- May 16, 2018
- Manic Hyena
Sandmade
Platforms
About
"Sandmade" is a casual, single-player puzzle game with good music and beautiful graphics. The game starts off simple and relaxing, but becomes more challenging as you progress, testing your spatial skills and more. With 100 levels, handcrafted visuals, no timers or scores, and achievements, it's just you and the puzzles in this immersive, delightful sand-shaped world. Only mouse control is needed.





- Fun and engaging minimalist puzzle game that effectively challenges spatial reasoning skills.
- Offers a decent amount of replayability with randomly generated shapes and a satisfying matching mechanic.
- Great value for the price, providing around an hour of enjoyable gameplay with a gradual increase in difficulty.
- Game is quite short, with many players completing it in under an hour, leading to a feeling of it being too easy or repetitive.
- Lacks depth and variety in gameplay mechanics, making it feel simplistic and potentially boring for experienced puzzle gamers.
- Technical issues such as poor graphics options and a mobile-like interface detract from the overall experience on PC.
- gameplay36 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The gameplay is characterized by straightforward controls and simple mechanics, primarily revolving around matching shapes across 100 levels. While it offers enjoyable and satisfying experiences, it tends to become repetitive and lacks significant variation, with a non-linear difficulty curve that can lead to boredom in earlier levels. Despite its simplicity and some minor graphical issues, the game is recommended for its engaging puzzle elements and affordable price.
“The gameplay is enjoyable, the sound effects are quite satisfying, and while it does become repetitive, it's short enough to not completely wear out its welcome.”
“Gameplay is pretty solid, the spinning of the shapes provides an additional level of difficulty, the only penalty for making a mistake is restarting the level, there is no time limit, and there are 100 levels.”
“Fun and unique puzzle game with smooth gameplay and a very friendly price.”
“The gameplay is pretty simplistic and there are no twists or special mechanisms.”
“And when I looked at screenshots, I understood that there will be absolutely nothing more in terms of gameplay (only bigger pieces to match for another 20 minutes).”
“Difficulty is rising in a non-linear way, which is sad - quite easy before the 70th level, and quite boring because of that; after the 70th it becomes challenging, and the 90-100 levels are complicated, but you are waiting for it already as the mechanics of the game are always the same.”