Islands of Insight

Game fails to start, even after following all the steps on their support site. Also found a 2 year old discussion from people having the same issue. No resolution https://steamcommunity.com/app/2071500/discussions/0/4406290986180330926/?ctp=1

Recommended only if you can treat the open world as a bloated menu. Having played through a number of puzzle games and then this one, you start to see why these games usually use small hubs that organize puzzle sets for easy access. Games like Elden Ring or Cyberpunk make exploration part of the gameplay loop. Here it feels tacked on so the game can call itself an open world, a gigantic hub with a lot of empty space between the good stuff. Some "puzzles" use the world, but they're the last ones you want if you came for logic puzzles. Logic puzzles should have been most of the content. Instead the game is stuffed with weaker types that mostly feel like hidden-object busywork, which I despise. I see them as filler, and there's too much fat between the actual logic puzzles, both the walking and the puzzles themselves, at least in the first few hours. Worse, some puzzles are gated behind quests, which would be fine in a normal open-world game, but here it feels like a cardinal sin. If you can tolerate traversing a mostly empty world and a mix of puzzles that aren't strictly logic puzzles, it can still be a blast. Distill it down to a small hub with easy access to *only* the logic pu…

Great cozy puzzle game. Joined after servers went down so for me it is an offline-only experience (apprearently there was an online feature in the past). Huge amount of content: From logic, sudoku-like puzzles, match3, exploration and so on. Recommend when on sale :)

very interactive. enjoy the free roam approach to search for different types of puzzles.

Very good puzzle game. Huge variety of puzzle and difficulties. It could be overwhelming but the main story line is worth it.

Great puzzles - mostly casual. Some unique and some classics. Still there is much room to improve your skills with this game and many secrets to uncover.