

Shifter (2025)
Monkey Tale Games · February 28, 2025 · Sokoban, Puzzle, Strategy, 2D, Top-Down
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About Shifter
🔹 Unique Puzzle Mechanics – Master teleporters, shifting walls, spikes, and more.
🔹 60 Handcrafted Levels – A carefully curated difficulty curve with satisfying solutions.
🔹 Relaxing Yet Challenging – No timers, no pressure—just pure puzzle-solving satisfaction.
🔹 Immersive Sound Design – A subtle, atmospheric soundtrack that enhances the experience.If you love clever puzzle games that require foresight and experimentation, Shifter will keep you thinking from start to finish. Can you find the right path through every level and escape the puzzle box?
Shifter — game info
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- 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.
free 60-level sliding game. [b]absolutely zero-effort stuff[/b], not something to waste time on. it's so lazy they didn't even bother changing 'defaultcompany' to their own in unity, and you'll find the game under 'slidepuzzler' in that folder. levels are unlocked one by one within a pack, always bad, with a bit of branching among packs after the first one. no level names or numbers, just circles and squares to click. level complete has retry, next and exit buttons. once a pack is complete, you're dumped back into the main menu instead of loading the next level or going to level select. mouse can be used in the menus and have to be used to bring up said menu, as esc does nothing. the only settings are separate volumes, no resolutions or windowed mode, and that's where controls are shown: wasd/arrows to move, the end. actually, the undocumented 'r' very slowly resets the level, on top of the square moving a bit too slowly as well. enter advances to the next level on level complete, another thing not mentioned anywhere. [b]no undo[/b], so obviously can't be recommended. and while [b]there's a 3-star rating system based on the number of moves, there is no move counter, nor any indi…3 found this helpful
🎪🎪🎪 Achievement Hunter Review 🎪🎪🎪 My Time to Beat: 2hrs 100% achievement difficulty: low difficulty ( a bit of logic needed ) Achievements: 15 Type Breakdown: 100% collection of stars and finishing levels Playthroughs: 1 ( short puzzle levels ) Missable: none Grinding: not really but can be considered a bit as you try combinations to optimise the number of moved for 3 stars Restricted: yes ( license expired in nov 2025 ) DLC Achievements: no Speed Run: no Multiplayer: no Time gated: no Known bugs: I've encountered 3 stars not unlocking even if i had the same number of movements when I got 3 stars later; figured that you can do it fast and will work, be careful to not press any key when the box is traveling through the portal or that will be classified as a key press and will add to the count ( did that mistake too ) 🎪🎪🎪 [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45888692-Morrivale%2527s-Achievement-Circus/] More achievement hunting reviews [/url] 🎪🎪🎪2 found this helpful
Awesome game, I want more levels1 found this helpful
Shifter is a streamlined puzzle game that builds an entire experience around movement, positioning, and careful planning. Developed and published by Monkey Tale Games, it favors a focused design rather than loading the experience with unnecessary mechanics. The objective is easy to understand, but the puzzles steadily demand greater foresight as new environmental elements appear. Its approachable concept makes it easy to begin playing, while the later stages provide enough complexity to keep puzzle enthusiasts thinking. The main mechanic revolves around controlling a square that continues moving in a selected direction until something stops it. This restriction transforms what would normally be basic navigation into a spatial puzzle. Walls are not simply barriers but essential tools for positioning the square, and reaching an exit requires considering where each movement will end before committing to it. Early stages provide enough room to understand this behavior, but later puzzles increasingly require players to visualize several moves in advance. There are 60 handcrafted levels spread across six zones, giving the campaign a clear sense of progression. Rather than relying entir…
A moderately long set of straight line escape puzzles. Has move counter for perfect achievements. Can be troublesome.
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