Underplayed Gems

Kropki 8 (2020)

Kropki 8 cover
Developer
Hook.gg
Publisher
Hooksoft
Platforms
Nintendo Switch
Genres
Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Card & Board Game
Where to get it
Nintendo eShop

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How it feels

A thoughtful and deliberate abstract strategy game where players methodically surround and capture their opponent's dots, feeling like a calm but sharp mental duel.

abstractstrategicturn-basedcompetitivemethodicalmultiplayer

About

Kropki 8 is an abstract strategy game, played by two or more people. The game is superficially similar to Go, in that the goal is to "capture" enemy dots by surrounding them with a continuous line of one's own dots. Once an area containing enemy dots is surrounded, that area ceases to be playable.

Screenshots

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