Recursed

Aestetics Visuals are pixelized and cute enough despite the erratic “world building”.

This game does a lot of things I like; the puzzles are all great (a lot of them have this cool structure where they'll teach or use some fundamental trick in the first half, and then make you find some weird exploit using it in the second), the ending is clever, there's this subplot where you get audio logs of a charming british man who effectively played the game before you which could have easily been a little too self-conscious but was actually quite well written, I kept saying things like "huh" and "what the hell?"

Gameplay Each level is small enough to be challenging but not overwhelming.

The soundtrack complements this approach with subtle ambient music that creates a calm atmosphere, encouraging concentration without becoming repetitive or distracting during lengthy puzzle-solving sessions.

Which was especially great for me, because I missed the tutorial in the main menu!