Order of the Sinking Star

A game built on a block-pushing puzzle skeleton, with its bulk carried by over a thousand handcrafted puzzles and stacked mechanics; the vast majority of players rate it positively, while the few negative reviews focus on colorblind accessibility, crashes, and controls.

What players love

• Puzzle design is finely tuned and interlocking; almost every puzzle introduces or deepens a mechanic, and difficulty is rarely padded with meaningless shuffling

  You'll think of solutions, only to realize in horror that the designers thought of it too, and have removed the one piece needed to make it work. This will happen 5 times per puzzle.

  Recommended · 59 h played · 2026-10-09

• Strong "aha" moments, often going from seeming impossible to sudden clarity

  Got stuck on a puzzle yesterday evening. Woke up in the night with the answer. Solved it this morning. Perfect

  Recommended · 137 h played · 2026-10-08

• Huge in scope and generous with content; even after long play sessions there is still plenty left unexplored

  Completed every single puzzle in the game after 130 hours. Not only is the game's scope something to behold, but I was amazed that even with hundreds of puzzles, each individual one manages to be of such consistently hig…

  Recommended · 134 h played · 2026-10-27

• Almost no text instructions; the levels themselves teach you, making learning feel natural

  If you have played The Witness (or even just know about it) then you would understand how that game takes a simple concept (maze puzzles) and applies incredible depth, polish, and volume to create a mind bending, addicti…

  Recommended · 15 h played · 2026-10-12

• Art, atmosphere, and music work well together and help put you in a thinking state

  The level of care is wild... puzzles are super intentional in how they chain, it's extremely fun so far - and I don't normally go for puzzle games the graphics are beautiful...the menus are barebones...you start it up, a…

  Recommended · 11 h played · 2026-10-09

• Also appeals to people who don't usually play puzzles, and can change how they see the block-pushing genre

  i don't even like puzzle games but this game makes me feel like i should take it seriously, and i sort of do i leave it running in the background. why, i'm not sure maybe it's the chill music. or maybe i just don't want …

  Recommended · 299 h played · 2026-10-08

What players complain about

• Lacks colorblind accessibility; overlapping yellow and green beams are hard to tell apart, causing players to get stuck

  Colorblind accessibility please. I was stuck on a puzzle for a long time because I couldn't tell that a beam was both yellow and green overlapping. I'll change my review to positive once this is implemented. Thanks!

  Not recommended · 189 h played · 2026-10-14

• Repeated crashes within a minute of launching

  Today the game keeps crashing within a minute after it starts..Help!

  Not recommended · 30 h played · 2026-11-04

• Poor visual optimization; some scenes drop frames, and lowering graphics quality doesn't help

  有四个角色要打败怪物 第一个红色角色力大无穷，靠力量击败敌人 第二个绿色角色身形灵巧，靠敏捷击败敌人 第三个蓝色角色技能花哨，靠猴戏击败敌人，十分艰难 还有一个纯粹无敌的第四角色 你知道他们是谁 --------------------------------------------------------- 全成就了回来评价 游戏做得很棒，也的确以极低的价格消磨了我不少时间，不过也给我带来了不少负面体验。鉴于目前有价值的差评不多，我会…

  Not recommended · 79 h played · 2026-10-09

• Overly busy visuals make key paths and objects hard to identify, sacrificing clarity

• Controls feel slippery; character movement is slow, running is tiring on the hands, and input buffering and animation block each other

• Too many mechanics, some used only a few times; when stuck it's hard to tell whether the issue is your approach or a mechanic you missed

• Doing over a thousand puzzles in a row lacks drive; easy to get tired and feel bland

Why it might be taking off

These are hypotheses drawn from reviews and data, not confirmed facts.

• Medium confidenceThe wordless guidance that teaches through levels themselves, combined with frequent aha moments, may be one factor behind the many positive reviews
• Medium confidenceIts low barrier to entry for non-puzzle players may have broadened its audience and brought extra positive reviews
• Medium confidenceThe sheer volume of over a thousand puzzles combined with interlocking mechanics may be one reason players are willing to give positive reviews and stay for a long time
• Medium confidenceThe curve shows 321 positive and 5 negative reviews on launch day, 416 positive and 17 negative the next day, then a daily decline to dozens of positive reviews; review activity may be concentrated in the early launch period
• Low confidencePriced at $29.99, set against the claimed scope of over a thousand puzzles, the comparison between price and content volume may be a variable affecting reviews
• Low confidenceTags cluster around puzzle, block-pushing, adventure, exploration, 3D, top-down, and fantasy, indicating a very focused genre positioning that may relate to how well it matches its core audience

The sample is not exhaustive: up to 2 pages each of toprated and mostrecent were taken per language, totaling 79 reviews this time, including 3 negative reviews; this cannot represent all 1,928 reviews.