The long Labour Day weekend is almost upon us and Steam has the perfect solution to pass the time. The Steam Puzzle Fest is happening now until 1st May, featuring mind-boggling and brain-busting puzzles of all shapes and sizes. So wind down and cozy up with a puzzle this weekend — starting with our top picks!
1. Strange Horticulture
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
Wishlist or buy the game on Steam
2. Baba Is You
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Wishlist or buy the game on Steam
3. Manifold Garden
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Wishlist or buy the game on Steam
4. Rusty Lake Hotel
Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series. If you love this game, the complete Rusty Lake franchise is also available in a bundle from now until 1st May.
Wishlist or buy the bundle on Steam
5. The Pedestrian
The Pedestrian is a 2.5D side scrolling puzzle platformer. You are The Pedestrian! Enter into a dynamic 3D world with stunning graphics and challenging puzzles. You play by rearranging and reconnecting public signs in order to explore and advance through each engaging environment.
Wishlist or buy the game on Steam
Honourable Mention: Viewfinder
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
Wishlist or try the demo on Steam
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