# Online Puzzle Games **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 30, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829 "2003-07-30T03:30:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/1 "2003-07-30T03:30:08Z")
Recently I stumbled across a few online games which are essentially puzzles for the user to solve. Here are two: [http://www.freshsensation.com/samorost.swf](http://www.freshsensation.com/samorost.swf) [http://www.area29.com/flash/index.php?g=chasm](http://www.area29.com/flash/index.php?g=chasm) (this one has a questionable ad, probably not something to open at work) I love them! Can someone point me to others on the Net? ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/2 "2003-07-30T06:58:14Z")
Yahoo games has a few infuriatingly addictive little puzzle-style games. I’ve banned myself from going there so I can actually have a life. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/3 "2003-07-30T07:27:41Z")
I love it! Online adventure games! Adventure games are one of my all-time favorite genres. I have fond memories of the Sierra Quest games, and more recently, there have been a slew of really cool ones come out, especially by Dreamcatcher Interactive, a little-known but prolific game company. One of the best I’ve played recently, however, was The Longest Journey. If you haven’t played it, do so. It’s excellent. I’m afraid I don’t know of any more online games like it, though. (Please note that this post was based on the game in the OP’s first link. The second wouldn’t load for me.) ---
**Author:** ![Harli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@Harli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harli)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/4 "2003-07-30T12:43:12Z")
[Shockwave.com](http://Shockwave.com) has a lot of different kinds of free games to play. Be forewarned: Some are horribly addicting. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/5 "2003-07-30T21:36:44Z")
Those are really fun. Thank you! Both remind me of the Myst/Riven/Exile series in their own way. Another really good game like this is The Neverhood, but last I checked, it was only available for Windows 95. :-(. This is fun!!! ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/6 "2003-07-30T23:19:42Z")
You’ll probably like The Mystery of Time and Space also. He’s still adding new levels to it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/7 "2003-07-31T02:07:03Z")
“The Mystery of Time and Space” is a great game! Does the site update it on a regular basis or is it random? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/8 "2003-07-31T06:08:29Z")
My Spanish ain’t great and neither is my pc. Any place I can download Chasm? ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/9 "2003-07-31T22:56:12Z")
If you right click on the game, then click Quality \> Medium or even Quality \> Low, the graphics will look more pixelated, but the game will run smoother. As far as I know, there is no way to download a game that is done in Flash, like this one is. By the way, if you’re worried about the ad mentioned in the OP, you can play Chasm [here](http://www.abcjuegos.com/juegos.php?ID=125) or [here](http://www.dragongamez.com/chasm.htm). ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/10 "2003-07-31T23:56:41Z")
Thanks, TJdude! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/11 "2003-08-01T00:31:59Z")
Thanks, TJdude! ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/12 "2003-08-01T00:55:53Z")
I am puzzled - the freshsensation link is BRILLIANT, and as there appears to be no link back to the main page I deleted the samorost.swf bit - and I get a Laboratoires Garnier page! WTF??? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/13 "2003-08-01T01:21:59Z")
I don’t know either, seems pretty odd to me. Thanks for the Mistery of Time and Space link! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/14 "2003-08-01T14:30:13Z")
One site I visit daily for their hangman-styled game and weekly for their clever “Say What?” puzzle is [Puzzability.](http://www.puzzability.com/index.shtml) I have searched any number of times for the same sort of puzzle that “Say What?” uses, with no luck yet. Anybody else know of similar things? I also like working the crossword puzzles where you have clues in one section and a quotation in another and the solution letters are plugged into both sections. Acrostic, I think they’re called. Anybody have links to any of those? ---
**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/15 "2003-08-01T15:43:12Z")
Great thread! I’m so bored at work, this will keep me busy for a while! The freshsensation site is great! I’m having trouble on the “snail” level. I assume it is a matter of timing, but I’ve been clicking for half an hour and I can’t get him to cross the “bridge”. Any hints? ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/16 "2003-08-01T16:10:41Z")
I really loved [Planetarium](http://www.beholder.co.uk/planetarium). It’s “over” (it was a contest several years ago) but the puzzles still remain and it was a great set of puzzles. ---
**Author:** ![Omphaloskeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bcef8e/32.png) [@Omphaloskeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omphaloskeptic)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/17 "2003-08-01T17:18:27Z")
I agree about [_Planetarium_](http://www.beholder.co.uk/planetarium); it’s an excellent puzzle-story. If you have a lot of time to kill, you can try [TimeHunt](http://www.timehunt.com/timehunt.html), which has hundreds of puzzles to solve in stages (some puzzle solutions lead to other puzzles). It opened last September; the final puzzle is still unsolved. ---
**Author:** ![boobah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/46a35a/32.png) [@boobah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boobah)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/18 "2003-08-01T19:32:45Z")
Malaka, if you are still stuck … The snail is a red herring. Click on the circular cave on the cliff face. Insects will pollinate the flowers. The bulb head guy in the cave will be barely visible. Click on him and he will climb a ladder to the top of the cliff. He will screw his head into the socket. Then you can push the button in the center of the screen (in the cliff face). The lights come on, and a spherical elevator comes up. You can take it from there! ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/19 "2003-08-01T19:45:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rabid\_Squirrel \* > \*\*“The Mystery of Time and Space” is a great game! Does the site update it on a regular basis or is it random? \*\* He updates it whenever he finishes a level, I think. If you go to the forums, in one of them there’s a thread with a link to the one he’s working on. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829/20 "2003-08-01T19:50:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zeldar \* > One site I visit daily for their hangman-styled game and weekly for their clever “Say What?” puzzle is [Puzzability.](http://www.puzzability.com/index.shtml) > > I have searched any number of times for the same sort of puzzle that “Say What?” uses, with no luck yet. Anybody else know of similar things? Occasionally Games Magazine or Games World of Puzzles will have a page of 3 of these. They call them “quote boxes”. There’s a page of them in the August issue of GWOP. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-puzzle-games/191829.md?page=2)