Dark Data

Dark Data is a small puzzle game built around turning little fragments of information into a readable pattern, so it will appeal most to people who like quiet logic rather than action. By our assessment, its appeal is the clean mental work of sorting signals from noise, which is a nice fit for anyone who enjoys deduction on a compact scale. The downside is that games of this type can feel abstract and samey if the puzzle language does not keep changing, and there is usually not much room for spectacle. In practice that means slow, careful attention and a lot of looking back over what has already been placed. It sits closer to a thoughtful logic puzzle than to anything noisy or reflex-heavy, and it asks for patience more than speed.