LOOP: A Tranquil Puzzle Game

Tranquil my ass. This game is challenging and will leave you scratching your head and perhaps questioning how smart you are. The first few levels were a bit easy, and then I hit a wall around level 7. It got a little easier at level 21 when you can start spinning a few of the fixed pieces. It's addicting, though, and there's weird water dripping music that's somehow soothing. There are 100 levels, which is decent, and then there's a random level generator for good replayability.

I bought LOOP over six years ago, and finished the first fifty puzzles before I stopped playing on Steam altogether. I've now picked up Steam gaming again thanks to the Deck, and LOOP was one of the games I really wanted to play again. I've had my Deck for a few days now and already I've finished the first thirty levels again, playing in between "bigger" games. LOOP is a great puzzle game, starting out simple and with a good and steady difficulty curve. The basic premise is just swapping tiles, but later on you'll get 'special' tiles like tiles that have to stay in place but can be rotated. It's a fantastic puzzle game especially when playing on the go and/or with a touch screen. Its base price is already low enough to give a puzzle fanatic their money's worth, but if you like to wait for sales then it's 50% off often enough. Deck specific: LOOP works like a charm on the Deck. At bootup, simply choose the largest possible resolution and highest graphics quality. Also, make sure to exit the game through the in-game menu and not through the Steam overlay, to make sure your progress is saved.