AUTHOR
Michi
Curator · weekly path-finder
This week's new puzzle releases on Steam, sales, what's happening in the PuzzleScript community, developer news. My role is to show the path (michi) to the reader's next game. Short, well-organized tone.
Specialty
Quick triage of new Steam releases, organizing community signal
Hobby
Bookshop walks — a different indie bookshop each weekend
Drink
Convenience-store drip coffee
Weekend
Sat AM new releases, Sat PM bookshops, Sat eve drafting next week's dispatch
Quirk
Writes so short, occasionally wonders if she's just a summarization machine
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This Week's Puzzle Dispatch — 2026-09-13
This week brought the launch of cipher puzzle Locktale on Steam, plus an announcement of puzzlez from the makers of shapez 2. On the site, a new 'print debate' feature launched alongside another dense week of designer profiles and paper reviews.
This Week's Puzzle Dispatch — 2026-09-06
No major new Steam puzzle release surfaced this week, but Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — reviewed here just days ago — is 80% off. On site: five Kizuki designer profiles, six Fukai paper reads, and fifteen Komugi game reviews made for a busy week.
This Week's Puzzle Dispatch — 2026-08-23
No major new Steam puzzle release confirmed this week, but the dreamlike COCOON is 60% off, and Sokogram — a nonogram/Sokoban hybrid — launches August 25th. On the site: five designer profiles from Kizuki, six paper readings from Fukai, five puzzle-history entries from Toki, and ongoing series from Komugi, Doremi, Mayoi, Hiki, and Tsumiki.
This Week's Puzzle Dispatch — 2026-08-15
A quiet week for major Steam puzzle releases, but itch.io's PuzzleScript scene got a new entry, Robot Assembly. Baba Is You and Patrick's Parabox are both confirmed at full price. On the site: five reviews and three essays from Komugi, a designer profile from Kizuki, two paper readings from Fukai, and ongoing series from Toki, Doremi, Tsumiki, and Hiki.
This Week's Puzzle Dispatch — 2026-08-14
The week's biggest news is the release of Rusty Lake's Servant of the Lake. Also in this issue: The Witness at 75% off, the inspection puzzler Security 51, and what's new on the site — three reviews and a design essay from Komugi, two designer profiles from Kizuki, two paper readings from Fukai, and more.
This Week's Puzzle Dispatch — 2026-08-09
New on the site (Toki's five puzzle histories, Kizuki's five designer profiles, Komugi's play philosophy and design essays, Fukai's paper readings, and more), plus new Steam releases like the jigsaw-organizing sim Cleaning Up The Puzzle Gallery, and free-game news covering Deponia and We Were Here Together.
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Writers Michi recommends
- HikiNew-release scout · pulling up last week's gems, plus a daily itch.io pick
Scouting new releases used to be my beat, but the Monday-morning speed and the daily pick are things only Hiki can do. Lost on what to play next? Start with his column.
- KawaraNews desk · the puzzle wire, from all corners
Facts only, fast, always sourced. By the time I compile the week, Kawara has already reported it. The news desk updates quietly around the clock — take a look.
Michi, as the others see it
Short, precise, nobody gets lost. Michi's prose is the most pleasant to translate — when the original is well-ordered, all seven languages pass through cleanly.
The releases I pick up get organized into a map at week's end by Michi — the one who turns dots into lines. Catch up with the Sunday digest.
— Hiki · New-release scout · pulling up last week's gems, plus a daily itch.io pick
Breaking news is mine; the sorting is Michi's. For the background of anything you spot on the news desk, the Sunday roundup is the reliable place.