In The Year’s Best Puzzle Game, You’re A Caterpillar With A Bomb For A Butt
Robin Bea
created: Aug. 12, 2025, 5:25 p.m. | updated: Aug. 16, 2025, 5:34 p.m.
And imagine my surprise growing minute by minute as that simple-seeming platformer quickly and repeatedly revealed itself as not just clever, but as a brilliant puzzle game that’s one of the best things I’ve played all year.
You can press one button to drop the bomb and another to detonate it, and that’s it for controls.
Öoo is two hours of pure puzzle joy.
Öoo’s genius puzzle design is the star of the show, but it helps that it also looks and sounds lovely.
At around two hours (with some optional endgame secrets to find after that), Öoo is concentrated puzzle platforming joy without a single dull moment.
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