Garden Of Clockwork

Garden of Clockwork is a tidy little puzzle box. Each level gives you gears, belts and levers, and you assemble a machine that carries a seed to its planting spot. Early puzzles are gentle teaching moments; later ones made me pause the game and actually think.

I liked that solutions often have more than one path. There's a satisfying click when a contraption finally works, and the game never punishes trial and error. You can rewind and tweak freely, which encourages experimenting.

The difficulty spikes a bit near the final chapters, and a couple of puzzles felt more fiddly than clever. But overall it's a relaxing brain-teaser that's easy to play in short bursts.

What we liked

• Multiple valid solutions
• Free experimenting and rewind
• Relaxing in short bursts