"Zink is a peaceful yet challenging puzzle adventure, where you guide cubes across an evolving archipelago. Manipulate the cubes in satisfying chain reactions to clear the board, using innovative game mechanics and subtle hints. Enjoy a stress-free experience at your own pace, with no timers, and play it your way with mouse, controller, or touch support."
Reviews
- The game offers a relaxing and satisfying puzzle experience with simple rules that lead to complex challenges.
- It features a beautiful aesthetic and fitting music, enhancing the overall gameplay experience.
- With hundreds of levels and a good difficulty curve, it provides great value for the price.
- The controls on the Steam Deck are poorly implemented, making gameplay less enjoyable.
- After a while, the game can feel repetitive due to a lack of new mechanics across many levels.
- There are limited quality of life options, such as no fullscreen toggle or customizable controls.
- gameplay4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The gameplay features a well-crafted puzzle experience with a variety of mechanics, including movable cubes and destructible sand pyramids, which contribute to satisfying level design. However, while the introduction of new mechanics helps maintain interest, the limited variety may not sustain engagement over nearly 2000 levels. Overall, it is praised for its pacing and satisfying challenges.
“Just a really well crafted and satisfying puzzle game with great mechanics and pacing.”
“Each level has a relatively small grid with a few pieces on it, cubes that you can move, pyramids that cannot be controlled but need to be pushed off, sand pyramids that crumble when you hit them, and a few other mechanics.”
“A few new mechanics try to keep it fresh, with some success.”
- graphics3 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- -67 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The graphics are praised for their great aesthetic and compatibility with the game's design, enhancing the overall experience. However, users suggest improvements such as additional settings, a fullscreen toggle, and graphics quality options to accommodate lower-end computers.
“The music and graphics fit perfectly with the nice game design.”
“Great aesthetic, nice music, hundreds and hundreds of levels to play through - so far with a pretty nice difficulty curve.”
“The graphics feel outdated and lack the polish expected from modern games.”
“There are noticeable texture pop-ins that disrupt the immersion.”
“The character models are poorly designed and lack detail, making them look lifeless.”
- music2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is praised for its great aesthetic and seamless integration with the graphics, enhancing the overall game design. Players appreciate the enjoyable soundtrack as they navigate through hundreds of levels, which feature a well-balanced difficulty curve.
“The music and graphics fit perfectly with the beautiful game design.”
“Great aesthetic, nice music, and hundreds of levels to play through - so far with a pretty nice difficulty curve.”