Even in its earliest levels, The Gravity Trickster is a delightfully clever game. Its premise may be simple, but it retools many familiar concepts of the genre in interesting ways.

Players can use the ends of a block to roll onto wholly new geometric planes. This opens up many new paths and ideas, even with otherwise basic shapes.

More notably, there’s a twisty strategy to any given level thanks to your hero’s jump mechanic. How far you can jump is deeply important.

You aren’t just using it for platforming and dodging obstacles. You must use orient your plane in order to jump and land in precisely the correct way. You’ll need that to find many hidden objects, and not just the exit keys.

If this is beginning to sound a bit too cumbersome, there’s no need to worry. Kick on “No Stress” mode, and you’ll have all the time you need to use the invaluable “Look Around” tool. This lets you zoom out and move the camera around to become comfortable with your surroundings.

As a result, The Gravity Trickster is a friendlier puzzle game. However, you can still fall off the stage, making you restart. Even in “No Stress” mode, platforming and later levels still provide increasing challenges.

The difficulty of each stage is paced well. More importantly, the puzzles evolve, introducing new ideas that make the most of the 3-dimensional thinking.

Sadly, my Nintendo Switch copy was also a bit buggy. The timer tended to malfunction in all of the difficulty settings. I also couldn’t customize my character at all. Which is a shame, since the main hero is positively adorable. It winks when you find something important, which is very cute.

Final Thoughts

The Gravity Trickster makes creative work of its 3D premise, and offers plenty of content to discover. The flexibility of the difficulty modes is satisfying and friendly for casual players. Also, its music and retro art design are fun. Despite some technical issues in my copy, this is a thoughtful indie puzzler any fan of the genre will enjoy.

Score: 7.5 / 10