67%Strong matchArchaica: The Path of Light
92%21292% positive reviews, Very Positive across 212 reviews·Puzzle · Atmospheric
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Archaid is a collection of cognitive arcade games of numeral alphabetics and hexagonal grids with puzzles of memorization, pattern recognition, heuristics, hypercube navigation, complexity and strategy inspired by various ancient and modern concepts of gematria and mathematics.
Are you bored of video games full of mindless violence, repetitive grind of trivial tasks and overly guided, pay-to-win "achievements" without real challenge and accumulation of earned skill? Are you interested in ancient and medieval alphanumeric systems, mathematics and divination? Do you like challenging abstract puzzles that force you to think differently and exercise your mind, gradually rewarding with zen-like flow of (potentially) endless immersive gameplay? By answering yes to any of the above, Archaid likely is a thing for you.
Archaid [Aar-Kaid] is a collection of esoteric cognitive arcade games that utilize alphanumerics and hexagonal grid for puzzles of memorization, pattern recognition, heuristics, hypercube navigation, complexity and strategy inspired by various ancient and modern concepts of gematria and divine mathematics. The games have player-selectable sets for historical old English, Hebrew, ancient Greek, Nubian Coptic, Arabic, medieval Nordic runic, Georgian, Armenian, old Cyrillic, Glagolitic, and fictional Klingon and Zentradi alphabetic and numeral systems. Eastern game types have various presentations of the 64 I Ching hexagrams. Most Archaid games are difficult, they require full concentration and have medium to high learning curve. Full online guide to all the game types is found on the game homepage.
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