“An absolutely delightful platformer that essentially plays as a 2D Super Mario Odyssey. The movement feels shockingly good”

“It's like Tunic, except with really good sokoban-ish puzzles instead of really terrible Dark Souls-ish combat. Highly, highly recommend”

“The coziest game I've ever played (not just coziest puzzle game!). Awe inspiringly thorough exploration of cylinders as puzzly objects with lots of charming animation and writing thrown in”

“Absolutely packed to the gills with great content. Been number one on Steam 250's Hidden Gems chart for months and it completely deserves it”

“The best detective game post-Obra Dinn just got even better. Cannot recommend this one highly enough”

“Did you know the guy behind Baba is You is also behind one of the best metroidvanias ever made? I sure didn't!”

“Easily GOTY 2025. Most I’ve been sucked into a puzzle game since Void Stranger”

“Perfectly embodies its core conceit of its main character being able to see the future. Rewind time to dodge attacks, see enemy attacks before they happen, and travel back in time to any other save.”

“What if the Stanley Parable was a horror visual novel narrated by Jonathan Simms (Mr Magnus Archives himself)”

“One of if not the best narrative game I've ever played. Absolutely stellar writing and art with tons of opportunities for quality roleplaying and hugely impactful decisions. The first chapter is free!”

“I can't believe the best Slay the Spire-like I've ever played is a Touhou fangame”

“The best minesweeper game out there bar none. A huge number of difficult but perfectly constructed puzzles on all sorts of different grid shapes. My go-to podcast game.”

“An absolutely joyous showcase of sokoban-based recursion. The main path through the game is very accessible but does a great job showing off all of its wonderful ideas”

“Rift Wizard was already my favorite traditional roguelike and the sequel is all around bigger and better. The addition of roguelike deckbuilder-esque artifacts is a huge source of new variety”

“The most fun I've had with a dice-based roguelike and it's not close. Would be a top contender for game of the year 2024 if Balatro didn't exist”

“Spin Rhythm is by far my favorite rhythm game of recent years-- great soundtrack, innovative control scheme, tons of visual polish and accessibility options. Highly recommend playing with a DJ wheel!”

“The best Zachlike not made by Zachtronics. Has a huge breadth of puzzles from constructing massive recursive sculptures to programming an 8-bit adder, all with the same 8 basic components.”

“I'm normally not a fan of city builders but this one hooked me. Absolutely lovely aesthetic and gameplay that hews closer to a very thematic logistics puzzle than a traditional city builder”

“The most fun I've ever had in a card based roguelike, and it's not close-- basically guaranteed to be game of the year 2024”

“No game has infiltrated my brain and stuck as deeply as Tux and Fanny has. I think about this game every single day”

“The Zachlike that got me in to Zachlikes and still my favorite. I love the visual programming language of it. Plus manually constructing molecules is a great premise”

“The most compelling 3D platformer I've ever played, and I just replayed all of the 3D Mario games. Really good as a metroidvania too-- unlocking new movement abilities feels *so good*”

“The final Zachtronics game, and it's a rad little minigame collection. Every game in here is great, 20th Century Food Court is probably my favorite of the bunch.”

“Minesweeper as a roguelike with lots of cool mechanical innovations and variety to make that possible”

“An impeccable 2D metroidvania soulslike with a stunning grisly aesthetic. Great combat and great platforming, and it takes some huge swings in terms of gameplay in its final third.”

“A completely novel take on the roguelike deckbuilder genre and despite its somewhat rough presentation it's crammed absolutely full of cool ideas.”

“Time loop parkour roguelike-ish exploration game. Fun art style, fun movement, absolutely huge map to explore and gain mastery over”

“Probably the most inventive puzzle game that I've ever played. The cursed aesthetic is actually a boon, it makes you forget how cursed all of the mechanics are”

“Elephantasy's bigger, weirder, 3D-er older brother.”

“A great chill mashup of minesweeper and picross. Very good puzzle designs!”

“Chill open world platformer with a really unique movement system that just feels good to skate around in.”

“A very rigorous exploration of a simple set of block-pushing puzzle mechanics. Super chill experience and a sizable collection of high quality puzzles. ”

“Great little snack of a roguelike twin stick shooter”

“No game has infiltrated my brain and stuck as deeply as Tux and Fanny has. I think about this game every single day”

“A straightforward but satisfying Sokoban-like with a really high degree of polish to go with its nice 1-bit aesthetic”

“Very cute arcade shooter with a huge amount of visual and sound polish”

“Rock paper scissors really makes you think”

“The Witness except if it had word puzzles instead of line puzzles and was set in the Antichamber complex. It has some of my favorite word puzzles I've ever solved”

“Really excellent art and writing piled around a compelling plot and cast of characters”

“The best Zachlike not made by Zachtronics. Has a huge breadth of puzzles from constructing massive recursive sculptures to programming an 8-bit adder, all with the same 8 basic components.”

“An absolute fever dream of a block pushing puzzle game. I have no idea what's going on, but the puzzles are engaging and unique. Feels like there are hidden depths that I've yet to even glimpse”

“A really cute mashup of incremental games, minigames, and a simple JRPG. Tons of content, replayability, and quality of life features”

“Fantastic little Zachlike with highly polished visuals”

“A Witness/Taiji like with a level select screen instead of an overworld. Good puzzles built around a cool and compelling set of puzzle mechanics”

“Charming art, funny writing, tight and challenging gameplay with great accessibility options. What more could you ask for?”

“Brick breaker bullet hell roguelike!! I love esoteric gameplay mashups and this is one is very well made”

“Great collection of sudoku puzzles! If you're in the market for auto generated variant sudoku puzzles, this game is absolutely full of great ones. Solving multiple simultaneous puzzles is awesome!”

“Really polished little precision platformer jam packed with unique ideas. The movement feels real good!”

“Extremely compelling Zachlike”

“A great follow up to a great first game with more intense puzzles and some really well designed new mechanics. Another wonderful addition to the esteemed minesweeper genre. Highly recommend!”