Release date 13 feb 2024
Abandon date 30 october 2024
I will remember these people

closing servers on a multiplayer game that cost 30€ within a year is criminal
and deleting peoples progress unless they saw a 30 day warning actually crazy
this dev should be banned off steam

This game is definitely all over the place. There's definitely lots of production value put into it - several world's worth of puzzles of many varieties, a pretty extensive customization system, lots of QOL features. list goes on. But there's also a lot of stuff that feels like "fluff", and also a lot of things that you probably won't enjoy as well.

Note for those who care: I'm only going to be mentioning stuff in the context of the singleplayer experience. This game used to be multiplayer, but that concept was shelved for whatever reason.

Pros:
- Lots of puzzle types; there's something for everyone. From cute puzzle boxes, to perspective rings, to controllable dials, to music, it's truly a lot.
- Story light; the game seems to never force any story on you. There's these floating crumbles of obsidian that are completely ignorable, more on those later.
- Continuous expansion; for the puzzle types that allow it, the concepts get continually more and more interesting. Of particular note are the puzzle boxes (Logic Grids) that go ham with the unique symbols.
- Puzzle Occurences; for the areas that aren't self-contained, there are respawning puzzles scattered about, so if you're bored / stuck, you can always exit your current objective and go onto the field to think / tackle a different type of puzzle.

Cons:
- A lot to love, a lot to hate; for every puzzle type you like, there'll probably be one or two you don't like. As a consequence, you find yourself having to trudge through stuff that's truly boring and not engaging just to get to the fun part. It does challenge your brain, but it also has the feeling of a corporation trying to get you to try their new product. Too bad if you don't like the puzzle boxes - they're practically on every island. There's also a lot of puzzle types that don't feel very 'puzzley' - the ones with timers put me on too much stress to be able to complete them properly how i'd like.
- The game is diverse to a fault; there is rarely any resemblance to the typical tropes of video game puzzle design. You won't find Sokobans or word puzzles here, instead you have rings you have to look through, pearls in the sky that form a shape, etc. Even if you do like puzzle games, you will rarely find anything here familiar. Whether you think that's good or bad is up to you, but personally, it really throws me out of the typical puzzle mindset i'm used to.
- The story is very hard to follow; in the cases where you would be interested in following along with the spirit's tales, it's very prose-y and filled with a bunch of lines that feel like they came out of a pretentious scholar's notebook. The game thinks it's very insightful and inspiring, it isn't.
- This game chugs on some lower end systems. The graphics are very modifiable, but it's not very smooth even on my steam deck, even for settings I feel are reasonable for the device to be capable of.

Overall, if you're interested in the game, i'd say look at a guide for all 24 puzzle types and see if they all interest you in some way. The 10 thousand puzzles is not a selling point, it's a testament to the game's ability to drag out and bore you.