Opus Magnum

Good puzzle game.

Starting a puzzle: "I am the dumbest person alive" Finishing a puzzle: "I am an actual genius"

A fun and genuinely challenging puzzle game. Every puzzle feels rewarding to solve, but what I enjoyed most is that the challenge isn't just finding a solution, it's finding the most elegant and optimized one. That design makes every level satisfying to revisit and improve. Only two puzzles really had me stumped: A Very Dark Thread and Universal Solvent, but overcoming them was very rewarding

Seemingly made for a 24" 1080p screen tops, with no UI scaling of any sorts. On modern screens, text is therefor basically unreadable and you have to play at 1080p, which even with integer scaling, looks weirdly blurry on a 4K screen.

Opus Magnum is my first game in the production genre (or however this games are called). I've always thought that these games should suit my puzzle and optimization coded brain but no game ever called to me. That is until I looked a little more into Opus Magnum and tried it. It really is a great game and most of the puzzles are completely solvable with enough thinking, unlike many puzzle games where it gets to a point that you have to spend days with each one and it becomes tedious. The style and vibes are also pretty good.

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Mechanical puzzles are fun

You could have one arm, one eye, and a ♥♥♥♥ that doesn't work, and still be a pro at this game. It's awesome!!!

Fun and engaging puzzle game. Mechanics are simple yet complex in a way that reliably scratches the brain. Difficulty curve is somewhat strange, especially after the second section, but overall very fun. 9.5/10, like any other Zachtronics game.

very good tutorial and I like how the story is folded into the puzzles but you don't have to pay attention to the story