Sokoramp

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SokoRamp is an indie puzzle game take on the original Sokoban, but suffers from insufficient innovation: the ramps, switches, and keys don't make this game feel less tedious than the original. Level design is disappointing. Levels are tediously big, with par moves reaching 100-200 moves, which can make even the optimal solutions feel deeply unsatisfying. There's a strong sense that the level designer wasn't skilled enough to make shorter or more compact levels sufficiently interesting or challenging. In addition, levels are often not satisfying to solve when not trying to optimize moves (because just solving them is not sufficiently challenging), but also not satisfying to optimize due to their absurd sizes. It doesn't help that even those optimal solutions mostly don't feel elegant or insightful. The level progression sucks. Solving a level only unlocks the next one, so you're often stuck. There's no level skip, no choice between unlocked levels; instead, the game expects you to bang your head against the most recent level that was more challenging than average. To add insult to injury, the game is too unpopular to have a walkthrough, so the progression system isn't just unpleas…

A chill yet challenging block-pushing game where you guide the marble into a hole. The puzzles are all pretty well thought-out and getting the silver and gold medals for clearing stages in as few moves as possible will take some big brainpower. The difficulty in general ramps up quick, so if you like brainteasers there's plenty of those here. Presentation and visuals are also clean and pleasant to look at. Overall, a nice little game for its asking price.