Puzzle games are all the rage these days.

As with all things related to technology, puzzle games have been evolving - and quite rapidly, too.

Have you seen the newAlchemy game?

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It presents you with a 9x9 grid of cells that is broken down further into 3x3 regions.

Some of these cells are filled in with certain numbers at the start, thus determining the difficulty.

The catch is that each row and column must also contain every digit from 1 to 9.

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Its extremely easy to play, though hard to master.

Plus, it comes with a number of awesome features you wont find elsewhere.

The interface for Andoku is extremely intuitive and light.

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There are no distractions and it does its best to stay out of your way.

Fiendish was near impossible.

By this time, you might be wondering what Extra Regions means.

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What are these strange but awesome-sounding game modes?

Well get to that later.

Suffice it to say that hardcore Sudoku players who want a real challenge will enjoy whats coming up.

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Here weve got a good look at Andokus gameplay.

The board is easy to read, which is a massive plus.

How difficult could it be?

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Luckily, Andoku hits the nails on the head here.

But Andoku is by no means barebones.

It comes with a cell highlighting feature that I found extremely useful.

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And then theres Undo/Redo, which isnt really necessary but useful all the same.

Now here is where Andoku really sets itself apart from every other Sudoku game Ive played.

Remember that Extra Regions setting from before?

This is what it does:

And lastly, Andoku offers some customization of its features.

I dont know about you, but Andoku Sudoku has really impressed me.

Andoku has a rating of 4.7 on Google Play out of 9,854 reviews.

If you love Sudoku, I highly recommend giving it a try.

If you dont, theres nothing left for me to say except that youre really missing out!