Underplayed Gems

The Directed (2018)

The Directed cover
Developer
Magnolia Art
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Casual, Free To Play, Indie
Rating
4.3 of 5, 38 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 2.5 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A methodical logic puzzle where you manually redirect a character through traps and mechanisms, often failing in unexpected ways.

puzzlelogicdifficultminimalisttop-downsingleplayermouse onlymethodical

What players say

Players describe a logic-puzzle hybrid of Sokoban and Lemmings that starts gently but spikes brutally around level 20-30. Solving each puzzle feels intensely rewarding, though some say later solutions seem unintended. Mini-games are flagged as buggy and alt-tabbing in fullscreen breaks the game.

Screenshots

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