Isles of Sea and Sky

This game is really great for a while, but then you kind of hit a wall. This is a block-pushing game, and it's a very good one, with clever puzzles. The problem is that it gets really finicky towards the end, at least if you want to get all of the stars (which is not necessary to simply reach the ending). Still, for the bulk of the game, it's quite delightful, and I would suggest finding guides for the harder late-game puzzles since they can be quite motivation-sapping. As you can see, I still recommend the game. Actually, I played this back in November 2024, but I didn't finish it because it got finicky, and I really never planned to do so, but recently (June 2026) I saw that one of the gaming YouTubers I watch was doing a playthrough, so I started watching it, and I realized that I wanted to play this again. I think that's saying something, right? I just finished the main game, and now I'm in the postgame. The other cool thing is that in the meantime the dev has added a bunch of content to the game. It's years after release and there's still more. The dev is really dedicated to the game being great. You should play it!

A sokoban-inspired puzzle metroidvania with multiple layers.

パズルは面白いが、探索と導線の悪さが惜しい。 100スターを超えたあたりから、ひたすら探索する時間が増えて、かなり疲れてしまいました。 現時点では攻略できない場所でも「何か方法がありそう」に見えるため、長時間試したあとで、まだ進めない場所だったと分かることがあります。一方で、隠しギミックを見つければ攻略できるステージもあり、判断が難しいです。 特に隠しギミックの存在を知らせる導線が少なく、序盤から使えた仕掛けに後半になってようやく気づくこともありました。 パズルそのものは面白く、移動操作もスムーズです。ただし、ファストトラベルは使いにくく、島を移動するたびにロードのような演出が入るのもテンポを悪くしています。一度クリアしたステージを通過したいだけなのに、再びプレイさせられる仕様も不便です。 パズルの出来が良いだけに、探索や移動、ギミックへの導線がもう少し分かりやすければ、さらに面白い作品になったと思います。 無駄な探索ゲーが嫌いなので低評価にしときます。

Awesome game! The puzzles are hard but relaxing at the same time. I highly recommend this game, especially if it’s on sale!

It's very "find the map secret"-y, but the vibes are so immaculate that I don't mind.

7.3/10 game, would've been an 8 or higher if it wasn't for serpent stacks island. Most of the game was great, a lot of the game is figuring out whenever a puzzle is currently possible for you to solve or not, which I do not mind, I see it as another form of a puzzle. And when a puzzle is possible for you to solve the solving process is generally pretty fun, many different elements for you to play around with that reward creativity. Serpent Stacks, which was the last island of the game, was absolute garbage though. The island had one main mechanic where you control your evil twin with your own movement and the twin's movement is inverted. The mechanic itself sounds cool on paper, but is absolutely horrible in practice. The reason why its so bad in this game is because it created so much complexity with every single tile move you do that it actually becomes more time-efficient to not think about any tile move you do, and instead you should just move in semi-random directions, spamming undo when it kinda looks bad, until your evil twin eventually ends up in a good spot, and then you solve the puzzle. I had bruteforced every puzzle in serpent stacks like this, it was absolutely miserable. Otherwise a good game though.

amazing sokoban game with solid difficulty

Ottimo range di puzzle semplici e molto complessi, non annoia anche a fine gioco impennando la difficoltà in modo creativo.