Réky Review

Grade: B

Ikea vibe in a puzzle game

Reky is a puzzle game with a minimalistic 3D design. You can “move a ball,” “push/pull colored blocks,” and “infuse/remove color from blocks” and there’s portal traveling as well. All of this happens with pleasant, relaxing ambient music in the background.

Here’s the tutorial to give you a quick sense of the mechanics.

Reky Tutorial

There are about 60 levels overall through 7 different tiers of levels. I got into the third tier myself, which gave me a good sense of the game.

Even the level intro page gives strong Ikea vibes

Frustrating perspective

The view is 3d isometric. I got frustrated when the perspectives got a bit messy, and there were no grid lines to help see what blocks lined up with vertical spaces in the game. This wasn’t that big of a deal at first, but when I got into the more complex levels, I spent a lot of time just figuring out how things lined up instead of trying to solve the puzzle. Ultimately, that’s the reason I put the game down.

Reky Level Example

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