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

Post by cubefox » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 12:38 AM UTC

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #59

cubefox wrote: post #23

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Demon’s Souls??? I guess Zelda, Metroid and Half-Life also count as puzzle games then. :)

Metroid, Half-Life, and Demon's Souls I would take issue with, but I've always considered Zelda a puzzle game, and I never questioned it until now. I suppose the new Breath of the Wild / Tears of the Kingdom titles are more action-oriented, but everything in the mold of Ocarina of Time is a puzzle game with some light combat sprinkled on top.

Post by Wowfunhappy » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 12:39 AM UTC

cubefox wrote: post #61

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Metroid, Half-Life, and Demon's Souls I would take issue with, but I've always considered Zelda a puzzle game, and I never questioned it until now. I suppose the new Breath of the Wild / Tears of the Kingdom titles are more action-oriented, but everything in the mold of Ocarina of Time is a puzzle game with some light combat sprinkled on top.

Dungeons contain mainly puzzles, but otherwise it's a lot of combat and story and side quests, similar to most RPGs.

Post by LandenLove » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 1:15 AM UTC

Post by acbart » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 2:04 AM UTC

Jtarii wrote: post #62

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.

>All of the critically acclaimed puzzle games seem to be sokobans Wouldn't really agree considering: Antichamber, The Witness, Talos Principle, Manifold Garden, Portal, Zachtronics, Tunic, Blue Prince, Return of the Obra Dinn, Seance of Blake Manor, a bunch more I could list.

Post by cptroot » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 2:14 AM UTC

igorbark wrote: post #49

Waterluvian wrote: post #17

My list of must play puzzle games is far too short: Portal, Portal 2, Demon’s Souls, and Baba is You. It’s amazing to me that I’ve never heard of a game this lauded.

if we're going to plug random puzzle games on this thread, IMO the most underdiscussed puzzle game of all time is Recursed, the only game i've played which properly explores recursion as a mechanic, and (MINOR SPOILER) the only game i've played which detects when you have created logical contradictions, and for each contradiction you achieve rewards you with a secret bonus level.