[ghostly_s]

Some of my favorites are puzzle games but I guess I’m not a member of the "community" (is there a message board?) and I’m surprised to hear there's any consensus on anything- my experience has been that most puzzle fans have a very specific subgenre they enjoy rather than enjoying "puzzle games" as a whole. I've had such little luck finding new games I enjoy that I don't pay any attention to puzzle game recommendations u less it reminds me of a specific game I already like. I've played several games in this genre (didn't know it had a name!) and they are very much not my thing.

[the__alchemist]

Same reaction - I love puzzle games (The Witness, Talos principle, Blue Prince, Myst series, Baba is You, Antichamber, Obra Dinn, Opus Magnum etc), but haven't heard of this. I guess I should give it a try!

[sunrunner]

No mention of Snakebird in the comments. So here it is.

[a13o]

Snakebird is my vote for best puzzle game of all time

[ehnto]

Very similar taste in games, and I had heard of it but wrote it off as a simple puzzle game, kind of in the mobile-game-esque throwaway genre. I must have been mistaken.

[socalgal2]

One of those things is not like the others

[joshu]

patrick’s parabox, too

[roblh]

And Void Stranger. I’m surprised not to see it mentioned anywhere in the comments.

[iqml2568]

I've opened the comments just to Ctrl+F it and... only 4 hits. Depressing.

[tobr]

”Thinky puzzle games” is a specific subgenre and community, revolving mostly around variations of sokoban, but really has an appetite for any game that deeply explores how a few mechanics can be combined and lead to interesting consequences.

[sph]

There is no consensus just like there is no single puzzle community. It’s just ‘what my favourite youtubers are talking about’