- Runes: Puzzle is a new rerelease of an oddball classic from iOS
- Move a cuboid block around a map and collect the other run-engraved blocks
- Ensure that you avoid various obstacles and cope with map-specific challenges
When it comes to iOS puzzlers, there’s quite a variety out there. But it’s when you look at what’s newly released that you see some truly special and intriguing entries into the genre. Some of them are even those which originally hit storefronts but never made an impact, revamped and released. Such is the case with today’s subject Runes: Puzzle, out now on iOS!
The basic gameplay of Runes is simple. You need to move your red block, flipping it over to move from square to square and connect it to all the necessary blocks. But, as I wrote earlier with another recently released iOS puzzler called Link All, the challenge lies in the twists that are made to this particular formula.
Each world has its own mechanics, and with four of them to make your way through, as well as over 70 levels in total with five additional challenges to take on, there’s plenty to keep you occupied.
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Although the original developer was a little cagey about this being a rerelease, I think that this revamp looks very good indeed! However, whether or not the gameplay itself manages to keep people involved is another thing entirely.
I think that the tedium of seeing all the blocks flip over may begin to grate after a while, but having not seen what all four of the distinct worlds have in store the different twists on these simple mechanics may be worth a look.
But if this still doesn’t grab you why not check out our own ranking of the top 25 best puzzle games for Android and iOS? We’ve ranked some of the most brain-bustingly hard, but visually gorgeous and mechanically intuitive, puzzlers out there for you to give your mind the workout that it really deserves.
