inbento 2.54

inbento is made by Afterburn, a small studio led by Łukasz Spierewka, also known for Golf Peaks. It first came out on phones in 2019 and is now on Mac, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox and mobile. Each puzzle gives you a few pieces of food and a picture of the finished bento. You rotate, move and place the pieces in the right order to recreate the recipe. As you progress, new mechanics let you swap, remove and copy ingredients, which makes the puzzles trickier. Between chapters, a wordless story about a cat family and parenthood plays out in small scenes. A full playthrough takes roughly 2 hours or more.

120+ puzzles: Hand-made “recipes” that start simple and get trickier as new ideas are introduced. Pattern-matching gameplay: You rotate and layer ingredients in the right order to match the target picture, which is a fresh kind of spatial puzzle. New mechanics over time: Tools that swap, remove and copy ingredients keep the puzzles changing as you go. A wordless story: A heartwarming tale about cats and parenthood told without any text, so anyone can follow it. Japanese-inspired look: Soft colors and a clean style based on bento cuisine. No ads: The developer says the game has absolutely no ads. A textless tutorial teaches you as you play.

Each level shows you a picture of a finished bento box and gives you a few pieces of food. Your job is to recreate that picture by placing the pieces in the right way and in the right order. Look at the target picture. It shows how the finished lunch box should look. Notice which foods end up on top, because pieces placed later cover earlier ones. Pick up a food piece. Each piece has a shape, and some cover more than one square. Move and rotate it. Turn the piece and position it over the box so the right squares get covered. Place pieces in order. Order matters: the last piece placed sits on top. Often you need to work out which piece goes down first. Use special tools in later levels. New mechanics appear as you progress, such as pieces that swap, remove or copy ingredients. These change what’s already in the box instead of simply covering it. Match the picture to finish. When your box matches the target, the recipe is complete and you move on.

Select or move a piece Click / drag Place a piece Click on the box Undo last piece Click the box Reset level Reset button Pause / menu Menu button