The WhatsNext verdict
Kami is a beautifully tactile, calming puzzle game whose best boards reward careful thought without ever becoming hostile. Play it if you want elegant brain teasers, handcrafted visuals, and a soothing audio-visual ritual rather than a long campaign.
What it does best
Handcrafted paper art gives every puzzle a distinctive identity
Simple rules unfold into genuinely clever perfect-score puzzles
Paper rustles and gentle Japanese tones make puzzling unusually tactile
A rare puzzle game that is genuinely meditative
What might put you off
A relatively short and mechanically narrow campaign
The jump from easy completion to perfect solutions
The setup
What you are walking into
Kami is deceptively simple: fold out coloured paper to fill the screen in as few moves as possible. Relaxing and easy to pick up, you'll soon find yourself deep in contemplation to perfect each puzzle.
Where it lives
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