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2024PC, Steam Deck verified96 % positive8.79 €

A single gigantic puzzle blending picross and minesweeper, inspired by Bruegel's painting Netherlandish Proverbs. You chip away at it at a calm pace, gradually revealing a picture full of quirky scenes.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
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Logic Town

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2023PC, Steam Deck playable90 % positive9.75 €

Fits your focus: Combat like Proverbs.

A cozy logic puzzler built around Einstein (Zebra) puzzles, where solving them redecorates scenes in a seaside town. Each new location brings a fresh puzzle theme.

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Sokobond

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A minimalist Sokoban-style puzzler where you slide atoms around and join them into molecules following the rules of chemical bonding. Simple rules grow into increasingly clever brain teasers.

Splice

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A minimalist puzzle game where you splice and recombine microbe-like cell strands to build a target structure in as few moves as possible. Its calm mood and clean abstract look make it relaxing yet tricky.

Human Resource Machine

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You program a little office worker with simple assembly-like commands to automate tasks handed down by your boss. A witty, satirical logic puzzler that teaches programming through play and gets properly tricky later on.

Hexcells

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A calm Minesweeper-style logic puzzler where you clear hexagonal cells purely through deduction, with no guessing or time pressure. Minimalist visuals and soothing music give it a meditative feel.

The Bridge

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A monochrome puzzle game in the style of M. C. Escher: you rotate the world to change gravity and guide your character through tricky hand-drawn levels to the exit door.

Echochrome

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A minimalist black-and-white puzzler where you rotate the camera and exploit perspective to join impossible, Escher-like structures into paths for a walking mannequin.

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