Occlude

This really would have been a much better game if it just layed out its rules at some point. I have more enjoyable ways to spend my time than to play "figure out the designers' intention" combined with "how the hell do I arrange the cards afterwards, in this difficult solitaire version"

Getting every cardinal in this game was difficult! Not in the way solitaire is normally difficult, either. I felt like a code breaker. There were some very satisfying epiphanies, especially in the west cardinals. Usually the solution feels "obvious" after you've seen it, which is really impressive. That is not an easy thing to do consistently in game design, and they really pull it off here.

Dropping a review because I was surprised that recent reviews sat in the "Mixed" category. From reading the reviews I can definitely see why now. Occlude is a Puzzle game more than it is a solitaire game. At times you know the solution to a puzzle but need to play a game of solitaire (well, their version of solitaire) to get there. At times you will intentionally lose a game of solitaire to confirm you understand a puzzle. Occasionally you will feel like you need to guess (and you probably did at that point), but doing so helps you learn. Once you understand the mechanics of a puzzle, it's more like minesweeper than random - as the developers note within the game every deal is solvable. If you go into Occlude thinking you're just going to play solitaire with a horror veneer you're probably going to have a bad time. If you like puzzles and don't mind a little grunt work to solve them, I think Occlude does a good job of giving you Eureka moments like any good puzzle game should. Last note: I picked this game up after their large update in 2025 which added a bunch more puzzle content. I do think that the game would've felt short at original launch but the length for the cost proposition feels just fine now. For context at writing time, I'm through the main story and just over halfway through the endgame content.

The solitaire is good, but the fluff is really nasty.

A fun twist of the classic Solitaire, with increasingly more difficult challenges!

剧情呢是一点看不懂的，纸牌呢是猛猛玩的 不要被说难的评论吓到，故事模式没有那么难

Have you ever wanted to play the standard "bored out of your mind at work" game but with the Horrors? You should.

first 3 puzzles were simple and fun, i liked having to think about using all the features the games got, but then it became a cypher like game and that just isn't for me. i honestly feel cheated out of the money i gave for the game and the time wasted on it.