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Some of my favorites are puzzle games but I guess I’m not a member of the "community" (is there a message board?) and I’m surprised to hear there's any consensu
by ghostly_s 6mo ago
Some of my favorites are puzzle games but I guess I’m not a member of the "community" (is there a message board?) and I’m surprised to hear there's any consensus on anything- my experience has been that most puzzle fans have a very specific subgenre they enjoy rather than enjoying "puzzle games" as a whole. I've had such little luck finding new games I enjoy that I don't pay any attention to puzzle game recommendations u less it reminds me of a specific game I already like. I've played several games in this genre (didn't know it had a name!) and they are very much not my thing.
- tobr 6mo ago”Thinky puzzle games” is a specific subgenre and community, revolving mostly around variations of sokoban, but really has an appetite for any game that deeply explores how a few mechanics can be combined and lead to interesting consequences.
- the__alchemist 6mo agoSame reaction - I love puzzle games (The Witness, Talos principle, Blue Prince, Myst series, Baba is You, Antichamber, Obra Dinn, Opus Magnum etc), but haven't heard of this. I guess I should give it a try!
- roblh 6mo agoAnd Void Stranger. I’m surprised not to see it mentioned anywhere in the comments.
- iqml2568 6mo agoI've opened the comments just to Ctrl+F it and... only 4 hits. Depressing.
- joshu 6mo agopatrick’s parabox, too
- ehnto 6mo agoVery similar taste in games, and I had heard of it but wrote it off as a simple puzzle game, kind of in the mobile-game-esque throwaway genre. I must have been mistaken.
- socalgal2 6mo agoOne of those things is not like the others
- sunrunner 6mo agoNo mention of Snakebird in the comments. So here it is.
- a13o 6mo agoSnakebird is my vote for best puzzle game of all time
- sph 6mo agoThere is no consensus just like there is no single puzzle community. It’s just ‘what my favourite youtubers are talking about’