Game: Riddle Tower
Genre: Indie, Strategy
System: Steam (Windows)
Developer | Publisher: George Tavoularis
Controller Support: No
Price: US $4.99 | UK £4.29 | EU €4,99
Release Date: July 22nd 2024
A code was provided with thanks to George Tavoularis.
Riddle Tower is a challenging puzzle game featuring a diverse array of riddles, from classic conundrums to mind-bending math puzzles and visual brainteasers. The central storyline draws inspiration from two iconic childhood games, Notpron and GodTower, renowned for their notoriously difficult riddles.
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That
I love riddles! Okay, let me rephrase. I love riddles that are a challenge, but don’t leave me tearing my hair out. I was excited to try Riddle Tower, especially because the game features a monkey. I love monkeys (fun trivia: I’ve been with my husband for 16 years and it was only earlier this year that he realised I loved primates so much. Still, surprising him after all of these years!)
A Curse in Riddle Tower
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to lift the curse that has befallen the Monking and his kingdom. To do this, you’ll be aiding his son, Prince Monkid, by solving riddles that will enable the land to be restored to its former glory. I love a good story in games! Extra points when it involves solving puzzles.
There isn’t just a story mode, though. There’s also a free-play mode where you can choose one of the riddle types and just complete levels featuring that puzzle type. This doesn’t progress the story, but it’s nice to have the option nevertheless.
The three puzzle types are – maths, rebus and classic riddles.
Less Maths Please
Okay, please, less math. My head hurts. Now, I’m good at my times tables and general arithmetic, but these visual math puzzles trigger a complete meltdown of my cognitive function and leave me feeling quite mathematically challenged.
More rebus puzzles please. Yes, I know I could just play these in one of the free-play modes, but that doesn’t progress the story and I want to help lift the curse!
The game does come with 2 hints per level. However, if you use those hints and still can’t solve the puzzle – you either need to bribe someone close to you to solve the puzzle for you or just tear your hair out, turn your computer upside down, draw on your screen to make notes, or other extreme measures not otherwise specified.
My two main criticisms are that there is too much math and not enough hints! Even if there were a coin mechanic where you earned coins for completing other levels (both in story mode and free play) and then could trade those in for hints, I’d be all for that. As it stands at the moment, I don’t like the fact that only 2 hints are available. I’m not blowing my own trumpet, but I’m relatively good at word puzzles. However, I falter with math puzzles. If I could get rewarded for doing well in the word puzzles, I’d be more likely to tough out the math ones.
Conclusion
Riddle Tower is a game that has a lot of potential but I’m just not sure in it’s current form whether it is the game for me. If you’re relatively good at abstract maths puzzles then you’ll most likely have a better time than me, but for the amount of these puzzles and the lack of more hints, I’m just not sure this is the game for me.
You can buy Riddle Tower on Steam here.
Final Verdict: I’m Not Sure
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