Stephen's Sausage Roll remains one of the most influential puzzle games

Post by ericdykstra » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 8:20 AM UTC

rjh29 wrote: post #39

All of the critically acclaimed puzzle games seem to be sokobans. I have no idea why sokoban is so popular; I find it very tedious to move blocks around manually, especially if I already know the solution and I'm just making it happen. For me games like Artisan of Glimmith, LOK Digital, Tiling Town and Lingo are the most fun, followed by deductive games like The Roottrees Are Dead and The Case of the Golden Idol.

Post by rcxdude » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 8:45 AM UTC

VorpalWay wrote: post #44

Waterluvian wrote: post #31

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For me, Outer Wilds finally got the Myst feel right.

Interesting, I had passed it by when I heard it had a time limit and reset mechanic (not unlike Zelda Majora's Mask). I hated that mechanic in Majora's Mask (and I never finished that game), it made the game feel stressful to me. I prefer games where I can play slow and deliberate. If there is a time mechanic it should be turn based, not real time. (Or it should be a very short time based system such as "run across t…

Post by Slow_Dog » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 8:52 AM UTC

joshu wrote: post #89

npinsker wrote: post #2

Stephen's Sausage Roll is my favorite puzzle game. But more interestingly -- it's a near-universal opinion within puzzle communities that SSR is one of the all-time best. I've never heard of such a strong consensus in other subgenres of game. Unlike other consensus "bests", it's relatively unknown to the public (which is understandable for many reasons). It's very likely that if you're a puzzle game devotee, you will…

what are some other games that belong to this group?

Post by sunrunner » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 9:02 AM UTC

loopmonster wrote: post #95

ozonhulliet wrote: post #91

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But it's hardly what I would consider a puzzle game.

You could consider it a jigsaw puzzle game.

Post by simoncion » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 9:06 AM UTC

Twirrim wrote: post #32

npinsker wrote: post #2

Stephen's Sausage Roll is my favorite puzzle game. But more interestingly -- it's a near-universal opinion within puzzle communities that SSR is one of the all-time best. I've never heard of such a strong consensus in other subgenres of game. Unlike other consensus "bests", it's relatively unknown to the public (which is understandable for many reasons). It's very likely that if you're a puzzle game devotee, you will…

It would surely sell more if people would actually explain what the game is, without using niche words like "sokoban". The article talks about how the trailer for it didn't really show anything about the game either, which arguably gets you into pretentious/artistic territory. After reading the linked article, and the comments here I still have zero clue about the game. It's a puzzle game involving sausages and a lar…

  When game designer  [0] (Increpare Games) released Stephen's Sausage Roll back in April 2016, it was accompanied by  [1] that showed almost nothing about the game, yet word still spread quickly. Puzzle developers and fans praised the game for its impeccable design, teasing out layers of deep puzzling and mind-expanding discoveries from so few puzzle elements. It was also renowned for its uncompromising, yet always fair, difficulty curve, with immensely challenging puzzles from the very start. These sentiments are still held to this day, as this beloved sausage-pushing sokoban continues to influence new generations of puzzle developers,  [3] ever made and introducing "Sausage-likes” to the puzzle vernacular.

  Sokoban games, also known as block-pushing or box-pushing games, are turn-based puzzle games in which you control a character pushing or moving objects around on a grid. The genre has origins in the 1982 game Sokoban, designed by Hiroyuki Imabayashi, in which you have to push boxes around a warehouse onto designated targets. The japanese word 倉庫番 (“sōkoban”) translates to “warehouse keeper”.

  Learn more about Stephen's Sausage Roll in  [4], where you can also find  [5] and some of the . [3]