Axet

Few games from 1994 dared to ask the real question: “What if you gave an axe to someone with absolutely no training and dropped them into a dungeon with the reflexes of a sloth?” Axet did. This little-known DOS action-puzzler features a hero who swings like they’re underwater and puzzles that would stump a Mensa club. It’s equal parts frustration and fascination, like watching someone try to chop wood with a spoon. But beneath the clunky graphics and janky controls lies a strangely addictive rhythm. Or Stockholm syndrome. You decide.