Charting the sands
Trails is a premium strategy game that invites players into a tranquil yet mentally demanding desert world, where every turn matters. This minimalist puzzle game tasks you with plotting paths for sand ships to deliver crucial cargo to distant outposts—all without collisions or retracing steps.
Cargo, coordination, and creative routes
Each level in Trails is a careful exercise in foresight. You draw routes over a desert grid, guiding sand ships to deliver goods. With terrain dangers like collapsing ground and ancient traps, strategic movement and efficiency are essential, especially as no ship can revisit a grid space or crash into another.
Carrying keys, rare power-ups, or vital supplies, each ship’s mission depends on tight coordination. Delivering the right item to the right place—and avoiding unnecessary pickups—demands clever pathing and resource management. However, ships and environments don’t evolve significantly in look or function, which could lessen the sense of progression.
A calming yet clever challenge
With its cozy aesthetic and layered design, Trails delivers a rewarding balance of serenity and mental stimulation. For puzzle fans who enjoy mapping solutions with precision, this desert odyssey is both a meditative escape and a brain-teasing adventure worth exploring.
