Bryce Tiles

I came to push boxes, but Bryce pushed me into a kaleidoscope of 90s vibes, tile madness, and laser-dodging glory. It’s like Sokoban met a synthwave mixtape and said “let’s get weird.” 7/10, would ice-slide into a pit of nostalgia again. 📦🕹️🎶 Follow my curator page for more retro chaos and box-pushing bad boys in polygonal pants! [b]https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42602807-Osiris-Reviews/[/b]

Will update this review soon because I'm still early in the game but I had to thumbs-up it on account of its quasi-klik & play aesthetic and killer theme song and OST.

Typical sokoban with a quite unique feel/atmosphere. Got it for free as I've helped the developer a little in the past with some programming. That's not really my type of a game (sokoban) but I've played it a little, and I'm glad to say I haven't faced any game-breaking bugs (or rather no gameplay bugs whatsoever). Levels are not that short and there are one-wrong-move-and-you-need-to-restart moments which is good I think. Playing with keyboard hurts my brain a little (WASD/arrows vs isometric directions; keys can be rebinded though), but you can also play with the mouse, which after a while seemed more intuitive to me. Controllel is also supported AFAIK. Overall I can recommend trying it out!

A very good sokoban style game that rejects a lot of the typical sokoban trappings. The game is more focused on emergent decisions; there's no "undo the last push" option in this game and many levels involve you being chased by enemies that force you to make quick decisions and to keep moving. This leads to an enjoyable, breezy style of game that can be "finished" relatively easily but has a lot under the surface. I never found myself significantly stumped by any individual level, but there was still tension in whether I could successfully execute. I'm 8 hours into the game and have finished the primary batch of 100 levels and am working on the new game+ levels that unlock afterwards, which make the game a bit more difficult. It's worth noting that I haven't even scratched the surface of the game's secrets. There are out of bounds sections on certain levels and invisible pathways that hint at the many hidden achievements that I haven't achieved. But even without uncovering the REAL secrets of the game, I've been having a good time just playing through the levels and the included bonus modes, including a mode where you can't stop running, a mode where you have to control a mirror character, and one where the playfield gradually disappears as time passes, forcing quick decisions. The aesthetics of the game are one of its main draws; like Bryce's Movement Engine before it, it captures a weird sort of professional Klik & Play aesthetic perfectly. The graphics are simple yet bizarre, the music is soothing vaporwave adjacent loops. Excellent on that front. Can't name many games like it. Overall, like Bryce's Movement Engine, Bryce Tiles is a fantastically realized ode to old times that lives both in and outside of the time period it's referencing. A great nostalgic tribute with secrets that I haven't even come close to fully uncovering. You should play it if you like video games.

I'm not a big puzzle game person but even then I enjoyed this game. I love the Bryce series and brilliance games and hope to see more of them in the future. since you read this here's a tip for a secret ending! [spoiler] on level 94 instead of grabbing the xylophone, go past it and you may find a mysterious item. [/spoiler]

The most criminally underrated game ever!!

Bryce Tiles is an isometric block puzzle game with an oddball atmosphere and quiet sense of humor. It reminds me a lot of Chip's Challenge, a game I've been fond of since early childhood, and in fact it consciously borrows a number of elements from that game, like the fire boots and flippers and whatnot; however, it has its own style of puzzle design which leans more toward a flow state of continuous movement and flawless execution than fiendish brain-teasing. The music is great, and in fact I get the theme song stuck in my head all the time. Will it stay there forever? I hope so. Apart from this, there are many lovely little touches, such as a patrolling bulldog wearing a baseball cap whose footsteps sound like the soft slap of bare, wet feet on poolside pavement. This is what video games are really about, of course, the footstep sounds I mean, but the game also has a ton of levels and some extra modes that put creative twists on the basic gameplay, so it seems like a good value to me, however I seem to recall seeing CD-ROM shovelware at my local office supply store in 2006 going for more money than this, so maybe it's not on me to defend the idea of paying $14 for a nice computer game.

This game is fun, quirky, and trippy in the best way. A puzzle challenge game with bizarre visuals and offbeat humor that somehow just works. Every level feels like it’s trying to melt your brain a little more—but in a fun, satisfying way. It’s weird, it’s clever, and I couldn’t stop playing.

It's a little difficult to adjust to the controls but once you do it's a nice little puzzle game.

♫ Bryce tiles, you're pushing, your'e planning ♫ 10/10