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Puzzle games are also called complicated games. Mostly, the intellectual people play puzzle games. Here are 6 Puzzle games that will keep you entertained for a long time.
1.Portal 2
Publisher: Valve.
Year: 2011.
Platforms: Windows, macOS.
Valve’s legendary puzzle game was released 10 years ago, but it still attracts new fans. By the way, the “great and terrible” head of Valve, Gabe Newell , admitted that Portal 2 is his favorite single-player game.
The second part of the story takes place in the abandoned Portal Nature Research Laboratory. The plot continues to center on the experimental subject Chell and the supercomputer GLaDOS, an artificial intelligence with manic tendencies.
The peculiarity of the game is the creation of portals that allow you to perform a variety of tasks: move Chell and objects with her, bypass enemies, and overcome obstacles. The hardest thing is to exit the game into the real world and discover that there are no portals in it.
2. Braid
Publisher: Number None.
Year: 2008.
Platforms: Windows, macOS.
A very atmospheric and conceptual game from Jonathan Blow – he, of course, is not Hideo Kojima , but he is also, undoubtedly, a genius. Braid is translated as “braid” or “intricacy”. And the story that this game tells is very confusing and that’s why it’s so interesting.
You could say that Braid is the story of Super Mario turned inside out. He travels through mysterious worlds, finds metaphorical clues in them, and in the end creates a nuclear bomb. In the game you can control time – without this ability you will not be able to reach the final.
And one more little hint: in every world there is a hidden star. Find them all and get the opportunity to meet the princess.
3. Limbo
Publisher: Playdead.
Year: 2010.
Platforms: Windows, macOS.
A strange and even scary game at times. This is the story of a boy who goes into a mysterious world in search of his sister. He will have to face monsters and bypass ingenious traps, reaching the very edge of hell in order to achieve his goal.
Actually, the title of the game is seen as a reference to Catholic limbo – this is the place where souls are found who have not gone to heaven, hell, or purgatory. You have to die quite often in this game, but it is still quite possible to reach the final.
The game has an open ending. Only the developers know for sure how this story ends. And we can only believe in the best.
4. Machinarium
Publisher: Amanita Design.
Year: 2009.
Platforms: Windows, macOS.
It is not easy for a small robot that has been thrown into the trash to improve its situation. But you can move mountains to free your friend!
You start to worry about the robot Joseph from the first minutes of the game. It ends up in a landfill in a completely disassembled state. But the hero pulls himself together, gets ready and runs to the city of Machinarium, where the Black Hats Gang is rampaging. And if you do everything right, Josef will be able to rescue Bertha from the clutches of the bandits.
But you can only interact with objects that are near you. But it is possible to increase and decrease the robot’s body , as well as see how to pass the area. To do this, you need to either play a scrolling shooter or take a hint.
In 2017, the developers released the “definitive version” of Machinarium. They replaced the game engine, added leaderboards and achievements on Steam.
5. World of Goo
Publisher: 2D Boy.
Year: 2008.
Platforms: Windows, macOS.
A puzzle with unusual mechanics: you have to build a variety of structures from Goo balls, which look like oil drops, water, eyes or balloons. Level after level you will build more and more complex structures in order to send the required number of such droplet creatures into the pipe.
The game was created by two indie developers – former Electronic Arts employees Kyle Gebler and Ron Kermel. It cost 10 thousand dollars and proved that brilliant games are not always made by huge companies with million-dollar budgets.
The concept of World of Goo is much more complex than just towers of drops. According to the authors’ idea, the drops move through pipes, explore islands, create the mysterious Product Z, empty a trash bin full of spam and blow up the Goo World Corporation, and then fill the entire world. Although, if this story is not close to you, you can simply enjoy the process and each level you complete.
6. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Publisher: 505 Games.
Year: 2013.
Platforms: Windows, macOS.
A touching story of two brothers Naya and Naya, who go in search of the water of the Tree of Life. Her power must save their dying father.
Traveling around the world in search of healing water, Naya and Naya encounter ogres, wolves and creatures from nightmares , and also help good characters. It won’t be easy on this path, and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons doesn’t end with a happy ending at all. However, this is one of the games that is not forgotten.
Naya and Naya solve mysteries and overcome obstacles together. But you control them separately, and NPCs react differently to the brothers. This gives rise to special game mechanics and makes solving puzzles less obvious.