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Sudoku Quest

55%Game Brain Score
story, music
61% User Score Based on 41 reviews

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"Sudoku Quest" offers an engaging experience for Sudoku enthusiasts with its Adventure mode of increasing difficulty, including various types and sizes of Sudoku puzzles. Careful moves are essential as health is limited, and power-ups are available but reduce rewards. Compete against other players through leaderboards in both Adventure and Custom modes.

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61%
Audience ScoreBased on 41 reviews
story3 negative mentions
  • The game features a variety of Sudoku styles, including Classic, Nonomino, and Overlapped Classics, which adds interesting gameplay variations.
  • Achievements and power-ups provide additional goals and enhance the gameplay experience, making it more engaging for players.
  • The interface is user-friendly and visually appealing, with a color palette that is easy on the eyes.
  • The game suffers from bugs and crashes, with reports of compatibility issues that make it unplayable for some users.
  • Many puzzles have non-unique solutions, leading to confusion and frustration when trying to complete them correctly.
  • The sound effects are often grating, and the power-ups are not adequately explained in-game, requiring players to refer back to the user guide.
  • story
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story aspect of Sudoku Quest is minimal, as the game focuses primarily on delivering a straightforward sudoku experience rather than a narrative. Players are encouraged to enjoy the puzzle mechanics and unique power-up system, but should not expect a compelling storyline. Overall, the game is best suited for sudoku enthusiasts looking for a casual and simple puzzle experience.

    • “Sudoku Quest seems to be 'merely adequate' in almost every way.”
    • “The only thing is that Sudoku Quest tells you if you are wrong right away, so unlike sudoku books, you won't find out with like 6 boxes remaining that you messed up somewhere.”
    • “Sudoku Quest is a casual sudoku generator with a twist.”
  • music
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music aspect of the game has received mixed reviews, with many users noting the absence of background music and expressing disappointment over the limited audio experience. While the sound effects are deemed acceptable, players often prefer to listen to their own music instead. Overall, the lack of a musical score detracts from the game's aesthetic appeal.

    • “Sounds are fine, but I prefer listening to my own music or something from YouTube.”
    • “There's no background music, and a number of technical errors mar what could have easily been a fun timewaster.”
    • “Unfortunately, the aesthetics, music, and absence of personalization options (background color, board themes, etc.) leave a desire for more; however, the lack of sudoku games on Steam makes it hard to regret purchasing the game.”
    • “On the downside is the lack of music and not always easy management.”
  • gameplay
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay in Sudoku Quest features three distinct board types and a unique power-up system that adds variety and freshness to the traditional Sudoku experience. While it appeals to Sudoku enthusiasts with its well-executed interface and interesting modes, some players feel it lacks depth beyond the core mechanics. Overall, the game successfully combines classic gameplay with innovative elements.

    • “Nice game for Sudoku enthusiasts; while there isn't much more beyond it, the core Sudoku mechanics work beautifully. The interface, gameplay, and different modes are very interesting, with some I haven't played before and found pretty well done.”
    • “There are three different board types that SQ uses throughout gameplay.”
    • “The power-up system is a unique mechanic in Sudoku Quest that introduces a little bit of freshness when the gameplay gets stale.”
    • “There are a few suggestions that may improve gameplay listed below.”
  • graphics
    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of the game are described as simple and hand-drawn, which some players find appealing, while others criticize them for being difficult to see and lacking in aesthetic variety. Despite the game's nice artwork and user-friendly interface, there is a desire for more customization options and themes. Overall, while the graphics may not be groundbreaking, they serve the gameplay adequately for fans of puzzle games.

    • “What I like: positives are a range of achievements that give an additional goal to gameplay, some useful power-ups that let you play the way you want to, a nice look and feel to the artwork, and an easy-to-use interface on PC.”
    • “Unfortunately, the aesthetics, music, and absence of personalization options (background color, board themes, etc.) leave a desire for more; however, the lack of sudoku games on Steam makes it hard to regret purchasing this game. The game’s customizability, power-up system, and ability to cater to new and old sudoku solvers earn it a recommendation for any fan of puzzle or logic games.”
    • “The game has simple graphics, because sudoku does not require a powerful game engine.”
    • “The graphics are atrocious; it's supposed to be hand-drawn pencil art, but it's very difficult to see.”
    • “Unfortunately, the aesthetics, music, and absence of personalization options (background color, board themes, etc.) leave a desire for more.”
    • “The game has simple graphics because Sudoku does not require a powerful game engine.”
  • stability
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from significant stability issues, including frequent freezing and bugs that prevent progress, such as non-unique solutions in puzzles and failure to register completed objectives. Overall, players find it nearly unplayable due to these persistent problems.

    • “It freezes a lot!”
    • “The adventure is somewhat buggy as I completed everything that was even visible on the screen and it still didn't register a 'win' so I could proceed to the next level.”
    • “I can't recommend this game, as it's still buggy, keeps freezing, and is practically unplayable for any significant amount of time.”
  • grinding
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players appreciate the grinding aspect of the game for its clever design, allowing them to focus on solving only specific squares to progress, which helps avoid the tedium often associated with the final stages of traditional Sudoku puzzles.

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