Minimalist Puzzle Games

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  1. retr0spective

    retr0spective Well-Known Member

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    #1 retr0spective, May 13, 2013
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    Greetings,

    Can anyone please point me in the direction of more minimalist style puzzle games such as the following:

    Eighty-Eight
    Eliss
    Huebrix
    Hundreds
    Polymer
    Puzzle Juice
    SpellTower
    Squarescape
    These Robotic Hearts of Mine

    Thanks!
     
  2. retr0spective

    retr0spective Well-Known Member

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    Yes, I forgot about Polymer. Thank you!
     
  3. Guise

    Guise Well-Known Member

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    #4 Guise, May 13, 2013
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    Slydris

    Mosaique

    Letterpress
    Inclusion
    —These two are word and number games, rather than puzzlers. But they are superminimal.
     
  4. Tannorexic

    Tannorexic Well-Known Member

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    Colorbind, it's my all time favourite. Was released many years ago but still nothing has surpassed it's in my opinion.

    A few others:

    Save the puppies
    Grooh
    Briquid
    Wiggle
     
  5. drelbs

    drelbs Well-Known Member

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    Not minimalist in itself, but some of the individual games:

    Puzzle Maniak
     
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    Blendoku
     
  7. pluto6

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    Also by the folks who did colorbind - Monospace

    Enso dot by Kieffer Bros is excellent. Actually most of Kieffer Bros games would fit the scheme.

    Percepto might fit your bill - may not be your definition of minimalist - but close.

    Also, Fractal: make blooms not war is pretty excellent.
     
  8. grid

    grid Well-Known Member

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    I'll second the recommendation for Slydris.

    Another of my favorite minimalist puzzle games not yet mentioned here is I Love Squares. Highly addicting that one. Like Slydris, it's an endless puzzle, or action puzzle game. So is Fluxe, another all-time favorite of mine.

    Of the more level-based puzzlers, I'd also second the recommendation for Enso-Dot. I spent a lot of time staring at those little dots. And Blockhouse and nozoku.
     

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