PC Critic Reviews

Puzzle Parasite is an insanely well-crafted game that needs way more eyes on it than it does. With only 15 reviews on Steam, as of writing(all positive, Btw), it would be a shame for a game with this much love and design prowess to be left to die unplayed. Smart, atmospheric puzzle adventure with a cricket-bat twist that hits far more often than it misses. Get it, you won’t regret it.

With dedicated solo and co-op level campaigns, Puzzle Parasite offers a great entry point into the puzzler genre, one with a good balance of difficulty and a decent selection of levels to play through.

Puzzle Parasite might not be a complex game, but it manages to fulfill what it sets out to achieve. It makes you think and figure out solutions to all kinds of puzzles, while still being pretty user-friendly and even allowing you to skip levels that seem too difficult at this time. It’s also not very long, either, since you can finish it in 2-4 hours depending on your puzzle-solving level. I had many moments in Puzzle Parasite that reminded me of Portal 2, which is a clear ode to what this game has to offer. Granted, it’s not as polished, and it’s quite short, but the fact that you get to solve puzzles in a very distinct, unique alien world full of character on its own does set it apart. It’s a great puzzle game for casuals, and even puzzle-solving experts will get a few hours of fun out of it.

Puzzle Parasite is a great puzzle title that will rack your brain and offer some really fun solutions to try out. However, it relies a little too much on the actual execution of solutions to feel satisfying.