Luxor

[h1] Luxor (anciently — Thebes) is a city in Upper Egypt, on the east bank of the Nile. It's the main city of the province with the same name. [/h1] The first Luxor game is a classic and a benchmark of the casual game genre. Even compared to the legendary Zuma, Luxor has its own charm, although the competitor might have slightly nicer graphics and sound. Right now, the game doesn’t have the highest approval rating on Steam, but that’s mostly due to users complaining because they can’t run a twenty-year-old game on Windows 11. In reality, you just need to install a simple patch that’s freely available in Steam guides, and the game works perfectly. That said, the game runs faster in windowed mode than fullscreen — so if you go for the fullscreen option, be ready for black bars. The gameplay is pretty standard: you shoot balls, match them by color, and grab falling bonuses so the balls don’t reach the endpoint. There are 14 stages in total, each with around 5-6 levels on average (not counting the last 14th stage, which has a single unique level for the whole game). The difficulty ramps up in a clear way: every roughly third of the game, a new ball color shows up and the chain…

Luxor, developed by MumboJumbo and published by Accelerate Games, stands as one of the foundational entries in the marble-shooter puzzle genre, delivering a straightforward yet highly addictive gameplay loop that has proven remarkably enduring. Set against a stylized ancient Egyptian backdrop, the game frames its action within a mythological struggle, placing the player in the role of a defender tasked with stopping advancing forces tied to the god Set. While the story itself is minimal and largely serves as context, it gives the game a sense of thematic cohesion that elevates it beyond a purely abstract puzzle experience. The gameplay is built around a simple but effective mechanic: players control a winged launcher that fires colored spheres at a moving chain of marbles. By matching three or more of the same color, sections of the chain are eliminated, and the goal is to clear the entire sequence before it reaches its endpoint. What makes this system engaging is the way it blends quick reactions with forward planning. Players must constantly assess the movement of the chain, anticipate where shots will land, and create opportunities for chain reactions that can clear large porti…

works on steamdeck, doesnt work on win11

Great game that I played alot of times during my childhood and will play during my adulthood. I love the visuals, the sounds, the "BACK" of cleopatra, the AA-AA-AA of 5-coin collecting. Probably easy to play for colorblinded folks. Though, mechanically vise the Luxor 2 is peak

Luxor (the series) is definitely one of my favorite games of all time. It is like Zuma, but with an Ancient Egyptian touch and I'm all for it. As a kid I was so in love with the game and the weird but interesting hieroglyphs in it, that my whole obsession for Ancient Egypt culture started to grow and flourish. Today, as someone who already learned a bit of hieroglyphs, I'm again surprised by the dedication of the developers cuz some of the hieroglyphs are actually correctly used, and some paintings actually align with real relics. The majority of the "text" are unreadable cuz the writing orders are completely chaotic, but I can see that they have at least studied the Gardinar's list of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Back when I was a kid, I used to think game developers would never go this far cuz they're "just making games"... but now, MumboJumbo is just like all the other indie game developers we know today. They are great artists who clearly enjoyed making these little games. A clear drawback of this game would be the repetition of maps. Every stage has the same maps and sometimes a new one designed for this particular stage (which is nice). It can get boring at times, but aga…

Luxor is a simple yet addicting game that is enjoyable in my opinion. Some people might find it boring which is understandable given there is only one mode to play so there isn't much variety gameplay wise. It does get kind of difficult when you reach the higher levels so eventually you'll hit a brick wall which is frustrating. For the first entry in the Luxor franchise it still is pretty decent, you just need a few tweaks to run it properly on modern operating systems. Definitely recommend you pick it up during a sale if you're looking for a game to kill time with.