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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 4.3 hrs on record (2.7 hrs at review time)
Posted: Mar 20, 2020 @ 8:59pm
Updated: Mar 30, 2020 @ 9:42pm

At a Glance
(Adult) Content
Yes, (F) nudity.
Censorship
No. Woot! Woot!
Hours of Gameplay
Forty-five minutes.
Modding Support?
No.
Patch Available?
Yes, purchase as Steam DLC.

Puzzle Girls: Alicia is a lewd swippy-swappy game centered on a single character and her day to day life.

Gameplay
Each stage is composed of a rectangular grid. That grid is filled with pieces of a puzzle, and you must swap them around to unscramble an image. As you progress, more tiles will be added and they will need to be flipped and rotated. You can choose any (completed) puzzle, and let "Random Mode" pick a stage for you. Each completed level will grant a hints and power-ups, provided you don't cheat using "Solve It Mode" (DLC). Those power-ups can auto-solve and rescramble the playing board.

If you have the power to solve any puzzle with a click of a button, how is that a threat?

Hints are powers are carried over between stages. You can save and spend them as you please.

Story
Though there is no over arching story, each stage describes a brief moment in one or more girls' lives. There are three images of each stage, showing a series of events which start decent and become lewd. Alicia is featured in each puzzle, and she appears to be cosplayin', magic-slingin' karate maid of sorts.

Actually, Alicia sounds kind of awesome!

Visuals
I was not a fan of the user interface. It looked very amateurish, and I though was poorly made. You can adjust sound and text options from the "Settings" menu at anytime. It's strange that text is an option, considering the distinct lack of text in the game. Perhaps it'll play a part in a future update, but I think it's just vestigial programming from a copy/paste job.

- The Goods -
The artwork looks great! Definitely top notch for the genre. It's the sort I'd expect from a higher budget visual novel. . . high quality, generic anime babes. Expect basic female nudity.

Verdict
Worth zero USD, that's for sure. The only problem I have with this game is the lack of gallery. Other than that, it features above average artwork and more engaging gameplay. The fact that it's free means you have no excuse not to give it a shot if you're a fan of lewd swippy-swappy puzzles.

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Laykan Dec 10, 2022 @ 11:51pm 
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