Items30The creator’s order
  1. 1Baba Is You (2019)Baba Is You (2019) 8.1/10 on IGDBReleased 13 Mar 2019A wall is only impassable while the sentence saying so remains intact. Arvi Teikari turns the rules themselves into movable puzzle pieces, creating an enormous space of possibilities from tiny grids and a modest vocabulary. Few puzzle games make reconsidering the rules this literal. Later…0
  2. 2Outer Wilds (2019)Outer Wilds (2019) 8.9/10 on IGDBReleased 28 May 2019Mobius Digital builds its mystery around a compact solar system whose places keep changing on a shared clock. Learning how those changes connect replaces the usual ladder of upgrades, so information can transform an entire expedition. Its coherent clockwork world rewards the explorer who pursues…0
  3. 3Return of the Obra Dinn (2018)Return of the Obra Dinn (2018) 9.0/10 on IGDBReleased 18 Oct 2018Lucas Pope makes an insurance ledger the centre of a detective game: identify the people aboard a vanished ship and account for their fates by inspecting frozen moments. Accents, uniforms and spatial relationships become evidence within its spare presentation. The scale is in your growing web of…0
  4. 4UFO 50 (2024)UFO 50 (2024) 8.4/10 on IGDBReleased 18 Sept 2024Six core developers created the imaginary back catalogue of an eighties game company, complete with recurring ideas, sequels and changing design sensibilities. The 50 playable games are the experiment itself, not bonus diversions around a main campaign. Exploring unfamiliar rules is much of the…0
  5. 5Animal Well (2024)Animal Well (2024) 8.2/10 on IGDBReleased 9 May 2024Billy Basso's compact labyrinth gives ordinary-looking tools multiple uses, allowing the same rooms to support several depths of investigation. Returning after an apparent milestone can reveal how much you still have not noticed. Basso's central development was supported by business and publishing…0
  6. 6Blue Prince (2025)Blue Prince (2025) 8.7/10 on IGDBReleased 10 Apr 2025A promising run may end without reaching your objective, yet leave you with an idea worth testing tomorrow. Dogubomb makes choosing the room behind each door part of constructing the maze you must solve, connecting daily drafting to a persistent mystery. Tonda Ros's project grew from solo…0
  7. 7Balatro (2024)Balatro (2024) 8.6/10 on IGDBReleased 20 Feb 2024LocalThunk starts with recognisable poker hands, then lets Jokers and deck changes bend their value into increasingly unlikely scoring systems. A small set of actions produces radically different plans, with Playstack and other contributors supporting the central creator's work. The pleasure comes…0
  8. 8Noita (2020)Noita (2020) 7.8/10 on IGDBReleased 15 Oct 2020Permanent death gives every experiment with a new wand some bite. Nolla Games couples spell-building with reactions in the surrounding liquids, gases and terrain, so the systems amplify one another rather than serving as a visual trick. A small cavern becomes a laboratory for unpredictable…0
  9. 9Teardown (2022)Teardown (2022) 8.0/10 on IGDBReleased 21 Apr 2022Tuxedo Labs makes destruction part of planning: open walls, reposition vehicles and build a route before attempting a timed heist. The physics matters because the space you have altered becomes the challenge you must execute through. Choose the campaign for that satisfying switch between patient…0
  10. 10Caves of Qud (2024)Caves of Qud (2024) 8.2/10 on IGDBReleased 5 Dec 2024The dense rules and interface take patience before their possibilities become legible. Freehold Games combines authored science-fiction lore with bodies, factions and histories that answer unusual experiments with consequences. A mutation may change which creatures you can inhabit or how you pass…0