags down what is an otherwise pretty decent seeming Sokoban game.”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Repetitive, tedious or too many puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“This is like buying a book of sudoku and doing one after another.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Skipping stones puzzles feel opaque or unfair
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The skipping stone mechanics, and how they interact with the other elements of the puzzle are not explained, hinted, or even mechanically guided by the puzzle designs”
Steam review · 8.4 h played ↗
Poor performance for its visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“After a recent update the game hitches constantly for me, about every 5-10 seconds.”
Steam review · 15.2 h played ↗
Crashes and lost saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“It crashed. I booted the game back up, it didn't save my progress.”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗
Softlocks in long multi-puzzle levels
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“Softlocking in multi-puzzle level that takes an hour, forcing you to rewind to the start sucks.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support14 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 or later 64-bit (latest update)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600 processor
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 580 or Intel Arc A380
Storage14 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 or later 64-bit (latest update)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-9600K or AMD Ryzen R5 3600 processor
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 2070 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700 or Intel Arc B570
Storage14 GB available space
OSWindows 10 or later 64-bit (latest update)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600 processor
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 580 or Intel Arc A380
Storage14 GB available space
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