Written: 2026 May 6
Rating: 2/5
I just finished all the levels in the "main path" of the game. I would only recommend this if you like difficult sokoban. If you think all the other sokoban games out there are a piece of cake, play this.
A lot of the levels go as follows: I have an idea I want to try. Difficult/constrained play space prevents me from easily setting up what I want to try. Get frustrated, after some failed attempts at sokoban-ing things around. I'm unsure if it's to prevent cheese, or the levels are constrained for added difficulty.
It's been over 1 year since the game has been released, yet levels are still being changed, moved around, and added. So much tweaking in a released game. This is what happens when you have an absurd number of levels in your game I guess (500+).
If you do want to venture into insanity, I recommend doing the main path first, ignoring the side path levels. Come back to them later if you get stuck on the main path as a way to reset your mind. I think a lot of the levels, even along the main path, could be trimmed out. This game is the definition of puzzle bloat.
If pistons were removed, I would probably give this a recommend. The mechanical complexity of pistons is insane. It would also probably remove like 50% of all the levels in this game. Piston levels require the ability to imagine moving parts within a game step (pressing WASD one time). Being unable to imagine or picture such scenarios will make piston-based solutions extremely difficult to encounter, because you would just be fumbling around hoping to stumble across the right solution by circumstance.
As a plus, the hint feature is really good. All the mechanics in this game are VERY precise, and if you don't fully understand them, it will come to bite you in the ass later. So if you don't understand why something happens, check out the hints that explain the game's mechanics. Also, some of the levels are quite clever, but there aren't enough of those to warrant a recommendation. World 3, 5, and 7 are really cool. World 7 being my favorite of them all.
Finally, there is no video settings, and the game is played in a really low resolution, something like 1280x720p. It just looks bad on any kind of modern monitor.
Play the dev's new game instead! Tiling Town (or demo, called Tiling Forest). It is much better.