Indie developer and publisher Sixtyfour has announced STIP, its latest minimalistic puzzle game that has managed to win an award before its release. Made by a solo developer, Sam Agten, STIP was recently awarded the Most Anticipated Game of 2026 award during the Belgian Game Awards. STIP is slated for a PC Steam release later in 2026, where it will allow players to fiddle with numbers to solve a series of puzzles.
STIP offers a minimalistic approach to solving puzzles. It is a number puzzle game offering a simple but striking visual style. You will use a set of constraints to determine which numbers go in a series of dots. The trick is that these constraints are not always clear, and you will be required to experiment, assign, undo, and deduce to solve the puzzle. The puzzles are laid out in maze-like rooms that hide secrets themselves.
As you use items and environmental clues to peel away layers of these secrets, you will end up finding even more secrets, off-kilter puzzles, and even hidden puzzle rules that grant an edge in further exploration. To make things tricky, the puzzles will misbehave, the STIP will entice you, flatter you, and shower you with random facts about numbers to keep you from solving the puzzles.
The official press release details STIP’s key features as:
- Number Puzzle Goodness | Do you want to sit down and play some relaxing number puzzles? Stip can be that game for you. Find comfort in some quick deductions and dopamine-inducing special effects.
- An Intricate Puzzle Box | Stip’s puzzles are laid out in rooms that have their own puzzles. Use items, manipulate the environment, and look for hidden clues to find more secrets hidden within.
- Rule Discovery | Players will need to think laterally by deducing constraints, finding hidden puzzle rules that give them an edge, and pulling on threads that the game wants to keep from them.
- The puzzles are evil | Stip is a virus, a parasite that craves your attention. It’ll offer you new mechanics to keep you engaged, make numbers go up, and offer you motivational confetti to keep you from looking too closely and push you to keep solving puzzles.
- Transmedia Clues | Keep your eyes on social media, trailers, real-life events, store pages, and even the press releases, as they may contain hidden codes to unlock more secrets!
The developer is also promising a STIP to drop later this year before its full release. If you are interested in trying out STIP’s demo or the full game when it comes out, you can head over to its official Steam page and add it to your wishlist. It not only helps you track the game but also helps indie developers massively.
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