A lone developer has created "He Who Watches," a puzzle game that Polygon's writer describes as one of 2026's best, drawing favourable comparisons to the way Portal reshaped first-person puzzle design nearly two decades ago. Developed by Bobby Vanden and published by Draknek and Friends, the game reworks familiar box-pushing puzzle mechanics with a disorienting new twist, offering players an experience the reviewer calls inventive and, at times, genuinely nauseating.

Players control an archer navigating a mysterious structure, using arrows to grab and move boxes through puzzle chambers in a style likened to 3D Sokoban. The central mechanic allows players to walk on any wall or ceiling, with gravity reorienting accordingly, so an object dropped while upside down stays fixed to that surface rather than falling. The game builds in complexity through additional systems, such as beams that transport boxes, and includes an in-built hint system offering optional mini-puzzles that teach core concepts without giving away solutions.