Web site: enigma.nongnu.org
Category: Games
Sub-Category: Puzzle
Platform: Linux, OS X, Windows, BSD
License: GNU GPL
Interface: GUI
Wikipedia: Enigma
First release: May 25, 2007
Enigma – a puzzle game inspired by Oxyd on the Atari ST and Rock’n’Roll on the Amiga. The object of the game is to find uncover pairs of identically colored Oxyd stones. Simple? Yes. Easy? Certainly not! Hidden traps, vast mazes, laser beams, and, most of all, countless hairy puzzles usually block your direct way to the Oxyd stones.
Enigma is really a huge collection of puzzle games, and each of its 550 unique levels challenge the intelligence, dexterity and sheer willpower of its players anew. Enigma is simple to learn, challenging to play, but hard to master. Players of almost any age can enjoy it. It contains hundreds of levels. And if that isn’t enough, it’s also completely free. If you like puzzle games and have a steady hand, Enigma will probably keep you busy for hours on end.
The object of the game is to find and uncover pairs of identically colored ‘Oxyd’ stones. Simple? Yes. Easy? Certainly not! Hidden traps, vast mazes, laser beams, and most of all, countless hairy puzzles usually block your direct way to the Oxyd stones. Enigma’s game objects (and there are hundreds of them, lest you get bored) interact in many unexpected ways, and since many of them follow the laws of physics (Enigma’s special laws of physics, that is), controlling them with the mouse isn’t always trivial.
Enigma is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and most flavors of Linux and other modern Unices. It has been translated into many languages.
Atomiks was my the first game of such category, pushing puzzle 🙂