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Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition

Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition doesn’t do much to distinguish itself from the previous version it replaces in the eShop. If you have that, you’re fine. If you don’t, this is a surprisingly deep, highly addictive match-three RPG that’s well worth the price.
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77%Game Brain Score
story, gameplay
music, grinding
77% User Score Based on 268 reviews
Critic Score 77%Based on 3 reviews

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Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition is a single player casual role playing game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes. It was developed by Infinity Plus 2 and was released on September 18, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from both critics and players.

It's more puzzle quest, remade.

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77%
Audience ScoreBased on 268 reviews
story28 positive mentions
grinding10 negative mentions
  • Faithful remaster of the original Puzzle Quest with all expansions and additional content included.
  • Improved gameplay mechanics such as replacing mana drain with mana storm that speeds up battles and enhances strategy.
  • High replayability with diverse classes, spells, mounts, and character progression systems that appeal to fans of match-3 and RPG genres.
  • The AI often feels unfairly advantaged, frequently getting long combo chains and favorable gem drops leading to accusations of 'cheating'.
  • The game can become grindy and repetitive, especially in mid to late-game, with slow exploration and some frustrating difficulty spikes.
  • Several graphical downgrades or changes from the original, such as fewer character portraits, less immersive animations, and removal of multiplayer, disappointing some longtime fans.
  • story
    107 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story in Puzzle Quest is generally described as a familiar, straightforward RPG narrative that serves mainly as a backdrop to its engaging match-3 gameplay. While it includes quests and some player choices, many reviewers found the story unremarkable or thin, with the gameplay and nostalgia being the main draws. Fans appreciate its classic charm and expect more in-depth storytelling from potential sequels.

    • “It's not just a match-3 game, because it is a story-based RPG game at the same time.”
    • “Its story has a few surprises but the focus is very clearly on the moment-to-moment type match game, and the creative way in which each class can influence the board with its own bespoke abilities and spells.”
    • “Over all I love this game's story and have great nostalgia reliving that.”
    • “The cruelest part of Puzzle Quest is that it tricks you into thinking your choices matter.”
    • “Story offers player choices that may affect the ending or probably just result in minimum rewards for 'picking wrong'.”
    • “Otherwise, there isn't as much of a sense of a coherent storyline, but there are plenty of quests, enough to satisfy the heart of any adventurer.”
  • gameplay
    43 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay combines addictive match-3 mechanics with RPG elements, creating a solid and engaging core loop that remains enjoyable despite some repetitive moments and lengthy battles. While the Immortal Edition introduces new missions, classes, and quality-of-life improvements like adjustable battle speed, certain balance changes and nerfs have drawn mixed reactions. Overall, it’s praised as a polished, nostalgic experience with deep progression and strategic depth, though some desire more innovation and refinement.

    • “The immortal edition is a nice touch up of the original title, with some interesting new missions and enemies, but the core gameplay remains as solid as ever.”
    • “The combo works wonders, as the two main gameplay loops work in tandem to create a campaign that requires proper strategy to get through.”
    • “The campaign provides a steady sense of progression, and the blend of puzzle elements with light RPG mechanics continues to work well.”
    • “The gameplay loop is tedious, classes are irrelevant, battles are very long for no reason and rely heavily on RNG.”
    • “They've made some balance changes to class abilities and other parts of gameplay that are hard to adjust to from the original.”
    • “New content, improved graphics, rebalancing, issue fixing, gameplay improvements... not everything is better, true, there are some downgrades such as the reduced hero portraits to choose from or the lack of multiplayer.”
  • graphics
    36 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics have been notably updated with higher resolution, cleaner and more colorful visuals that modernize the game while largely preserving its original charm. While most reviews appreciate these polished and refreshed visuals, some longtime fans prefer the classic artwork or criticize certain aesthetic changes. Overall, the enhanced graphics are seen as a positive improvement that complements gameplay without drastically altering the game's nostalgic feel.

    • “The updated graphics are a huge improvement — clean, colourful, and modern without losing the charm of the original art style.”
    • “The remastered graphics look very nice and it’s still the best representation of a match-3 RPG — a sub genre that sees far, far too few releases outside of free to play mobile trash.”
    • “Great remake of the original with updated graphics and expansion content included that was not previously available on PC.”
    • “That being said, most of the graphics in the remake look the same to me, except for the higher resolution.”
    • “They added a few enjoyable quests, but this came at the cost of worse graphics and the removal of multiplayer.”
    • “Nothing fresh about it except some upscaled graphics.”
  • music
    17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music received mixed feedback, with some appreciating the added variation and refreshed tracks, while others found it more muted, generic, and less impactful than the original. Though some users liked the remixed soundtrack, many felt it failed to enhance the game experience and suggested hiring a better composer. Overall, the music improvements were seen as underwhelming compared to expectations.

    • “New music tracks!”
    • “Graphics have been slightly polished - most notably the gems are now more easy to tell apart -, and the music got more variation.”
    • “I've no complaints about the updated music or sprites, I actually like the changes.”
    • “Unfortunately, I am unable to play this "reworked" version of one of my favorite childhood games - the music, which was truly phenomenal for such a small game, is supposedly the same, but something is wrong with it.”
    • “There’s drawbacks to the presentation, especially compared to past versions of the game: the music feels a lot more muted than it did beforehand.”
    • “The music and sounds are just "fantasy noise" and don't really make sense.”
  • grinding
    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game is widely seen as overly tedious and frustrating, with lengthy battles and heavy reliance on random chance that detracts from enjoyment. Many players find the grind excessive and unrewarding, especially when effort to obtain spells is undercut by their ineffectiveness. Overall, grinding significantly hampers the gameplay experience for most users.

    • “It was a chaotic, grindy and sometimes frustrating mess - and it still is, in all of its glory.”
    • “The gameplay loop is tedious, classes are irrelevant, battles are very long for no reason and rely heavily on RNG.”
    • “After I spent the time grinding to get the spells then realizing you destroyed all the good spells in the game, I stopped playing right after.”
  • stability
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from significant stability issues, including game-breaking bugs and the risk of save file corruption or hardlocks. However, it performs well technically on super ultrawide screens despite these problems.

    • “Buggy, can delete or hardlock your save file.”
    • “Too buggy, including game-breaking bugs, and apparently they cut content from previous editions.”
  • monetization
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is praised for its classic match-3 gameplay without any microtransactions or extra DLC, which is considered a rare and refreshing approach in a genre typically burdened by mobile monetization tactics.

    • “Match 3 with no microtransactions - small miracle these days.”
    • “A classic game, redone with everything you want and no microtransactions or extra DLC to get.”
    • “Most games in this genre that are mired in mobile monetization nonsense, including future PQ titles.”
  • humor
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is noted for its clever observations on human psychology's consistency over time, though some users found amusement in the developers' apparent incompetence rather than intentional comedy. Overall, the humor may come from both insightful commentary and unintentional flaws.

    • “It's very funny that human psychology hasn't changed in all these years, though.”
  • replayability
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game offers strong replayability due to the distinct playstyles of each class, providing varied and enjoyable experiences with each playthrough.

    • “Each class plays really differently which offers a lot of fun replayability.”
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Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition is a casual role playing game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes.

Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5 and others.

On average players spend around 105 hours playing Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition.

Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition was released on September 18, 2025.

Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition was developed by Infinity Plus 2.

Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its story but disliked it for its music.

Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition is a single player game.

Similar games include PuzzleQuest: Challenge of the Warlords, Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, Might & Magic Clash of Heroes, Kingdom Rush Frontiers, Puzzle Quest 2 and others.