One More Button: A cute and highly challenging puzzle game with a literal twist

Do you remember those parking puzzle games that ask you to get one vehicle out of a parking lot by moving a bunch of other variously sized vehicles around in different directions? If you enjoy that kind of puzzle mechanic and want something reminiscent but with an added twist, then One More Button might just be for you. 

One More Button is an indie puzzle game by developer Tommy Kjær, and it is one of the most puzzling games I’ve ever played. You’ll need to think outside the box and use all of your brain power to figure out each level, and there’s something ultimately satisfying about figuring out a particularly complex challenge. 

Originally released on Android and iOS in 2018, this indie game already has an established fan base. If you want to play on the big screen, you’ll get your chance when the game releases through Steam on August 5.

I need some directions

The entire premise of One More Button is that your buttons have come to life and jumped onto the screen, and now you need to use them not only to move, but also as movable and changeable objects to help you succeed. Buttons can be rotated and pushed in any direction, as long as you can get behind them, and you need to clear a path from point A to point B. 

That’s it. 

However, getting from point A to point B is a task that’s made harder by the fact that certain directions are sometimes missing. Going up is impossible if that up arrow doesn’t exist, and that means you have to work around this lack of certain directions when approaching the puzzles. Some buttons can be placed on a rotation icon, which rotates the original arrow, so now you can go up, but you can’t go left. 

Second chances

Thankfully, there are redo and undo buttons that prevent the need for having to restart entire levels all over again, which is nice when you’ve got particularly far and just messed up with your latest terrible decision. This is something that was added in a recent-ish update to the mobile version, but the PC version of One More Button will benefit from its availability immediately.

In the demo, this mechanic is most useful in levels that involve ice. When you push a block onto the ice, it will continuously slide until it hits something, and so will you. That means you need to plot a course using the blocks at your disposal; otherwise, you end up sliding into a corner that you can no longer get out of. 

One More Button is deceptively cute and hand-drawn, but it really packs a punch in terms of difficulty and potential for frustration. If you’ve got some patience, though, it feels really satisfying to finally conquer a level. 

One More Button is set for release on August 5, 2025, so there’s not long to wait until you can dive in and play the full game and all of the puzzles it has to offer. If you want to try it out before then, there’s a demo to download and play through Steam right now.