Environmental Puzzles
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The Orphaned House Invites You Inside For A Mysterious Puzzle Adventure
Charm Games announced The Orphaned House, a first-person puzzle adventure game, for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S in 2027. The game focuses on environmental puzzles and narrative discovery within a mysterious house, moving away from the studio's VR roots. A playable demo is planned for later in 2026.
Evening Previews
The upcoming Onimusha: Warlords will feature larger environmental puzzles in place of the puzzle boxes found in previous titles. This change aims to offer a more engaging puzzle-solving experience for players.
Sticky Situations Await In Bear Mage Honey Sage
Bear Mage Honey Sage, a new indie title from Sweet Bread Games, is now available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The game features a unique mechanic where players use magical honey blocks to create pathways and solve environmental puzzles in a colorful pixel art world. Priced at £4.19, it offers a compact puzzle platforming experience across 10 handcrafted levels.
Zangyou Is a Liminal Psychological Horror Where You’re Trapped in a Japanese Office Building
Zangyou is a new psychological horror game from developer and publisher Flicker Point Studio, set to release on PC via Steam. The game focuses on the dread of working late in a deserted Japanese office building, where players must navigate a hostile AI-controlled environment and solve puzzles to escape. Zangyou will feature an Early Access release soon and draws inspiration from The Backrooms.
3D pixel narrative adventure game Long Gone launches in 2027
Indie developer Hillfort Games has announced that their 3D pixel narrative adventure game, Long Gone, is set to launch in 2027 for Windows PC via Steam. The game focuses on environmental puzzles and exploration in a post-outbreak suburban neighborhood, with players uncovering stories through objects left behind.
Kickstarted cozy co-op game Hidalgo resurfaces with a new trailer and 2026 launch window
The cozy co-op game Hidalgo, developed by Infinite Thread Games and published by Loopr Partners, has revealed a new trailer and a 2026 launch window for PC. Inspired by Don Quixote, the game features environmental puzzle-solving and local co-op gameplay within a handcrafted puppet world.