Preserve on PlayStation 5 was sent to me by Grindstone Games, the same company that made Jötunnslayer: Hordes of Hel (Steam Early Access), and I always enjoy working with them.
Preserve is a small title with a modest price of about $15, and it is a relaxing puzzle game. You use cards to decide what each hexagon will be, be it a forest, some grassland, a river, or one of many other types of biomes. You do this to create your own ecosystem to score points. Do this well, and you get animal cards that can be used to move animals into your ecosystem. Wild boar will live in your forest, bees in your fields of flowers, or goats in your maintains.
As you score more points, you can extend the amount of land you have to work with, which gives you more cards and more types of biomes to make a more diverse ecosystem, score more points, and unlock new levels and challenges.
You can tell this game was crafted with love by people who cared, and despite some awkward camera angles on rare occasions, the controls and gameplay are beautiful. The music is relaxing, and I never felt frustrated with the game itself. Undoing a tile is simple enough with minimal punishment, and restarting doesn’t feel like a chore anyway. For puzzle fans, or just someone who wants to build nature a bit, the price of admission here is more than fair for this 9/10 puzzle game. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.
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