ZHED - Puzzle Game

Played on Steam Deck. Bold claims in the description of being ""an instant classic puzzle game"" and it actually lives up to that. I haven't seen this puzzle mechanic before but it plays really well and fits perfectly as a minimalist puzzler for my Steam Deck. The back half of the game is pretty hard, primarily the stages with ""red herring"" style elements which were my only issue with this format. The puzzle elements included exclusively to throw the player down the wrong track felt unecessary since the strength of the puzzles already was finding the correct order, so these levels just feel like a waste of time and are frustrating. These elements specifically are blocks positioned to be potential final pieces in a cardinal direction of the finish block, so instead of trying to work out the solution to a single puzzle it is required to work out the solutions to four puzzles to see which one is possible and that is a task that is too much for me personally. Similarly there are stages with multiple finish blocks, but only one is possible... Thankfully there are hints that are accumulated from finishing stages so I could just spam hints to get through those, so overall the game is g…

Great puzzle game, currently at level 46, level 46 is start of a lot more tiles in play and shrinking of the board to accommodate it. Get a tile to reach the WHITE SQUARE tile, that is all. Numbered tiles on the board and place that many tiles in one direction only, but if others are in the way, it goes its # total regardless, and some maybe tile(s) maybe red herring (not used in solution).

ZHED is a super enjoyable puzzle game. It starts simple, but it starts becoming quite challenging halfway through. It's sometimes unclear which box you need to move last, which adds to the challenge. You can't use hints or undo if you want the achievements, but you get unlimited restarts. If you like games that rack your brain, get it, you won't be disappointed.

I highly recommend ZHED to anyone looking for a fun and challenging puzzle game. With its excellent gameplay, sleek presentation, and engaging puzzles, it's sure to keep you entertained for hours on end.

the perfect puzzle

Fun little game, feels good to complete a puzzle