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  • Summary: Unveil the truth by solving addictive puzzles and bring back the glory of an ancient land.

    IMAGINATIVE EXPERIENCE Mystic Pillars is an unique blend of intriguing puzzles and an immersive storyline set in Ancient India, providing you with an engaging gameplay experience. HANDCRAFTED
    Unveil the truth by solving addictive puzzles and bring back the glory of an ancient land.

    IMAGINATIVE EXPERIENCE

    Mystic Pillars is an unique blend of intriguing puzzles and an immersive storyline set in Ancient India, providing you with an engaging gameplay experience.
    HANDCRAFTED PUZZLES

    The game is a reimagination of the Indian traditional board game - Ali Guli Mane or the Internationally known variant Mancala. Solve the 100 simple, handcrafted and unique math based spatial puzzles.

    JOURNEY ACROSS A MYSTERY LANDSCAPE

    Play as a mysterious traveller whose journey across the world lands you in the kingdom of Zampi. Resolve the drought plaguing the once-prosperous kingdom of Zampi by solving puzzles and destroying the magical pillars blocking the water.

    STRIKING VISUALS

    Highly stylized hand-drawn artwork and animated cutscenes lure you further into the journey as you move from one puzzle to the next.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Sep 2, 2021
    85
    Mystic Pillars has an elegant Indian story woven into the game's puzzle design. At times the storyboards felt more like a barrier to getting to the next set of fun and engaging pillar puzzles. Even though a story-based puzzle game is a novel idea Mystic Pillars would stand strong on being just an outright "puzzle game". The simplicity of the controls also makes it an exceptional "travel game" via the Switch's undocked mode and touch screen support!
  2. Sep 15, 2021
    80
    A short but original puzzle game that comes as a low enough price that the lack of length is not an issue. A pleasant little experience that translates well from mobile to the Switch.
  3. Jul 15, 2021
    75
    Mystic Pillars is a challenging but fair puzzle game, offering strong visuals, music and story to accompany the puzzles. For anybody who enjoys a fresh challenge Mystic Pillars is worthy of your time.
  4. Jun 8, 2021
    70
    Personally, I found the puzzles more engaging than the story, but your mileage may vary. At the very least, I can say that I haven’t played a game exactly like this before. That could be a good or bad thing; here it’s the former.
  5. Jul 6, 2021
    70
    Although it’s not revolutionary in its gameplay or narrative elements it combines the two to far better effect than it has any right to – and is ultimately a well priced passion project that’s well worth investigating.