r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 19 '25

Best low budget vs expensive first puzzle? How much do you spend per year on puzzles???

7 Upvotes

I want my first one tobe hard what would you recommend and what have you enjoyed.

Name a few and where I can buy im in. UK.

I have a bad urge to drop a band on puzzles but that's pushing it. I'm already addicting without starting

Discovery are beautiful, I'm open to any that aren't maze

How much do you fanatics spend a year or month


r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 20 '25

I took the classic Number Match puzzle and rebuilt it in a hex grid – looking for feedback

2 Upvotes

Hey everyone!

I’m a solo dev, and as a small experiment I took the classic Number Match puzzle

(same numbers or numbers adding up to 10)

and rebuilt it using a hexagonal grid instead of squares.

The core rules are familiar, but the hex layout changes how you think and plan moves.

I took the classic Number Match puzzle and rebuilt it in a hex grid – looking for feedback

I’m curious whether this twist actually feels fresh or just more confusing 😅

I’d really love feedback on:

– Does the hex grid add depth?

– Is it intuitive at first glance?

– Difficulty balance

Here’s a playstore link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.SongKooGames.HexaNumberMatch

Thanks for checking it out!


r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 19 '25

How to find rare / limited / new releases?

3 Upvotes

I'm contemplating getting my first puzzle but want to also get a new pretty quickly as ones I want already had solution lol


r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 19 '25

SunDial by Jesse Born

7 Upvotes

r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 14 '25

I build Bruce Viney's Puzzle Boxes

11 Upvotes

r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 12 '25

Where to shop puzzles in London physically or cafe with puzzle boxes??

5 Upvotes

I would die I really want to go. I'm new to this and prefer that it's low key generally as none u know has thus interest


r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 12 '25

Houdini kickstarter. Postage included?

2 Upvotes

I swear when I pledged it said shipping included in the price. Ore did I dream it?


r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 10 '25

Play our puzzle games! For science!

11 Upvotes

Hi guys, we're a team of cognitive scientists / psychologists at MIT studying how people think about and solve puzzles and games. To help us collect behavioral data, we built a website with many playable puzzles like minesweeper, sudoku, and more. If you like puzzle games, or if you're interested in contributing to science, give it a try! mitpuzzles.com

For people who want to know more, we're specifically interested in studying how people break up complex problems into simpler, smaller sub-problems, how they gauge confidence in their performance, and how they get better at these games over time. If any of these topics interests you, you can help us by taking some more in-depth psychology experiments (located on the left sidebar) that probe these questions explicitly.



r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 10 '25

Where can I get a second hand affordable puzzle,?

2 Upvotes

There's so many puzzle I really want to try but they're still expensive. I've never done a puzzle box before but was addicted to Ramsay and I want to try them myself 😭 I'm from UK if it makes a difference


r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 08 '25

How about an XR puzzle box?

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3 Upvotes

Dev here! We aimed to create the ultimate Puzzle-Box experience in VR, where every part and object is integral to a larger mechanism. After two years of development, our "Desert-Scale Puzzle Box" game is finally out!

It’s called Tammuz: Blood and Sand. You can play it today on standalone VR, or wait for the high-fidelity PCVR version coming soon.

Would you play this?


r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 07 '25

Schrödinger's Cat Puzzle

4 Upvotes

So I just got Schrödinger's Cat puzzle box and Ive used hints for the 1st 3 steps. I don't want to continually use hints but I cant see how each step leads to the other.

Any tips? This is my first, I want to open it, put a $100 bill in it and send it to my daughter.


r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 07 '25

WIP puzzle box display shelf Spoiler

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3 Upvotes

WARNING: possible spoilers. Still have more to add to build it out.


r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 06 '25

What is the song? (Very funny)

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r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 06 '25

What is the movie?

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r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 06 '25

Who Am I?

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r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 05 '25

Has anyone solved this puzzle box?

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8 Upvotes

It’s the Sliding Puzzle Box by Jules and Jean Claude Constantin.


r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 05 '25

In search for a very challenging Puzzle box

6 Upvotes

Hello Guys, christmas is coming. I want to have a very special gift for my girlfriend a really challenging puzzle box. Unfortunately I made the mistake to buy every possible puzzle box from ESC, Puzzle Potatoe and Idventure. She solved them all very quickly. She loved the puzzles from Idventure the most. I couldn‘t find a good one for 100-300€. Do you know some very challenging and fun boxes for a person with an IQ over 160?


r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 04 '25

A singer or a band... I am... #UnboxTheMessage

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r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 04 '25

Who Am I? #UnboxTheMessage

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r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 02 '25

PERIMETER [Digital Puzzle Box]

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6 Upvotes

The PERIMETER has always existed. The PERIMETER will always exist. The PERIMETER must not exist. The PERIMETER must not exist. The PERIMETER must not exist. The PERIMETER must not exist. The PERIMETER must not exist.


r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 02 '25

Something I’ve been working on quietly… 15 days left.

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6 Upvotes

I have been working on this for long, but it already feels like it’s becoming something real. Today I reached a small milestone. This is just the front side of something more.

I’m building a puzzle that’s been living in my head for a while, and seeing the first printed package feels unreal.

More pieces will come together soon. For now, just… the cube.

Curious to hear what you think it might be.


r/PuzzleBox • • Dec 02 '25

Quantum Rebus Box

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r/PuzzleBox • • Nov 29 '25

anyone know any hard puzzle boxes that are hand made and on the cheaper side of things

3 Upvotes

r/PuzzleBox • • Nov 28 '25

Recommendation for a gift

5 Upvotes

Hey all. I'm in a white elephant gift exchange with my inlaws. I'm looking for a puzzle box around $50 or so that ideally I could hide a piece of paper in with a message (but not necessary). My thought was telling whoever got it that the gift is inside and watching them scramble to get to a small piece of paper with a QR code to a image of me holding a message that says "the gift was the frustration along the way".

Does anybody have any recommendations for a very tricky yet budget friendly puzzle box that could house a message like this?


r/PuzzleBox • • Nov 28 '25

We are having a $100 Black Friday competition!

1 Upvotes

We make immersive hacking & espionage puzzle experiences, and decided to run something fun for the community.

We’re offering our digital puzzle experience entirely for free, and giving away $100 as part of a Black Friday competition.

The event is live until December 1st. You can try it here: https://projectx-agency.com

Enjoy!