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Technically, almost all video games are puzzle games. (lemmy.zip)
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You could probably make a poptarts are sandwiches alignment style thing out of this.

Basically, any video game with an explicit goal, or set of goals is just a puzzle game with extra steps.

What buttons do you push, when do you push them, what does this accomplish, how does that lead you to your end goal, etc.

You could even argue that multiplayer tactics constitute a puzzle, a more social puzzle.

Yes, this is reductive, but this is a dumb showerthoughts post.

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[-] Klear@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty sure cookie clicker has no victory condition, it just goes on and on. At least it was that way last time I played it. Things might have changed since.

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

There's some kind of stock market mini game in there now, so you can play and lose at something in the game, but no overall win conditions im aware of.

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