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Grindstone
There’s nothing I like more than a surprise game that shows up, slaps you around a bit, and leaves you thirsting for mor...
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GRIS
As the game starts you’ll witness the main character, Gris, losing her voice. This seems to be both literal and symbolic...
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The Gardens Between
When we first saw footage of this title in one of the Nindie Directs it was already clear that the game was brilliant v...
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Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe

Brigade is a game that immediately sounded appealing when I heard the premise and then delivered something truly uniq...

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Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
Original, brilliantly designed, varied, challenging, and loads of fun the Shovel Knight series has shaken up the action puzzler genre nicely
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Untitled Goose Game
Bless indie developers and their ability to come up with weird concepts for gameplay that you probably never considered ...
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Teslagrad Remastered
Taking the masterfully-made original to spruce it up a little and add some additional challenges makes a great game better
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PICROSS S7

You know you’ve really established something special when the name of your game becomes synonymous with all gam...

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FEZ
This far into the Switch lifespan the list of outstanding top-notch indie titles that haven’t yet made it to the platfor...
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There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
OK, so typically when you see games coming over in some form from the mobile space I tend to put on my skeptic hat and p...
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Shady Part of Me
There’s something pretty delightful when you encounter games that you’ve never previously heard of that, once you begin ...
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Carto
Having played so many of them, unfortunately the first thing I assume I’ll see when approaching any sort of puzzle game ...
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Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
A quick admission, while I’ve always appreciated the beauty of the Trine series overall I was just never much of a fan o...
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Puzzle Quest: The Legend Returns
While fans of the old school original game likely won’t even need to read this review, it’s worth noting that though som...
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Slayaway Camp: Butcher's Cut
To start out in the game you’ll initially be playing the part of Skullface, a homicidal maniac determined to slaughter t...
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Bridge Constructor Portal
While there have been a few different bridge construction games on the Switch I'd say this one, by far, stands out from ...
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Ash of Gods: The Way
If you’re up to the strategic challenge, Ash of Gods tells a compelling story and will push you to improve your tactical skills
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Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

While I may be prone to complaining when titles put me to sleep with their droning stories and dry lore, when the qua...

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Youropa
While this gravity-defying and somewhat mind-bending 3D puzzler can be aggravating it’s also quite unique
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Bugsnax

As long-time followers of mine will undoubtedly know, I’m a lover of games that qualify as being weird. With th...

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A Monster's Expedition

One thing I’ve learned over the years as someone both on the programming end of software and on the consumer en...

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Jenny LeClue - Detectivu

One of the more overall neglected flavors on the Switch has been single-player experiences I would consider to be bot...

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Kine
With its challenging 3D-style puzzling and great jazz soundtrack, Kine simply has its own vibe
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Death Squared

If you've felt like puzzle games have become a bit stale and predictable over the years, with many of them using ...

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Piczle Lines 2: Into the Puzzleverse
While the fundamentals of the Lines experience haven’t evolved much, the addition of theming and loads of puzzles of various sizes has appeal
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Timelie
While time manipulation puzzling has been done before in the indie space, there’s an element of visual polish and flair ...
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Where Cards Fall
Considering the abundance of puzzle games on the casual-friendly Switch, including many from the mobile/tablet space it’...
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Unbound: Worlds Apart
While they weren’t initially very well-represented on the Switch, in the past 2 years the Metroidvania genre has been th...
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Bonkies
While my family and I have become quite jaded with multiplayer titles, since so many of them fall into pretty predictabl...
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Dodo Peak
There’s nothing I enjoy more with indies than games that defy expectation. At first glance Dodo Peak looks like a pretty...
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Biped
I first encountered Biped at PAX East, repeatedly walking by the booth on the way to other appointments and seeing small...
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-KLAUS-
While puzzle platformers are represented in abundance in the indie space, there are definitely ones that put in some ext...
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Wunderling
Who ever said that puzzle games had to be for casual gamers? Oh sure, Wunderling could likely be enjoyed by just about a...
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Travel Mosaics: A Paris Tour
Even as consistently as indie titles have managed to surprise me, there are times when I’m almost taken aback by a title...
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Tangle Tower
When there are so many point-and-click style adventures available on the Switch it pays to try to stand out. Smart puzzl...
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Etherborn
The definite stand-out title of the week is Etherborn, a gorgeous, challenging, and somewhat mind-bending 3D environment...
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The World Next Door
As the final credits rolled The World Next Door felt like a satisfying experience on the whole but I was also left with ...
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Golf Peaks
Starting out things are pretty simple as the game walks you through the basic mechanics. For each puzzle you’ll have a n...
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Baba Is You
Why settle for going the normal route and following the game’s rules to win when you can simply look for ways to change ...
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The Room
Brought over from the mobile and tablet space, which is normally a red flag for potentially mediocre titles, The Room is...
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True Fear: Forsaken Souls - Part 1
Who knew that having played a number of horror-esque games on the Switch that the one that would be the most consistent ...
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The Spectrum Retreat
You begin by waking in a somewhat modern-looking hotel room and are pretty quickly greeted by one of the staff, an almos...
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Semblance
This is a title I got to check out at PAX East that definitely left me wanting more and the final product was no disappo...
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FRAMED Collection
While its comic book-style presentation is clean and outstanding it’s the unusual gameplay in both Framed and its sequel...
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Piczle Colors
If you’re unfamiliar this style of puzzle game centers on filling in a pixel grid with a variety of colors to create a l...
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Azkend 2: The World Beneath
The greatest strength the game has is the diversity of variations it throws at you, with new wrinkles and variations in ...
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Teslagrad 2
Pretty well hitting a running start continuing from the innovation of the original, Teslagrad 2 is a solid follow-up but can be finicky
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Arise: A Simple Story - Definitive Edition

While my fondest memories of great Switch titles tend to focus on games that are more on the more gameplay-focused si...

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Lumote: The Mastermote Chronicles

Puzzle platformers on the Switch have taken on all sorts of appearances on the Switch, but nothing has been quite lik...

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Kombinera

There’s nothing like a relaxing puzzle game to take a break from the stresses of more action-based and intense ...

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