Dissembler

A somewhat tough puzzle game. I liked the amount of levels, the daily puzzles and the sound design. However, I didn't like the overall design approach here. Most puzzles feel like filler and are solved by guessing. The artwork puzzles are great, but there's only a handful of them. The symmetric puzzles are satisfying, but they're few and far between. The mechanics of later puzzles are interesting, but there is no puzzle that stacks all of them. Also, the infinite mode is very frustrating - small mistakes can ruin a run quickly, it takes a lot of luck getting anywhere and it just feels so repetitive. This mode is the game's final grind if you want all achievements, and it effectively feels like grinding for RNG.

[table] [tr] [th]GOAL[/th] [td]Flip two adjacent colored tiles next to each other in a square grid whenever there's a connect match-3 or more tiles of the same color, and making sure there's no colored tile left on the board to finish the level.[/td] [/tr] [th]EXPERIENCE[/th] [td]Tangibly related to playing countless match-3 games, more specifically, connect match-3 games, but otherwise, this seems like a unique puzzle game to play.[/td] [tr] [th]SETUP[/th] [td]Played it windowless fullscreen with audio default to on.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]CONTENT[/th] [td]174 handcrafted main content puzzle levels under 'Puzzles' section. The 'Daily' section consists of 6 days available worth of content to play, with 6 randomly generated puzzle levels per day, with 6 new levels arriving, and 6 oldest levels leaving. The 'Infinite' section when playing either the relaxed or hard variant, consists 5 by 5 square grid where the tiles have 3 layers of colors, with said colors can't be in the layers twice in a row, and it's endless until there's no more moves left; the relaxed variant has less colored tile types, and hard variant has more colored tile types.[/td] [/tr] [tr…

Dissembler is a minimalist puzzle game developed by Ian MacLarty and published by Shape Shop, built around a deceptively simple concept that gradually reveals surprising depth. At first glance, it appears to be another color-matching puzzle title, but it quickly distinguishes itself through its core rule: no new tiles ever fall onto the board. The objective is not to rack up points or create cascading combos, but to completely clear every tile from each puzzle grid. This small but crucial difference transforms the experience from a reactive match-three formula into a deliberate, logic-driven challenge that rewards foresight and careful planning. The gameplay revolves around flipping adjacent tiles to create matches of three or more identical colors. However, you can only flip tiles if doing so results in a valid match, which means every move must be purposeful. Because cleared tiles do not refill, the puzzle becomes a matter of unraveling the board layer by layer until nothing remains. Early levels introduce the mechanics in a straightforward manner, easing players into the concept with manageable layouts and limited color palettes. As the game progresses, new complications are in…

Looks relaxing. Isn’t. It’s like someone gift-wrapped a logic bomb in pastel colors. Gotta admit now my brain hurts... but in a polite way.

Do not play this, RNG based stupid puzzles

Difficult game, not going to 100% >_<