Nurukabe World
Play it on: PC
Current goal: Finish the advanced tier
I was going through my Steam wishlist this week, having noticed that it was over 400 games long and featured games that haven’t shown an update since I added them in 2018. So I had a bit of a clear-out, and in the process noticed a fair few games I was interested in that have since come out, but that I’ve never played. And among them was pure-logic puzzle game Nurikabe World
Oh my goodness, I cannot recommend it enough. I’ve reviewed it over on Buried Treasure, where I also take a stab at explaining a very visual puzzle game in very inadequate words. I won’t trouble you with that. But know this takes a very ordinary pen-and-paper puzzle and brings it to incredible life, not just by creating a rationale for its internal logic by having you carve rivers through land, but also by featuring gorgeous animation and music. It’s delightful.—John Walker
