Step into the shoes of a world-class academic investigator in our latest release: Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence!
The Great Library has fallen silent, and its most powerful secrets are vanishing. It’s not just a game; it’s a race against time to recover lost knowledge before it’s erased forever.
Why you’ll love it:
Mind-Bending Puzzles: Decipher ancient codes and hidden manuscripts.
Stunning Environments: Explore forgotten archives and secret ivory towers.
Deep Lore: Uncover a conspiracy that spans centuries.
Immersive Soundscape: Experience a world where silence tells its own story.
Are you observant enough to find what’s hidden in plain sight? Or will the mystery remain unsolved?
Play Now: https://shorturl.at/sNzx3
Tag your smartest friend—the one you’d want by your side when the clues get tough!
Shueisha Games has officially brought BAKUDO to the table, and it’s the fast-paced, competitive board game we’ve been waiting for. If you love games that combine simple rules with high-stakes tension, this one is for you.
What is BAKUDO?
In this “speed-puzzle” battle, players race to arrange numbered tiles to match specific patterns. It sounds simple, but when you’re going head-to-head against friends, the pressure is real!
Why you’ll love it:
Fast Rounds: Perfect for a quick break or a marathon game night.
Easy to Learn: You can teach the rules in under 2 minutes.
Stunning Design: True to Shueisha’s roots, the components look incredible on any table.
Whether you’re a hardcore board gamer or just looking for something fun to play with the family, BAKUDO delivers that “just one more round” feeling every time.
Check it out at your local hobby shop or online via Shueisha Games!
Find your flow. Highly recommend for a quick mental reset.
Sometimes the best way to decompress is to just… fit things together. Block Block Block is my current go-to for clearing the mind. No timers, no stress, just pure spatial satisfaction.
How high is your high score this week? Drop it in the comments!
If you’re looking for a game that truly twists your perception of movement and space, look no further than MotionRec. This indie gem from developer HANDSUM and publisher PLAYISM isn’t just another 2D platformer—it’s a brilliantly clever “recording puzzle action” game built around a single, mind-bending mechanic.
The Power of MotionRec: Record, Replay, Conquer
At the heart of the game is your protagonist, Rec, a diminutive civilisation-recording robot navigating a beautifully desolate, monochrome, post-apocalyptic world ruled by machines. Rec’s special ability, gained from a trusty cassette tape, is the power to record and play back its own movements.
Here’s how this ingenious mechanic revolutionises the puzzle-platforming genre:
Ghost Movement: By holding the record button, you capture the exact trajectory of Rec’s movement—walking, jumping, even utilising stage gimmicks.
A Helping Hand (or Robot): Once recorded, you can play back this movement in a new location. Suddenly, that huge chasm is traversable by simply recording a walk on a flat surface and replaying it across the gap.
Defying Gravity: Can’t reach a high ledge? Record yourself riding an elevator upwards, then play back that “ascension” in mid-air to essentially float to your goal!
Tactical Traversal: Later stages introduce complex platforming challenges, like weaving through spike-filled hallways. Recording a perfect zigzag run and replaying it becomes the satisfying key to survival.
The game is constantly introducing new elements—like portals and winches—to layer complexity onto the recording mechanic, ensuring the puzzles stay fresh and engaging right to the end.
A Design Masterclass
MotionRec succeeds not just on its core mechanic, but on its execution and style:
Pixel-Perfect Aesthetic: The black and white, retro-inspired pixel art by m7kenji is simple, effective, and beautifully sets the sombre mood of a devastated world. It keeps your focus squarely on the puzzle at hand.
The Perfect Learning Curve: Reviewers rave that the game is expertly designed, providing a seamless and satisfying journey from simple movement recordings to truly complex, multi-layered solutions that make you feel like a genius.
Surprisingly Deep Narrative: Beyond the puzzles, the game weaves a genuinely impactful story about Rec’s mission to record a lost civilisation. It adds a surprising emotional depth that elevates the experience.
Is MotionRec For You?
If you enjoy thoughtful, brain-teasing platformers like Braid or The Witness, but with an action-packed, moment-to-moment gameplay loop, then MotionRec is an easy recommendation. It’s a tighter, well-paced experience that doesn’t overstay its welcome, with collectables hidden in hard-to-reach places to give completionists extra replay value.
It’s one of those games where the core concept seems simple, but the possibilities are limitless—making every solved puzzle a small, delightful victory.
MotionRec is out now on Steam! Have you had a chance to guide Rec through its journey? Share your favourite movement recording trick in the comments below!
Would you like to know more about the developer, HANDSUM, or perhaps check out the game’s official trailer?
Time has been fractured in the sci-fi puzzle game Causal Loop, every action that players make will produce an echo that is repeated over and over again, so it is not just about solving the puzzles, it is also about getting through the now fractured reality on a long forgotten alien world. Players can add Causal Loop to their wishlist on Steam now.
To find out more about the Causal Loop game, go to the official game website here https://www.mirebound.com/causal-loop/ or go to the games page on Steam here https://shorturl.at/2SDOt
The first game from the Wicked Fox Games studio the Rise of Elements can be found on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter where it has already seen some action from interested people who have pledged to help the project reach its target. The game is what we would call a role-playing game with puzzles and a choice of champions. Of course the great thing about pledging on Kickstarter is that you get perks and the more that you pledge the better the perk is, so what are you waiting for?
To find out more about the Rise of Elements game go to the official game website here wickedfoxgames.com or go to the games page on Kickstarter here https://shorturl.at/cJMV2
Players wake up inside a cryogenic storage unit and must take on the role of the curator in the brilliant Exit Condition One virtual reality game from Damon Poole. This game puts players right into the action where there is a portal that has gone wrong and the security system has gone rogue, this is just the beginning of this puzzle-driven sci-fi game that is launching at the end of the month.
To find out more about the Exit Condition One game go to the official game website here https://exitconditions.com/ or go to the games page on Meta here https://shorturl.at/Lryow
This is the Chrono Weaver VR game it looks a bit like Portal and players are able to play a co-op game by themselves which is an interesting concept. The purpose of the game is to smash a data disk which is easier than it sounds, but players do have the help of a friendly robot whose mission is to keep players moving in the right direction and help out here and there.
To find out more about the Chrono Weaver VR game go to the games page on Steam here https://shorturl.at/fePHt or on the Meta page here https://shorturl.at/yTHPZ
There is a lot of mystery surrounding Nikola Tesla and the work that he was doing at his mysterious Wardenclyffe facility. Now you can become Nikola Tesla in the House of Tesla puzzle adventure game unlock the secrets of the great mans work and even work on some of those abandoned projects that could have changed the world. This is a great game for anyone who loves this kind of mystery or the life of Nikola Tesla or maybe both.
To find out more about The House of Tesla puzzle adventure game head on over to the games page on Steam here https://store.steampowered.com/app/2738230/The_House_of_Tesla/ or go to the official game website here https://www.bluebraingames.com/the-house-of-tesla
Who wouldn’t want to live the life of the apprentice to Leonardo Da Vinci? The imagination and invention of this man are unequalled and in The House of Da Vinci VR game you will get to become the man who is being taught by Da Vinci as you search for hidden objects and solve puzzles and all in VR this is an experience to relish. We are expecting The House of Da Vinci VR game to launch before the end of the year, are you ready?
To find out more about The House of Da Vinci VR game go to the official game website here https://www.bluebraingames.com/the-house-of-da-vinci-vr or head on over to the games page on Steam here https://store.steampowered.com/app/2948310/The_House_of_Da_Vinci_VR/
There cannot be many people who have not heard of The Walking Dead, but just in case, the world as we knew it has ended and the human population has been infected by the zombie virus, so when they die they become the walking dead. For the survivors it is a matter of avoiding the zombies, the gangs and from dying, in this new puzzle game the object is the same, solve the clues and survive the zombie apocalypse, it’s not a massive ask and yet we just know that it’s not going to be that easy. The Walking Dead Solve to Survive Puzzle Game will be coming out in May are you ready for this?
Find out more about The Walking Dead Solve to Survive Puzzle Game here; https://www.skybound.com/
Not to be confused with the movies, this is Cocoon the game and to make it even more confusing it is a puzzle adventure game that requires you to use your brain as well as your gaming skills. You will visit different worlds accompanied by an orb that can take you back when needed.
Cocoon is a fun game that offers the gamer a chance to think about every move, but do not think that it is easy, this is a game that will make things difficult for you and that is just the way it should be, after all, we wouldn’t gaming to be easy, that would make life just too easy!
Find out more about the Cocoon puzzle game here; https://www.cocoongame.com/
