GAMES WE LOVE

Puzzle Through Nature

Solve clever conundrums while learning about the animal kingdom.

Art of Fauna is the platypus of puzzlers: a little bit of everything! Piece together panels to reveal stunning animal illustrations—from ring-tailed lemurs to bearded dragons—or flip the art over and solve the puzzle by rearranging facts about the creature. Did you know sea otters are endangered?

What we love: The impressive accessibility settings. In addition to VoiceOver support and multiple color themes, the game also has a phobia filter that’ll let you avoid images of up to 10 critter types you’d rather not see. No thanks, icky jellyfish!

Shift panels to unveil cool animals like this two-toed sloth.

Quick tip: Prefer to solve puzzles on the text side? Panels with evenly indented text usually line up along the left edge; look for one that begins with a capitalized word to get the top-left corner.

Meet the creator: Based in Austria, Klemens Strasser is the solo developer of Subwords, Study Snacks, and Elementary Minute. He prioritizes accessibility in his games, and two of them—Letter Rooms and Ancient Board Game Collection—have been nominated in the Apple Design Awards’ inclusivity category.