Sumeru

Sumeru is a Physics puzzle game with some platform elements wherein you use elements to draw lines, objects, and items to solve the puzzles. It plays a lot like Nihilumbra meets Journey, actually. I found it a relatively relaxing little game with somewhat challenging puzzles based on physics, for example one puzzle may have you trying to hold a door open and another might have you launching the character, Yun, directly. The gameplay tends to change its objectives up every so often, and even the game style changes to give your mind a break from the platform puzzles. The hint/solution system is unique too, in that you have to solve a much easier sliding puzzle in order to get the blueprint - or, you can forgo that and do it your own way to see if you can solve it yourself. It's always available if you're stuck, however, which I find nice as some of the puzzles can get quite fiendish. The artwork is really, really pretty - it reminds me of the best scenes of games like Hollow Knight or Okami. And like those games, the music's quite nice, too. It's quite polished for the most part too, having only a handful of controls to master. It's hard to believe a small team made this game, and even harder to believe it's only $4 for the 6 or so hours of gameplay you get out of it. Most puzzle games like this are a lot more pricey, but not this one, which makes it about right in my opinion for what you get. Sadly, not much replayability unless you want to solve the stages in different ways, but some might be into that. Depending how tough a time you have with it, the game can take shorter or longer, but you will be able to 100% this game if you're clever and stick with it, meaning it's easy to get completion as well as the card drops. There is a jump command, but it's not very high, meaning it can be difficult to reach some platforms. The other thing I noticed is that sometimes, the mouse controls are "sticky", making it hard to draw the lines. Also, for some people, the fact that the achievements are simply earned by beating the game normally and that it's only about 6 hours long might be a deal-breaker, but like... it's only $4, and it's a really decent puzzle game for that price, should have a higher rating IMHO. Especially if you enjoyed Nihilumbra, buy this for yourself or a friend - it's cheap, the achievements are super easy to 100%, and it's very pretty. What do you really have to lose if you like puzzle games?