ROVE: Essential Collection

Somewhere in the far reaches of space, a crash-landed robot is doing its best. That robot is you.

ROVE: Essential Collection brings together the beloved solo spatial puzzle game and six of its most popular expansions in one complete package. You play as a Results-Oriented Versatile Explorer — a plucky little robot stranded on a hostile alien planet with nothing but a grid of module cards and a dwindling power supply standing between you and permanent shutdown.

Each session is a brain-bending logic puzzle: arrange your six module cards into the exact pattern shown on your current mission card, spending movement points wisely and timing your modules' powerful one-time abilities just right. Every module moves differently — some slide diagonally, some push neighbors — and the puzzle shifts with every card you play.

With six expansions included alongside the base game, the Essential Collection delivers icy hazards that freeze your modules in place, alien activity cards that force all your modules to follow one movement style, and cosmic crises that demand you solve missions with a single movement card. There are also new reconfigured modules with boosted (and sometimes backfiring) abilities, tourist trap mechanics, and more.

ROVE is the rare solo game that fits in your pocket, plays in about 20 minutes, and still manages to make you feel like a genius when you crack it — and delightfully humbled when you don't. A perfect pick for puzzle lovers, solo gamers, and anyone who's ever rooted for an underdog (especially a robotic one).

• 1 player
• ~20 minutes
• Ages 14+
• Includes base game + 6 expansions
• Publisher: Button Shy