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Hamstermind

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72%Game Brain Score
gameplay, graphics
grinding
96% User Score Based on 26 reviews

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Hamstermind is a single player puzzle game. It was developed by Righteous Tree Games and was released on February 16, 2026. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

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Audience ScoreBased on 26 reviews
gameplay4 positive mentions
grinding1 negative mentions
  • Charming art style and cute characters with humorous dialogues enhance the cozy and enjoyable atmosphere.
  • Well-designed puzzles that gradually introduce mechanics, offering a satisfying learning curve and escalating challenge.
  • Polished indie game experience with a variety of puzzle types, rewarding exploration, and a good balance of fun and brain workout.
  • Some puzzles, especially in the second chapter and cryptic metapuzzles, become overly complex or ambiguous, leading to frustration.
  • The game is fully linear in progression, causing players to be stuck if they cannot solve a particular puzzle before moving forward.
  • The default keyboard control scheme is unintuitive and poorly optimized compared to gamepad use, detracting from overall playability.
  • gameplay
    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay offers a well-paced introduction and gradual layering of diverse mechanics, including rotation-based puzzles, labyrinth navigation, and sokoban elements, keeping challenges fresh and engaging. It effectively combines puzzle variety, discovery through secret rooms, and increasing complexity to maintain player interest. Overall, it's a thoughtfully designed puzzle experience with satisfying progression and unique twists.

    • “Labyrinths introduce more and more mechanics, like sokoban elements and teleports, making them more complex.”
    • “It's just the right length to make use of all its mechanics in interesting ways, keeping them feeling fresh - which is nearly impossible to do for ice-sliding style puzzles, among others.”
    • “Super fun puzzles that do a good job of onboarding the mechanics and then scale up in difficulty.”
    • “A set of separate unique puzzles that are not directly related to the mechanics above.”
    • “The game’s main mechanic revolves around rotation.”
    • “Collectibles are locked inside cages within puzzle rooms and are obtained using the same rotation mechanic.”
  • graphics
    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's graphics feature a charming and polished art style with cute, beautiful visuals that enhance its appeal. The aesthetic is complemented by subtle humor and delightful character design, contributing to an engaging and memorable experience.

    • “The game is a very polished experience: beautiful, cute graphics and art, lovely characters, subtle humour, and great storytelling for this kind of game.”
    • “The art style is charming, and definitely lulls you into a false sense of security about the difficulty of the puzzles.”
    • “The art style is full of charm, and the notebook is filled with funny references.”
  • humor
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is widely praised for its clever wordplay, charming characters, and witty dialogues, adding a delightful layer to the overall experience. It features funny references and a lighthearted tone that complements the puzzles without overwhelming the player.

    • “Filled with secrets, well-thought puzzles, with funny and cute characters and dialogues being the cherry on top of the cake (or pyramid)!”
    • “Same goes for the wordplay and the humor in general: everything is fantastic!”
    • “The art style is full of charm, and the notebook is filled with funny references.”
  • story
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's story is engaging and well-crafted, featuring lovely characters, subtle humor, and immersive settings. Story progression is integrated with gameplay puzzles, enhancing the overall narrative experience.

    • “The game is a very polished experience: beautiful, cute graphics and art, lovely characters, subtle humour, and great story-telling for this kind of game.”
    • “The story is entertaining and the settings are really cool.”
    • “The elevator screen displays the collectibles you have found and those still missing, and it marks the next story objective with an exclamation point.”
    • “The first is required for story progression and involves placing directional arrows on a grid so that a spider visits all marked spaces and breaks down walls leading to new chambers.”
  • grinding
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding is streamlined and user-friendly, as unlocked rooms can be accessed directly via the elevator, eliminating tedious backtracking.

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Hamstermind is a puzzle game.

Hamstermind is available on PC, Steam Deck, Windows, Linux and others.

Hamstermind was released on February 16, 2026.

Hamstermind was developed by Righteous Tree Games.

Hamstermind has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its grinding.

Hamstermind is a single player game.

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