The Skinwalker Tile Picture Challenge

Why We Picked The Skinwalker Tile Picture Challenge

The Skinwalker Tile Picture Challenge puts sliding tiles into the gap on one screen and then lets the board do the arguing. There is no clock in most of these games, so the pressure is spatial: a corner you cannot use, a piece that will not fit. Short enough for a break, stubborn enough to follow you back to work. It sits at 115 of 172 on the puzzle shelf, and the games above it are mostly larger rather than sharper. By the numbers: 4.2 out of 5 from 30 ratings.

How to Play

What you actually do, in order:

• Only the tile next to the empty square moves, so the gap is the cursor.
• Clear whatever the level asks you to clear, and count the space that the clear gives back.
• Look at the pieces you have not been given yet before you commit the ones you have.

Editor’s Note

Best with a mouse; the tap targets work on a phone, though most boards here want the bigger screen. There is no story layer and no upgrade tree: the whole of it is the board in front of you.

Written by the UGFJD editorial team for this page. The publisher’s own description follows below, unedited.