Death Squared

A compact brain builder with co op bite, Death Squared from SMG Studio blends puzzle, tactical, and platformer sensibilities into clean, modular challenges. Released March 13, 2017, it tasks small teams with guiding color coded bots to matching goals while constructing safe paths through lasers, spikes, and switches. Each level feels engineered like a schematic, inviting players to design repeatable routines, craft callouts, and build win conditions through timing and spatial logic. On PC, its tight grid layout, instant restarts, and readable UI support iterative testing that rewards the planner mindset. Light narrative banter frames the experiments without slowing the action, while four player modes scale coordination demands. For readers tracking tactical games like THE FINALS, the emphasis shifts from destructible arenas to co designed routes, map literacy, and risk budgeting. In platformer game reviews, it stands out for elegant constraints that let teams prototype, refine, and finally construct a flawless route.