Console Puzzle Sandbox 
Game Refinery
MARCH 27, 2025
Thats particularly true of the midcore side of the market, with almost 60% of the top 200 titles incorporating them as part of their LiveOps strategy, especially those within the shooting, sandbox, and 4X strategy genres. The key, it seems, is to ensure that each collaboration offers something unique or caters to a different genre.
Logic Simplified
JULY 11, 2023
Players typically interact with the environment and other characters in order to solve puzzles containing clues to advance in the gameplay. It has grown from simple text-based console games to aesthetically rich 3D experiences since its inception with popular games like Star Wars, Battletech and Dungeons & Dragons.
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Deconstructor of Fun
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The company has developed two mobile titles— Word Tiles Puzzle: Word Search and Restaurant Tycoon. The studio raised $25m in Oct’24 to develop a narrative sandbox game based on an original IP. Echtra Games is working on an unannounced AAA ARPG for PC and console platforms. million downloads collectively.
Deconstructor of Fun
JANUARY 17, 2023
When looking at time spent in games, Creative Sandbox games such as Roblox and Minecraft dominate growth in many markets. Yet well-known IP games such as Diablo Immortal and Apex Legends Mobile saw success in adoption and IAP consumer spending as mobile games are now capable of offering console-like graphics and gameplay experiences.
Deconstructor of Fun
DECEMBER 27, 2022
And they thought that the console was dead… Most underperforming game of 2022 In 2021 GTA Trilogy missed its mark. Call of Duty Vanguard was a letdown as were Supercell's soft-launched titles: Clash Quest and Clash Mini, out of which the first one has been killed and the second one likely facing the same sentence.
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