Cogs

$5.99

Release Date:: Apr 14, 2009
Metacritic:: 73
Developer:: Lazy 8 Studios
Platforms:: Windows Mac Linux

Indie Casual Steam Achievements Family Sharing Single-player

About This Game

Cogs is a puzzle game where players build machines from sliding tiles. Players can choose from 50 levels and 3 gameplay modes. New puzzles are unlocked by building contraptions quickly and efficiently.

Inventor Mode: Starting with simple puzzles, players are introduced to the widgets that are used to build machines gears, pipes, balloons, chimes, hammers, wheels, props, and more.
Time Challenge Mode: If you finish a puzzle in Inventor Mode, it will be unlocked here. This time, it will take fewer moves to reach a solution, but you only have 30 seconds to find it.
Move Challenge Mode: Take your time and plan ahead. Every click counts when you only get ten moves to find a solution.

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User Reviews

Overwhelmingly Positive

4 user reviews

100%

Positive

User #171604 english

7 hrs at review

Recommended

Ever played one of those sliding tile puzzles as a kid? Cogs takes that idea, bolts a bunch of gears and pipes onto it and then laughs while your brain melts trying to make everything line up. It starts off easy enough - you’ll be feeling like a genius in the first few puzzles - but then it flips the board around, throws in multiple layers and suddenly you’re muttering at your screen like an old watchmaker. The steampunk style gives it a neat vibe, like you’re fiddling with some lost Victorian invention, and the sound of gears clicking into place is weirdly satisfying. Don’t expect story or fancy presentation here; it’s just you, the tiles and your stubborn will to make the machine work. Is it tough? Oh yeah. Some puzzles will take a while to crack and the scoring system dares you to replay until you shave off just a few more moves. But when everything finally snaps together, it’s a proper “eureka” moment. So... Cogs is brainy, frustrating in the best way, and ...