Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
Release Date: July 25, 2024
Platforms: PS5, Switch, Mobile (Netflix exclusive), PC
No gaming expo is complete without that one puzzle game that lowkey scrambles your brain and blows your mind after just a few minutes with it. For me this year that was Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure, a beautifully illustrated top-down adventure where you maneuver through mazes by sliding their tilesets. It’s simple at first, but the gimmick quickly reveals clever tricks and unexpected challenges. It was made by a surprisingly large team of over a dozen people, one of whom was the artist on indie darling Braid. There’s a bit of how Crypt of the Necrodancer was remixing Zelda for music junkies, except this time around it’s puzzle logic sickos who are benefiting. It was another one of my top demos from Summer Game Fest. — Ethan
