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Reky

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78%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
84% User Score Based on 44 reviews
Critic Score 76%Based on 1 reviews

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About Reky

Reky is a single player tactical puzzle game with a kids theme. It was developed by beyondthosehills and was released on May 27, 2020. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and positive reviews from players.

Fresh technical drawing aesthetics meet elegantly designed logic challenges in this minimalist puzzle title with just a dash of color. A logic puzzle game, reky marries an elegance of design with an architectural minimalist aesthetic to create an experience that is fresh, stylish and satisfyingly challenging. Using the one finger touch controls, the player interacts with the different puzzle elem…

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84%Audience ScoreBased on 44 reviews
atmosphere2 positive mentions
story2 negative mentions
  • Elegant minimalist visual style and calming ambient music create a relaxing and focused puzzle-solving atmosphere.
  • Clever and thoughtfully designed puzzles with steadily increasing complexity that reward logical thinking and planning.
  • Well-paced progression that gradually introduces mechanics and challenges without overwhelming the player.
  • Interface and controls are clunky, finicky, and poorly optimized, causing frustration and misclicks.
  • Lack of accessibility options such as colorblind mode, zoom, and windowed mode, limiting playability for some users.
  • Trial and error due to unmarked portals and confusing elements leads to unnecessary frustration; some puzzles feel repetitive or artificially inflated in length.

  • gameplay

    23 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    13% positive mentions, 74% neutral mentions, 13% negative mentions

    Reky offers minimalist yet cleverly designed puzzle gameplay with simple, clear rules that gradually increase in complexity without introducing new mechanics later, relying on creative combinations of existing elements. While its clean visuals support focused, logic-driven challenges, some players may find the repetitive use of mechanics and occasional janky controls detract from the experience. Best suited for fans of pure, intellectually satisfying puzzles seeking depth over variety, the game provides about 90 levels of demanding, thought-provoking gameplay.

    • “Reky is a minimalist puzzle game developed by beyondthosehills and published by Plug In Digital that proves compelling puzzle design does not require elaborate visuals, lengthy stories, or complicated mechanics.”
    • “The rules are simple enough to understand within minutes, yet the challenges become increasingly intricate as new mechanics are introduced.”
    • “The game's ability to create demanding scenarios from a limited collection of mechanics is one of its most impressive accomplishments.”
    • “Because the visual style remains intentionally restrained and the mechanics evolve gradually, some may find the experience repetitive during longer sessions.”
    • “It's like they keep hammering the same mechanic/solution 10 times within a single level.”
    • “Unfortunately, the controls are too janky, the gameplay too simplistic, and the puzzles require too much guessing to know where the cubes will move and what will happen.”

  • graphics

    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    25% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions

    Reky features minimalist, clean-cut graphics that emphasize geometric shapes and support clear, distraction-free puzzle gameplay. The elegant visuals contribute to a relaxing, almost meditative atmosphere, though some users feel certain design elements are purely aesthetic and not interactive. Overall, the graphics are praised for their professionalism and alignment with the game's intellectual and calming experience.

    • “Built around clean geometric shapes and carefully structured logic challenges, the game offers an experience that is both intellectually rewarding and aesthetically elegant.”
    • “More importantly, the minimalist visuals directly support the gameplay by eliminating distractions and ensuring that every puzzle remains easy to read.”
    • “Very creative levels which become more and more challenging as you progress, very clean cut graphics.”
    • “Minimalistic visuals.”
    • “Not all the geometric elements you see in the pictures are used in the puzzles; many are not accessible and are just there to tie the aesthetic together.”
    • “Very creative levels which become more and more challenging as you progress, but the graphics remain very clean cut.”

  • music

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    38% positive mentions, 24% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    The music features calming, ambient tracks that enhance the meditative atmosphere and complement the minimalist visuals and puzzle-solving. While many appreciate the relaxing soundtrack, some users find it less appealing and choose to disable it. Overall, the music is well-suited to the game's mood but may not suit everyone's taste.

    • “The soundtrack complements this atmosphere exceptionally well.”
    • “The combination of minimalist visuals and calming music transforms the process of solving puzzles into something almost meditative.”
    • “On top of that you get clean-cut graphics, great ambient music, and simplistic spot-on sound effects.”
    • “I turned off the music because it was obnoxious, but that's just me.”
    • “A few languages, only toggles for audio (music and sound are fine but the menu open/close effect is way louder than anything else) and no windowed mode.”
    • “Ambient music.”

  • story

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    The game features an abstract, minimalist story approach with no characters or emotional narrative, focusing instead on puzzle-solving challenges that progressively increase in difficulty. It may not satisfy players seeking a traditional, story-driven experience.

    • “Those looking for story-driven experiences may find the game somewhat abstract and detached.”
    • “There are no characters, dramatic plot twists, or emotional narratives guiding progression.”

  • atmosphere

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's clean aesthetic and complementary soundtrack work together to create a relaxing and immersive atmosphere.

    • “This clean aesthetic also contributes to the game's relaxing atmosphere.”
    • “The soundtrack complements this atmosphere exceptionally well.”

  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game lacks characters, dramatic plot twists, and emotional narratives, resulting in minimal emotional engagement for players.

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers good replayability through a replayable tutorial and easily accessible cliffnotes in the menu. Helpful mouseover icons also enhance the learning experience during multiple playthroughs.

  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Users express significant frustration with the game's optimization, indicating that poor performance and control issues led to early abandonment of the game. Overall, the optimization is seen as a major detriment to the experience.

    • “The way controls work, I gave up optimization fast and the entire game not long after, about half was more than enough torture.”

  • grinding

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding is made tedious by limited box movement, mandatory color resets, and trial-and-error mechanics due to hidden color effects on box directions.

  • stability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game's stability is poor, with buggy and unreliable functionality that feels unacceptable even at a low price point. This undermines the experience, turning what should be enjoyable puzzling into frustrating trial and error.

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76%Critics’ scoreBased on 1 critic reviews
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Play Times

9h Median play time
9h Average play time
9-9h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 1 analyzed playthroughs
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Reky is a tactical puzzle game with kids theme. Common tags for Reky include indie, family friendly, relaxing, soundtrack, isometric and others.

Reky is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, iPhone, Windows and others.

On average players spend around 9 hours playing Reky.

Reky was released on May 27, 2020.

Reky was developed by beyondthosehills.

Reky has received mostly positive reviews from players and mostly positive reviews from critics. Most players liked Reky for its atmosphere but disliked it for its gameplay.

Reky is a single player game.

Similar games include Stuffo the Puzzle Bot, PUSH, LineWay, Cubot, Sokobond and others.