Tricky
About Tricky: Riddles Where Nothing Is Quite What It Seems
Tricky is a puzzle game built around misdirection, lateral thinking, and the occasional honest challenge. Each level is a hand-drawn scene — a pirate ship, a neon cyberpunk street, a space station, an Egyptian tomb — and the answer to any given riddle might hide in the question itself, beyond the edge of the screen, or under a napkin. Sometimes there is no trick at all: a sudoku grid, a maze, a potion-sorting puzzle, a laser-and-mirror challenge, or a sokoban in a dark cave waits instead. Every fourth level expands into a mini-series of several scenes, and the chapter finale sends players on a quest for a sapphire that ends in a goblin battle. The game trains logic, wit, attention, and memory across its varied hand-drawn worlds.
How to Play Tricky
Start by reading the question carefully, then look around the full scene before settling on an answer. Drag objects, tap unexpected corners, and stay open to solutions that seem wrong at first — the thing you would never think of is often exactly right. For structured puzzles like sudoku or sorting, the rules appear automatically on the first encounter, and a dedicated "Rules" button brings them back at any time. Solving a level without using any hints earns three stars.
Controls
- Mouse click and drag: Interact with and move objects on desktop
- Tap: Select or activate objects on mobile
- Swipe: Drag objects on mobile
- "?" button: Request a hint when stuck
- "Rules" button: Reopen the rules for structured puzzles
Games You Might Like
For more brain-bending challenges, the full puzzle games collection covers everything from quick teasers to deep problem-solving, much like the variety found across Tricky's hand-drawn levels. If hidden-object exploration appeals to you, Secret Hall: Hidden Objects sends you through a mysterious mansion and into book-worlds ranging from ancient temples to bustling markets. Fans of Tricky's block-moving sokoban levels will find a natural next step in Blockibo: Color Blocks, where shifting colored blocks and unlocking gates demands careful planning at every turn. The broader logic games category is also worth exploring for puzzles that reward the same careful, methodical thinking Tricky demands.
