The second collection of Steam Next Fest Summer 26 games under the microscope are the puzzle and detective games. This time around, instead of doing a massive puzzle video, I chose to focus more time on 3D platformers and a few other genres, so the puzzle selection is light. That said, the detective and deduction games were so strong that this collection is small, but perfectly formed. I wishlisted all of them.
My personal star picks are the incredibly ingenious Chop Garden, the “oooh now I have to solve that another way” Order of the Sinking Star, and the genuinely educational Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division.
The games previewed are:
- Chomp Garden
- Order of the Sinking Star
- Verto
- Woim
- SkyVeil
- Linkshift
- Minesweeper Next Gen
- LockTale
- Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division
- Legion Was Here
- Death at Fleming Manor
- Dupery: A game of solo deduction
- Mini Murder Mysteries
I hope you find something to wishlist and look forward to playing.
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