The Puppet Master

The Puppet Master

AMS Game Development Association · 2016 · Free to Play, Indie, Puzzle

PC
3 user reviews33% · 3 📈 Making a comeback 84%
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About The Puppet Master

A puzzle game bound to test your ability to think out of the box.



Deadly rotating blades. Bottomless ditches of death. And a demented woman with an unfortunate affinity for bad puns at the most inappropriate times gunning for your death. As if that wasn't bad enough, your soul has been trapped in a doll courtesy of the aforementioned 3-in-1 mind games playing, cold blooded killing machine, and psycho-lunatic of a lady.

The Puppet Master is a puzzle game that is bound to test your ability to think out of the box. While being severely limited in many aspects by the fact that you're imprisoned in half a pound of cotton and felt made into the vague likeness of a human being, you are otherwise granted the Hogwarts worthy ability to transfer your soul into the bodies of other puppets around you. A skill that, if used well, just might save your life.

An exhaustive amount of meticulous planning and perfectly timed executions are vital in the survival of the game. Carefully take note of your surroundings, and you might even outsmart the puppet master and get your body back. It's a game of control or be controlled.

AMS Game Development Association



The Puppet Master is distributed under the AMS Game Development Association, a student run game development club located in the University of British Columbia. Every year, members of AGDA get together and make new games, mixing in our collective talent and creative efforts to make fun, engaging games that are hard to put down. Our goal is to work towards expanding our knowledge of the tools, techniques, and processes used in video game development.

What Steam players say

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

Not recommended Aug 22, 2021
I don't like piano.
3 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 21, 2024
I like the art style and themes. The puzzles get really hard to figure out after the second saw blade level but its fun and rewarding when you figure them out on your own. This game needs some steam achievements, would of kept me paying longer tbh.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 28, 2025
Игра "The Puppet Master" – это увлекательное приключение в роли кукловода, плетущего интриги и влияющего на судьбы марионеточных персонажей. Механика манипуляций, основанная на психологических приемах и косвенном воздействии, затягивает с первых минут. Приятно ощущать себя в роли скрытого архитектора событий, наблюдая, как твои подопечные, повинуясь невидимым нитям, разыгрывают драмы и решают головоломки. Геймплей достаточно нелинеен, предлагая несколько путей достижения цели, а концовка зависит от принятых игроком решений, что повышает реиграбельность. Визуальный стиль хоть и не отличается особым реализмом, но создает атмосферу таинственности и подчеркивает театральность происходящего. Однако, иногда действия марионеток кажутся несколько нелогичными, что может несколько раздражать. Также, не хватает более детальных объяснений некоторых механик – приходится разбираться методом проб и ошибок. В целом, "The Puppet Master" – это отличная игра для тех, кто любит необычные головоломки и возможность влиять на происходящее не напрямую, а исподволь. Рекомендую к ознакомлению.
Recommended Jul 25, 2025
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Recommended May 4, 2025
Tough puzzles.
Recommended Dec 26, 2020
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