While many great puzzle games have a fixed number of levels, I’d like to find more with procedurally-generated levels to maximize replay value. Aside from Minesweeper games, so far I’ve found the following ones:

  • Hexcells Infinite
  • InfiniPicross 2.0
  • KNIGHTS
  • Lines Infinite
  • Linklight
  • LOOP
      • bermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        It’s called the challenge. I won’t spoil how you find it, but it’s extremely well hidden and even just getting there can be a pain without looking up a guide. Once you get there you have something like 3 minutes to finish a variety of puzzles, each of which is randomly generated (one of which is randomly generated based on your solution to a previous randomly generated puzzle). They aren’t insanely difficult per se, but you definitely need pretty good mastery of all the mechanics to get them done.

        Unfortunately, and sorry for the spoiler, but the reward is disappointing. Mostly worth it for the steam achievement. If you like philosophy videos then it unlocks one of those. If you don’t know about the philosophy videos then there’s a lot about the game you haven’t found yet.

    • Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      While Minesweeper’s a great example, since random levels are a feature of nearly every Minesweeper iteration in existence, I mentioned in my post that I was excluding such games from the list. For those looking for such a game though, Globesweeper and Tilesweeper are great options.

      • rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        10 months ago

        Oh crap, egg on my face. Too eager to make the joke I just skimmed the list you posted and went tee hee. Shoulda coulda read the rest of the post too, sorry.

  • Noit@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    Hoplite maybe? It’s on mobile but is a lot of fun.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    Shadows of Doubt, maybe? It’s a first person immersive sim mystery game with procedurally generated worlds and mysteries. There are crimes you must solve and the victims, perpetrators, suspects, and evidence are all randomized. Would you count that as a puzzle game, though?

    It’s pretty damn good, IMO, regardless.