Akin

Boring and awful game, I definitely don't recommend it. Within the first 10 minutes, you will see every mechanic the game has to offer, and it quickly becomes boring and repetitive. The game has two modes "Normal" and "Time" each with 96 puzzles. The problem is that the levels in both modes are exactly the same (just occasionally mirrored). Technically, it's a very poor game with bare-minimum settings. It claims to be Steam Deck compatible, so I tried to continue my playthrough there, but there is no Steam Cloud save sync. Worse, playing on the Deck is practically impossible. This game is really only playable with a physical mouse, and the small trackpads just don't cut it.

The amount of times I've played a really cool, interesting puzzle game that's made me feel satisfied for solving it's levels that was ruined by a stupid, arbitrary timer mode is sadly a number that rapidly increases every few puzzle games or so, and this is one such game. I was having a blast working out Akin's levels and working my way through, feeling proud of my accomplishments and being impressed at myself for being able to do it all quickly, but that all faded when I got to the timed mode. I'm really, really tired of games having modes like this, becuase it doesn't *add* anything. I would rather the dev not reuse half his puzzles and add a bunch of smaller ones just to facilitate some kind of strange, frustrating timed mode. Timers emphasise two of the biggest weaknesses of Akin - the detection for where your cursor is moving when dragging the line (which has a tendency to freak out and go in the wrong box), and the lack of an undo button. Accidentally get a square wrong right at the end of a 100 plus line puzzle? Start all over again! Restarting a puzzle constantly isn't fun, especially when you have short term memory problems like I do. When you get in the flow, it's a…

Pleasant and sleek single-line-drawing puzzle game, but its difficulty ramps up fairly steeply. Most of the difficulty is actually tedium rather than true difficulty, since any mistakes require restarting the whole level, so the player is pushed to plan out the whole solution before starting each level. An undo feature would help with the gameplay flow. There is an optional timed mode.

Fun little puzzle game not too taxing on the grey matter. Does get more complicated the further you get into the puzzles but nothing thats overly difficult and always a fun challenge

Pretty solid puzzle game. Straightforward gameplay, although not all that varied. Difficult enough without feeling frustrating. I think the hardest level only had me stumped for like ten minutes. Satisfies the puzzle solving itch and short enough to complete on a rainy day.

Nice puzzle game. Flip tiles with one line. Lots of levels and solutions. Relaxing and fun.