🔴 Circles

Circles is not a terrible game, but it is deceiving, even after having played the demo. Circles presents itself as a 90+ levels puzzle game. However, it is not a puzzle game. There is no thinking required to complete any level. Circles is simply a series of mouse-controlled dexterity mini-games, where you will have to move your mouse in the proper way (speed, angle, etc...) to complete a level. These 90 levels are also extremely simple, and even without paying attention I blasted through the game in less than an hour - for a 8€ game, that's pretty terrible value. There are four additional modes that make you replay through the same levels with an added gimmick for difficulty (like rotating levels), which could kick playtime to 3h or so, if you really want to replay the same levels 5 times. On the other hand, there is definitely some interesting elements in Circles. For one, the entire game UI is based on circles. There are no words, no menus, and not a single shape on screen that i...

A great wordless puzzle game that gets rid of alot of the typical exhaustion and anxiety that you sometimes have in traditional puzzle games. Really easy to sit down and relax to, puzzles aren't incredibly complex but they require experimentation and some "self-teaching" that makes them feel really rewarding.

Not a puzzle game, despite claiming to be. It's just a series of "can you move your mouse at the right speed in the right direction?" levels. I did a few dozen of them and there was minimal thinking involved, just some kind of light dexterity testing. I didn't find it relaxing or puzzling or even particularly interesting, although it does do a pretty good job of presenting things completely non-verbally and encouraging you to figure out yourself what to do on each level. It runs fine in Linux, so that's something...

This game is a well made, short, minimalistic, elegant little mind exercise. If that sounds like something you will enjoy, get this. But you should be wary of a few things: [list] [*]The main levels (other than the extra challenge modes that alter the gameplay) take around an hour. I personally felt I was done with the game after 1 hour of gameplay. It might be just me. [*]Not all levels are fun, but all are well designed. [*]Some levels feel repetitive for a puzzle game. There are a lot of variety on mechanics, but the puzzles using those mechanics rarely surprise more than twice. [/list] If you are okay with the above things, get the game, because this kind of elegancy in game design is hard to find these days.

Bite-size games are a good genre. Circles is a short experiment that's fun to blaze through. You learn a lot of mechanics very quickly and organically. There's no down-time and it doesn't overstay its welcome.

It's original, but it's not much of a puzzle game, and I'm not sure I'd call it relaxing. More of of a precision game than anything. Some of the levels are pretty hard on a touchpad.

Tl;dr: to me, everything about this game is right. So, 🔴 Circles is a game about mouse dexterity and stuff like that. Most of us have probably played games like this before, and for me, I quite enjoy them. Launching the game alone pulled me into this game. I have seen some reviews that are like "Oh this game advertises itself as a puzzle game but all it is is moving your mouse. I want a refund" and crap like that. BUT, I played the game through, and if you play for more than like 5 minutes, you will see how much of a puzzle it can get to be. Genre: Puzzle/Mouse Dexterity Music: calm, relaxing: 4/5 Gameplay: Puzzlish, Fun: 5/5 Bugs/Glitches: None that I have found: 5/5 I recommend this game

c˙rcles + c˙rcles * c˙rcles ² / 10 points... ...would buy again!

An elegant and cute game that will take an hour of your time, a little bit of puzzle solving and some coordination. The puzzles are original and never too repetitive, the design is beautiful and soundtrack very relaxing. If you were a fan of Osmos (like I was) you will enjoy this game.

The main game has great puzzles designed around tracking the circles around each other. It is all quite clever. Every puzzle is thoughtful and the music/SFX accompaniment is relaxing and encouraging--even when I make a mistake. That being said, I have found little enjoyment in playing with the additional difficulty modifiers, and though that the last handful of stages were anxiety-inducing because of the need for continuous and precise mouse movement.