Puzzles + Adventure
I Expect You to Die – $25
Bond fans, look no further. You’ve found the game that puts you in a literal hot seat that tasks you with making a frantic escape from certain doom, orchestrated by the very Bond-esque villain Dr. Zor. This is a real headscratcher of a puzzle game that puts a big emphasis on object interaction (defuse the bomb, unscrew the panel to turn off the laser) and absolutely zero on locomotion, making it ideal for anyone who may be wary of motion-induced nausea.
‘I Expect You to Die’ on Quest
Moss – $30
This plucky little platformer will have you awwwing over little Quill for a few solid hours, as you control your mouse-pal through a world fraught with puzzles, danger, and an environment that literally leaps out of the pages of a story book. It isn’t just a standard platformer though, where you control Quill with thumbstick and a smattering of buttons, rather you use your own to hands to interact with puzzle pieces throughout the environment to keep little Quill on here merry way.
Red Matter – $25
Adventuring through an off-world, soviet retro-future facility isn’t all fun and games. There’s a mystery to unfold as you figure out the games many puzzles along the way, all of it pointing to game of cat and mouse espionage. Take your time, decipher the signs with your handy dandy Volgarian translator, and make your way ever deeper into the bowels of the mysterious facility to uncover the truth.
Trover Saves the Universe – $30
Justin Roiland, the co-creator of Rick and Morty, has his own game studio. As you’d imagine, Roiland’s unhinged brain has unleashed the weirdest ‘anti-puzzle’ puzzle platformer available on VR headsets. Trover Saves the Universe basically subverts all of your expectations, and will leave you laughing well after you’ve beaten it.
