Maxwell's puzzling demon

Maxwell's puzzling demon

muratsubo Games · August 30, 2024 · Puzzle, Sokoban, Difficult, Logic, Abstract

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Maxwell's puzzling demon price by region

Maxwell's puzzling demon costs $8.49 in Georgia (USD), £12.79 in the United Kingdom, €14.79 in Europe (EUR), $14.99 in the United States, CA$19.49 in Canada, A$21.95 in Australia, NZ$21.99 in New Zealand, R$46.99 in Brazil and zł67.99 in Poland right now.

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Georgia (USD) $8.49 $8.49 — 1
United Kingdom £12.79 £12.79 — 1
Europe (EUR) €14.79 €14.79 — 1
United Statesyour region $14.99 $14.99 — 1
Canada CA$19.49 CA$19.49 — 1
Australia A$21.95 A$21.95 — 1
New Zealand NZ$21.99 NZ$21.99 — 1
Brazil R$46.99 R$46.99 — 1
Poland zł67.99 zł67.99 — 1

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About Maxwell's puzzling demon

✦ AI summary

Maxwell's puzzling demon is a block-pushing puzzle game where you guide a demon through 350+ levels across 10 worlds, managing hot and cold blocks that interact with each other while solved levels themselves become pushable blocks to unlock new areas. What sets it apart is its nested puzzle structure where entire worlds are puzzles themselves, plus a robust hint system to guide you through increasingly tricky challenges without forcing you to solve every optional level.

What this puzzle is like


Maxwell's demon is the main character of this puzzle.
The demon does work of block-pushing.

Blocks have temperature. Some blocks are hot and others are cold.
While the demon doesn't like hot blocks, they can be cooled when adjacent to cold ones.

Keep your blocks and head cool


This game has 10 worlds.
Each world consists of dozens of levels, which are more than 350 in total.

The levels are located in form of blocks and are grouped at different corners of each world.
In this game, not only levels but also worlds themselves are puzzle.
Those levels once solved becomes pushable blocks.
You then use the blocks to access the next group of levels.

If you want more challenging ones, extra levels await you.
We're sure that it's difficult to even reach them.
(Don't worry. You have neither to reach nor to solve them to clear this game.)

The hint feature


The powerful hint feature is available.
This feature allows you to gain insight into how to solve the levels and to see detailed descriptions of the gimmicks.

Maxwell's puzzling demon — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Sep 27, 2026
Don't be fooled by the simple graphics. This is one of the cleverest and best block pushers ever made. Straightforward mechanics unfold into shockingly sophisticated systems, and the puzzle design is consistently excellent. Deserves to be mentioned alongside Bean and Nothingness.
Recommended Sep 6, 2026
excelent hint system
Recommended Sep 3, 2026
One of the [b]best[/b], most fun Sokoban-style puzzle game. A small number of simple object types, but tons of tricks and possibilities. The devs must be that awesome to be able to come up with these many levels. Just wait until you discover the late game content, which will blow your mind: [spoiler]the meta levels and World B[/spoiler]. Note also that many levels may be easier or harder than they appear to be. The hints in the main levels and worlds, while optional, are really useful. I admit to using many of them for learning those tricks. [spoiler]And in World B, the game abuses the heck out off the hint system, so it's no longer optional.[/spoiler] The reason my play time is just a few hours is because I usually play in offline mode, where I actually spent [b]100+ hours[/b] (I stopped counting at this point). In fact, I had to play some online to be able to write a review for this game. And for players already late in the game, this statement will make sense to you: [i]sometimes, even the goal is in the way.[/i]
Recommended Aug 24, 2026
makes my brain hurt so i think that makes it a good puzzle game
Recommended Aug 18, 2026
治好了我喜欢心算的老毛病👍
Recommended Aug 7, 2026
Hell yeah this is one for the sickos

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