Guides

Field notes on daily deduction puzzles: what to play, how the genre works, and where our own dungeon fits in it.

• Meikyu vs Wordle vs Dungleon

  Where Meikyu sits in the genre: what it shares with Wordle, what it took from Dungleon, and the facts side by side.

• Games like Dungleon

  Looking for games like Dungleon? A field guide to daily deduction puzzles played with pieces instead of letters, including the one we build ourselves.

• Wordle without words

  The best Wordle-like games that use no words at all: numbers, maps, film stills, and dungeon pieces. A guide for players tired of letters.

• Puzzle games with hidden rules

  From The Witness to Baba Is You to daily deduction games: a guide to puzzle games where discovering the rules is the real puzzle.