Puzzle reviews

tile and substance The elegance of Gorogoa masks a formidable design achievement.

All right The brutal, beautiful spiritual successor to Limbo.

Trivial Murdershoot A mobile port you won't want to terminate.

Sew-sew Stunningly rendered close-ups of nature make Unravel’s somber fable and irritating death traps just worth surviving.

mind blown There are mazes within mazes in The Witness, Jonathan Blow's triumphant return.

horse play Pony Island will claim your soul, your sanity and your sugar cubes.

Mush play A genuinely original and a smart physics puzzler, but aggravating in places.

corporate division A clever and educational game about maths and coding.

DIVINE INTERVENTION Croteam send you and your brain on a desperate rescue mission.

Upside-Down A wonderful art style and interesting setting can’t make Traverser’s shallow puzzles and exasperating stealth sequences acceptable.