What this blog is about, in order
The topics the 5q0 blog covers, each with its overview and the articles beneath it.
Browser puzzle games
6 postsThe free browser puzzle games actually worth your time, sorted by what you want from them, with the one to open first if you want to think rather than pass time.
- The best free puzzle games you can play in a browser
- Puzzle games with no ads: the honest free ones
- Puzzle games that work offline, and how to tell
- Can a browser game work with no internet? Yes, here is how
- Browser games that need no account, and why it matters
- Browser games for deep thinking you can play right now
Optimisation
5 postsOptimisation puzzles teach a specific, real way of thinking, and the honest evidence on whether it transfers is more mixed than the marketing suggests.
Zachlikes
5 postsThe full map of games like Opus Magnum, from the paid greats to the free browser ones, and which to open first for the exact way you want to play.
Engineering games
3 postsThe best engineering puzzle games put you in the designer's seat: build a machine, make it work under real constraints, then make it better. Here is the full map.