Strata

Strata is a game of layers, from it gameplay, presentation, and internal design. It's immediately accessible, yet provides the tools for a nearly endless array of puzzles, with a beautifully designed art style complimenting the relaxing, minimal audio arrangement. It doesn't assume to be more than it is, nor attempt to break your expectations of what it appears to be, but its narrow ambition isn't a con in this...

43 found this helpful, 2014-05-28

Looking for a beautiful, relaxing game? This is it. Similar in feel to Kami, Picross, Splice, Lyne. Everything from the graphics to the music, to the gameplay is incredibly zen and gives you peace of mind while still managing to engage you. Very easy to get into, even without the excellent yet simple tutorial. What made me first discover Strata and Kami was the wonderfully clean art-style, I was very surprised how...

14 found this helpful, 2014-05-30

A concept with somewhat limited potential that was not executed flawlessly. Strata's visuals and audio are clean and professional, but don't change much. This contributes to the game feeling monotonous. Enhancing that sense of monotony is the high number of puzzles (over 500) coupled with a low overall difficulty level, and an uneven difficulty curve—which does have a general upward trend due to the increasing size...

7 found this helpful, 2020-10-30

Strata follows closely a recent trend of musically and aesthetically inclined simplistic indie puzzlers, such as Lyne, Kami, Hexcells and Circuits (the latter two to a lesser degree). Each of these titles offers a deceptively simplistic puzzler that hides a significant layer of complexity beneath. Strata is no exception, and of the lot, it is a strong contender for being my favorite of the bunch. The premise for...

25 found this helpful, 2014-05-29

My playtime: 6h (based on steam, 100% achievements) Grindy Achievement: No. Optional Achievement: Yes (14 achievements). Difficult Achievement: No. Developer Response: No (last response on 3 Jun, 2014). Intro Strata is a puzzle game where you have to cover each tile with a certain color on top. The game has 2 2x2, 7 3x3, 10 4x4, 6 5x5, and 3 6x6 set of puzzles in it. Graphics The game graphics are simple, yet...

6 found this helpful, 2020-01-18

A nice puzzle game with plenty of levels to solve. Maybe even too many as it did get a bit boring by the end, but still overall enjoyable.

5 found this helpful, 2024-04-24