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Puzzlebyrinth by the Numbers

Name: Puzzlebyrinth by the Numbers — Puzzlebyrinth
Creator: Puzzlebyrinth

This page is a primary-data tally of everything Puzzlebyrinth publishes, counted mechanically from the site's own data. It covers 227 reviews, 614 articles and 999 article-to-game mention links, and reports the mention ranking, the distribution of review scores, release decades, and the number of games per mechanic.

227

Reviews

614

Articles

999

Mention links

Mechanics

The most-discussed games

The top 30 games by how many of Puzzlebyrinth's 614 articles mention them. Ties are broken by slug. The game's own review is not counted.
#	Game	Articles	Core mechanics
1	Baba Is You	77	Rule Rewriting / Sokoban-style Pushing
2	The Witness	52	Environmental Observation / Routing & Line Drawing
3	Stephen's Sausage Roll	50	Sokoban-style Pushing
4	COCOON	48	Recursion & Nesting / Contraptions
5	Return of the Obra Dinn	43	Deduction
6	Patrick's Parabox	36	Sokoban-style Pushing / Recursion & Nesting
7	Outer Wilds	31	Environmental Observation / Time Loop
8	A Monster's Expedition	26	Sokoban-style Pushing / Constrained Grid Movement
9	Portal	25	Portals / Physics Simulation
10	Lorelei and the Laser Eyes	19	Deduction / Escape Rooms & Puzzle Boxes
11	Myst	19	Environmental Observation / Contraptions
12	Snakebird	16	Sokoban-style Pushing / Constrained Grid Movement
13	Cosmic Express	15	Routing & Line Drawing
14	INSIDE	15	Physics Simulation / Puzzle Platformer
15	LIMBO	15	Physics Simulation / Puzzle Platformer
16	Chants of Sennaar	13	Language Decoding
17	The Case of the Golden Idol	13	Deduction
18	Blue Prince	11	Deduction / Map Building
19	Gorogoa	11	Panel Composition
20	Opus Magnum	11	Programming & Instruction Writing
21	Papers, Please	11	Document Inspection
22	The Talos Principle	11	Contraptions
23	Antichamber	10	Impossible Space
24	Machinarium	10	Contraptions / Point-and-Click
25	Riven	10	Environmental Observation / Language Decoding
26	Manifold Garden	9	Impossible Space / Magnetism & Gravity
27	Monument Valley	9	Impossible Space / Perspective Tricks
28	Sokobond	9	Sokoban-style Pushing
29	SpaceChem	9	Programming & Instruction Writing
30	TUNIC	9	Environmental Observation / Language Decoding

Distribution of review scores

How the scores of all 227 reviews fall across the 0-10 scale, in one-point bands. Empty bands are listed so the full scale is visible.
Score band	Reviews	Share
0.0–0.9	0	0.0%
1.0–1.9	0	0.0%
2.0–2.9	0	0.0%
3.0–3.9	0	0.0%
4.0–4.9	0	0.0%
5.0–5.9	1	0.4%
6.0–6.9	7	3.1%
7.0–7.9	95	41.9%
8.0–8.9	101	44.5%
9.0–9.9	23	10.1%
10.0	0	0.0%

Across 227 reviews the mean score is 7.95, the median 8, the lowest 5.5 and the highest 9.5.

Reviews by release decade

The 227 reviews counted by the release decade of the game covered — the game's release year, not the year we reviewed it.
Decade	Reviews	Share
1980s	0	0.0%
1990s	0	0.0%
2000s	10	4.4%
2010s	112	49.3%
2020s	105	46.3%

Games per mechanic

For each of the 28 terms in our puzzle-mechanics vocabulary, how many reviewed games carry it. A game can have several mechanics, so the column sums to more than 227.
Mechanic	Games
Environmental Observation	35
Contraptions	34
Deduction	32
Point-and-Click	31
Puzzle Platformer	28
Programming & Instruction Writing	20
Routing & Line Drawing	19
Sokoban-style Pushing	18
Physics Simulation	15
Searching the Archive	15
Escape Rooms & Puzzle Boxes	14
Logic Grid Deduction	14
Magnetism & Gravity	10
Constrained Grid Movement	10
Language Decoding	10
Time Manipulation	10
Impossible Space	7
Light & Shadow	7
Perspective Tricks	6
Time Loop	6
Map Building	4
Recursion & Nesting	4
Organization	3
Panel Composition	3
Portals	3
Document Inspection	2
Match Action	2
Rule Rewriting	1

Every figure on this page is recomputed automatically from the full dataset at build time, so it reflects the site as of its most recent publish.