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Puzzle Depot

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95%Game Brain Score
story, gameplay
replayability, graphics
100% User Score Based on 46 reviews

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Puzzle Depot is a single player puzzle game. It was developed by Laughing Manatee Games and was released on November 6, 2025. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Welcome to Union Freight Operations Are you prepared for an exciting career in the field of cargo management? See how the deceptively simple concept of "push boxes around a warehouse" quickly escalates into a post-apocalyptic adventure in this playable demo, featuring Puzzle Depot's first level! The full game will include over a dozen puzzle-filled levels to explore, each with a variety of optiona…

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Audience ScoreBased on 46 reviews
story13 positive mentions
graphics3 negative mentions
  • The game features smart, clean, and genuinely satisfying puzzles that provide a rewarding challenge without frustration.
  • It offers a rich and engaging storyline, charming visuals, and a fun soundtrack that enhance the overall experience.
  • The gameplay allows for multiple solutions to puzzles, encouraging exploration and optimization, which adds significant replayability.
  • The difficulty can ramp up significantly, potentially leading to frustration for players who may find some puzzles overly challenging.
  • The undo system is limited and can be frustrating, especially during real-time elements and boss fights where players cannot undo actions.
  • Some players may find the lack of hints or indicators for objectives can lead to confusion and prolonged wandering when stuck on puzzles.
  • story
    34 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's story is a standout feature, blending nostalgic elements with modern mechanics, and is enriched by engaging characters and humor. Players appreciate the depth of the narrative, which is woven seamlessly into the gameplay, offering exploration and lore that enhance the overall experience. While some find the story to be light or perfunctory at times, many agree that it adds significant value to the puzzle-solving elements, making it more than just a typical sokoban game.

    • “Beautiful hand-painted pixels, challenging puzzles, and a gripping storyline.”
    • “A quirky, humorous story about the post-apocalypse with a lovable cast of characters.”
    • “I have one criticism for the devs though, and that is there is no indication that you'll be locked out of previous areas or floors when you trigger a story sequence.”
    • “With such an emphasis on story, as well as secrets and exploration, it feels as if this was included because it's such a staple of sokoban puzzles, not whether it really fit into the bigger picture.”
    • “The game leads with its story, which means that the levels are designed to feel like actual places with their own internally consistent logic, rather than simply vehicles for delivering a bunch of abstract puzzles.”
  • gameplay
    23 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is praised for its nostalgic feel, seamless mechanics, and engaging storyline, offering a rich variety of interactions and puzzles that keep the experience fresh. While the tutorial effectively introduces players to the mechanics, some may find the difficulty too simple, and certain mechanics can feel overused in later levels. Overall, the game successfully blends classic sokoban elements with adventure gameplay, providing a fun and rewarding experience for both casual and hardcore puzzle enthusiasts.

    • “It has the feeling of the games you used to play as a kid, except updated with seamless play mechanics and a better storyline.”
    • “Visual style is good, soundtrack is peak, and most importantly the gameplay loop is very fun with tons of content.”
    • “The game has a lot of different mechanics which interact with each other quite well, which keeps things fresh for quite a while.”
    • “While I understand that its implementation is limited in part by real-time mechanics that exist in this game, it's still annoying to not be able to undo more than a certain number of moves, or undo into other rooms.”
    • “I'm not changing my rating because I still had a good time with the vast majority of it and got my money's worth, but long levels with only very small/iterative mechanical additions and a higher focus on increased difficulty for variety ultimately resulted in a chunk of the later levels feeling like busy work.”
    • “Everybody has their own preferences, but part of it stems from how similar the mechanics tend to be from one version to the next.”
  • music
    21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is widely praised for its quality and ability to enhance the atmosphere, with a soundtrack that adapts to different environments, although some players noted that the transition can be jarring. While the overall composition is considered excellent and immersive, there are concerns about the limited variety of tracks, particularly in longer levels where music can feel repetitive. Overall, the music contributes significantly to the game's charm and enjoyment, complementing its engaging gameplay and visual style.

    • “The music and artwork are also really well done and use a really pleasant color palette!”
    • “Good story and great music.”
    • “An absolute banger of a soundtrack.”
    • “It can be a little jarring having the music shift as you transition from an industrial site to a cave-dwelling area, but it does fit the atmosphere better.”
    • “Including more songs that played upon the creepy, unknown vibe wouldn't have hurt players better distinguish one site from another.”
    • “None of this is really helped by the fact that music gets reused a lot in later levels when it's already stretched far too thin anyway (1-2 bgm tracks for a 1-3 hour level is really not enough music).”
  • humor
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's humor is described as charming and well-executed, with a mix of lighthearted moments and memorable jokes, particularly highlighted by a standout comedic scene. While the story has its somber elements, it balances them with quirky humor and a lovable cast, making for an engaging post-apocalyptic narrative. Overall, players appreciate the cleverness and heartwarming aspects of the humor throughout the game.

    • “The game itself is very charming, and the humor is spot on.”
    • “Even the super frustrating parts, Mr. Laughing Manatee.”
    • “A quirky, humorous story about the post-apocalypse with a lovable cast of characters.”
  • replayability
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game offers significant replayability through its multitude of optional challenges and objectives, encouraging players to revisit levels to explore different paths and strategies. With various conflicting goals that cannot be completed in a single playthrough, players are motivated to engage with the game multiple times, enhancing the overall experience. The creative mechanics and engaging plot further contribute to its high replay value.

    • “It's huge, too - feels like I'm only a little over halfway through - and has immense replayability thanks to the optional challenges.”
    • “Excellent replayability due to different objectives for each run through a level.”
    • “There are multiple optional objectives, and every level has a secret, but you can't do every optional thing at once, which adds replayability, going back to levels to figure out different paths to achieve specific goals.”
    • “You will not be able to do all of the challenges in one run, some of them conflict with each other, but they seem to add loads of replayability.”
    • “Good game with neat mechanics and a bunch of alternative objectives that allow for replayability.”
  • graphics
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of the game evoke a nostalgic SNES-era aesthetic, complemented by a well-executed art style and a pleasing color palette. Reviewers appreciate the visuals alongside the music and artwork, highlighting their overall quality.

    • “The art style evokes the SNES era feelings I get when I play this game.”
    • “The art style lends to the SNES era feels I get when I play this game.”
    • “Oh, I guess there's no point in commenting on the fancy graphics, which you can see already on this page.”
    • “The music and artwork are also really well done and use a really pleasant color palette!”
  • optimization
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Puzzle Depot introduces optimization challenges that enhance the traditional sokoban gameplay, offering players a deeper experience. However, users report frustrations with performance issues, as each level requires multiple playthroughs for both challenge completion and optimization.

    • “Puzzle Depot lets you explore one traditional part of Sokoban games that other titles did not touch upon at all: optimization challenges.”
    • “Each level begs for multiple playthroughs, both for challenges and for optimization and exploration.”
    • “If you do go for the optimization challenges, you’ll encounter some frustrations.”
    • “Each level begs multiple playthroughs, both for challenges, but also for optimization and exploration.”
  • grinding
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious, expressing a desire for options to skip certain repetitive elements, particularly boss fights that do not impact progress.

    • “This will become pretty tedious, and I wish there was some way to skip some of the stuff that doesn’t affect the step count, like the boss fights.”
    • “The grinding feels endless and repetitive, making it hard to stay engaged with the game.”
    • “I find myself doing the same tasks over and over again, which really takes away from the enjoyment.”
  • atmosphere
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's atmosphere is effectively enhanced by its music, which aligns well with the overall presentation, despite some jarring transitions between different environments. Overall, the soundtrack successfully contributes to the immersive experience.

    • “The music does a good job of setting the atmosphere, fitting well with the game's overall presentation.”
    • “It can be a little jarring having the music shift as you transition from an industrial site to a cave-dwelling area, but it does fit the atmosphere better.”
    • “The music shifts abruptly when moving from an industrial site to a cave-dwelling area, which can be jarring, though it does fit the atmosphere better.”
  • emotional
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The emotional aspect of the game is characterized by a blend of humor, beauty, and heartfelt moments, creating a rich and engaging experience for players.

    • “But it's also great, funny, beautiful, and even heartfelt in places.”
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Puzzle Depot is a puzzle game.

Puzzle Depot is available on PC, Steam Deck and Windows.

On average players spend around 30 hours playing Puzzle Depot.

Puzzle Depot was released on November 6, 2025.

Puzzle Depot was developed by Laughing Manatee Games.

Puzzle Depot has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its story but disliked it for its replayability.

Puzzle Depot is a single player game.

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