Tilebound

Tilebound is a stripped-down puzzle game: slide tiles to route a glowing path from one corner to the other. That's it, and it's brilliant. The early levels teach the rules silently, and by the hundredth board you are planning moves several steps ahead.

There are no timers, no lives, no interruptions. Just you and the grid. When a solution finally clicks after ten minutes of staring, the little payoff is genuinely satisfying. This is the puzzle game I keep coming back to on quiet evenings.

Some late puzzles teetered on the edge of too hard, but I never felt the game was cheating. Every board has a clean answer if you slow down.

What we liked

• Pure, uncluttered design
• No timers or interruptions
• Deep late-game challenge