Three Digits

The game is alright, I would give it a neutral review but since Steam has only positive and negative reviews I'll select positive, since as of this edit the game had below 50% positive reviews.
I got this game a while ago and got the badge but I've only just properly played it now and there are some issues I've had with the game.

- As a quality-of-life feature, the game could really do with an undo button or a save board state feature.
- The reset button is very slow, it's faster to manually remove the red/green from all of the numbers and manually reset that way.
- The game doesn't exactly have a consistent difficulty curve as it seems to top out for full rather quickly and most of the variations are less difficult than full. To make the difficulty curve more gradual I would say to have full be at the end and have the variations building up to full in terms of complexity, or to have full near the end and then levels such as Awkward Range Reversed afterwards at the end.
- There are a few big blocks of the same level type in the game, e.g. the section full #3 is 60 full levels in a row which is a bit much at least for me and gets samey rather quickly. 30 of the same type in a row I would say is a good maximum but 15-24 is a nice block size.
- The textures don't seem to scale well to higher resolutions, this is most noticeable on the scrolling icon on the level-select screen, however since this game is rather old by now this isn't too unexpected and not too much of an issue anyway.
- The background music doesn't save its configuration when you exit the game, so it will always load turned on and at maximum volume.
- It would be cool if the random mode allowed more options, such as numbers of only a certain category (e.g. multiples of 3, primes, etc.).

Bugs:
- The achievement rewarding is wonky and requires you to close the game, reopen the game, then close the game again to be awarded with them.
- The game seems to lag when kept open for a while, especially when in a larger resolution and when a lot of numbers are clicked on and off.
- When you beat Level 300 (the final one), the game displays Level 301 at the top briefly and then kicks you to the main menu after that.
- The random mode says you must have a difference of 29 to make a board, however it seems to be that you actually need a difference of at least 299.
- The random mode doesn't let you input exact numbers and so the scrollbar doesn't let you pick exact values and will skip over some on many resolutions.
- The save slot and how to play info text goes slightly off the screen on 800x600, it's still readable but some of the letters have the very end cut off.

I would say if you don't mind the premise of the game and don't mind it getting samey/repetitive it's fine to go through every-so-often, but otherwise probably not.

Fun and not too difficult, you can beat it in a few hours

I have no clue how you're supposed to figure out the answers without cheating, unless you're either great with numbers or extremely patient.

If you like number puzzles, then I guess this would be your thing, but I am far to bad at it to properly judge.

The game wasn't bad, it just wasn't for me, as it turns out. I found Two Digits more manageable, but with this one I would often just resort to random combinations until I uncovered something helpful. I guess One Digit would be more my speed.

On a more objective note, I have some technical complaints about the game. The game could use a back button and a quit button, so that it could be fully mouse-controlled. Music settings aren't carried between sessions, so you'll need to mute it or turn it down every time (at least I did, I found the music insufferable), volume settings often reset to max when you leave the settings screen. Achievements don't trigger when you've satisfied their condition, first you need to quit the game, restart it and quit again. I appreciate the final three puzzles being so simple for the sake of winding down the effort or just rushing to the finish, but it could've been done better than two of the three being identical.

“Three Digits”, the sequel to “Two Digits” is another decent game with that same interesting objective but naturally harder difficulty with a LOT of levels. Thankfully there’s a Guide to help you get the answers quickly for an easy Perfect game recorded for your Steam profile.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=552918988

Afterwards you can leave the game open, be it to play Random Mode, where the game comes up with randomly generated numbers to solve the objective (you can even chose what numbers will show up, as long as the minimum is 29), listen to the relaxing music further, or absolutely nothing; it’ll be all for the sake of those Trading Card drops offered, even though they’re dirt-cheap on the Community Market anyway. Speaking of, the Badges, profile backgrounds and emoticons are decent-looking, too; it’ll be up to you deciding if they’ll be worth using but nothing like more easy XP for your profile. 👍

Takes about 3-4 hours to 100% with a guide. Seems the developers takes the games seriously, since they have been actively fixing bugs. A good enough game for those that likes numbers.

Successor of the game Two Digits. In this installment, you play with - as the name implies - 3-digit numbers instead of two.

Bought this at the height of my puzzle game-enthusiasm and I got myself to play till level 10 (out of 300), then I gave up. It has just gotten too tedious for me. Every now and then I play it for a few levels to complete the achievements (with help of a guide), but... *argh*

It probably can be a relaxing game for someone else to just switch it on, play a few levels, have fun with it and then return to your daily routine, but I'm simply not the right audience for this type of game.

Few reviews for this poor game! :')
Ok, maybe 2€ instead of 1€ is too much for all that the game has to offer, but it's ok if you can get it on sale!
The game's made with Unity and as always you'll have to change the graphics settings before starting it - I suggest you to play it windowed if you've got a big monitor, and for what concers graphci quality well.. it really doesn't affect anything xD
The game itself is very very minimalistic, the only setting you can change regards the background music and its volume - it's a nice classical tune, mainly piano, but gets repetitive very soon.
You will have 300 different levels, and this is the reason why it can take you quite a lot of time. They're divided into about 10-12 categories and thanks to an awesome player we have also a Steam guide which will help you a lot in overcoming some (or many) of them.
The mechanics of the game are simple: for every level you're given only 14 numbers, that will range between 1 and 1000; then, you'll have in the lowest part of the screen two different counters; the green one will sum up the numbers you'll click one time, while the red one will do the same but with two clicks on the number you have chosen.
The goal of the game is to find two different sets (the 14 numbers are always 14 different ones) that basically have the same result.
Be aware that the game is more time-consuming than difficult, given two facts: one, you're given 14 numbers even on the hardest settings and two, often the green or the red counter will require only one number clicked, or maximum two while the other one will almost never require more than three numbers. So, it can also be a matter of luck, of try-and-repeat or just to think and try different combinations. It -is- difficult, of course, since you're dealing with high numbers, so make good use of the guide when you're stuck, but apart from that it's nothing impossible to achieve.
The achievement themselves are quite bugged, like they should appear when you complete a set but they'll actually be given you only when you close and re-open the game again - in my personal experience, I never had an achievement opened while in-game; they were automatically unlocked on Steam.
Plus, there is a random mode: you can choose it before playing any kind of game and then you'll be able to choose the range of your numbers, from 1 to 999 so if you put 1-306 (the difference between them must be quite high, for obvious reasons) you'll play a set of continuous random levels with 14 numbers ranging from 1 to 306. It's quite pointless, it's just there to give you a random level without any other expectations.
Ok, it's all here.
The developers actually could have put some more effort both in the music and in the game itself: the two click thing is quite stupid if you think about it, why not putting simply a right click for the reds and a left click for the greens? Since the right mouse button has no use in the whole game..
In my opinion, I saw lots of negative reviews and I can relate to them. It's a game that surely could have been for free, given the fact that the levels go all through the same exact mechanisms and there's nothing new even on the later levels. But anyways, I think that if someone's interested into these maths games it can be still enjoyable and challenging; of course this isn't a game that you can complete in two days, it's better to play it every now and then and to watch the guide if you get stuck.
My positive vote of course isn't a perfect one, not at all, and the concept I think it was played even 4000 years ago in Greece but anyways, there are no games like this one on Steam and if you are into the mechanism and you like this kind of challenge, here you'll have 300 different levels that can keep you occupied for a while :)

While I did enjoy this game's prequel two digits (here's my review of it: http://steamcommunity.com/id/sharpeye468/recommended/371330/), Three Digits didn't improve on much... and also didn't actually chance much at all other than introduce the entirety of the three digit numbers pool.

The Pros and cons can be the same as well, as nothing changed gameplay wise but the one big difference that I found in this one was that the three digit numbers just made the game longer and more boring. The previous game felt fun (to me at least) as there was a difficulty level that wasn't too difficult. This one just felt a lot longer (even though there's only 50 more levels) and lost my attention rather quickly. If it wasn't bundled with the first (I bought the bundle awhile ago when it was on sale) I definitely wouldn't have wanted to buy this game.

So overall, if you aren't getting the bundle I would recommend against getting this one. It's longer, more boring, and just overall way more tedious than Two Digits. 3/10 from me.

Due to my short playtime and having not yet completed the first game, Two Digits, maybe my review isn't quite as qualified as the others. Three Digits is in some ways an improvement over the original, but it also increases the tedium found in the later levels of the first game. While I'll probably go back and chip away at Two Digits over time until I finish it, I'm just straight up dropping this since it is only a grind, and not really any fun.

I would look forward to a more polished iteration of the first game, perhaps find some other way to improve or make it more difficult than simply making it take longer to complete the puzzles, but at least make it fun.

So, a review at last.
The IDEA of the game is fine. I played through Two Digits pretty quick, and was quite happy to find an upgrade.

The REALISATION, however, is not so good. Firstly, it was coded in Unity, which I'm guessing is better suited for different types of game. Three Digits is SLOW. Slow to reset puzzles, slow to accept clicks, etc. Secondly, it does not save settings upon quitting, i.e. the background music is turned back on every time, and it's pretty bad background music...

Unfortunately I have to recommend, or not. That's a toughie. I'll click Yes, but above restrictions apply. It's more of a "if you can live with the limitations" than a true Yes.

Two Digits was enjoyable, however, as other reviewers have indicated its sequel resoolves to a pointless grind after about the first 10 of the 300 preset levels. Little entertainment to be had here, even for casual puzzle fans.

Suffers from the same problems of Two Digits, but is harder. This game isn't fun at all, and there is no sense of development, as all packs feel exactly the same. To top it off now it has 300 challenges, as if 10 levels weren't enough to show all this game's capabilities.

This isn't as much of a puzzle game as it is a math game; there isn't any sort of strategy beyond brute-force calculations, at least that I've noticed.

This game is an extension to Two Digits, a similar game with smaller numbers. I highly recommend buying that game first, if you have any sort of interest in this.

What this game and Two Digits does is include what seems to be a full list of content (300 levels), which sounds like a good deal to someone who likes puzzles, until you realize that these levels do not in anyway enhance the game or move it forward at all; honestly, it's not needed at all. Echoing other reviewers: 10 levels is all someone will want to do; doing more becomes a chore.

The sturcture is very reminicient of a mobile game, and in all likeliness was probably a direct port to PC.

The highlights of this game are the achievements and an okay soundtrack.

While some people may enjoy this game, I did not.

I like the game.
(Editing this after 131 puzzles: There's no satisfaction here just because there's no human-viable heuristic for solving these puzzles. I've resorted to using the guide to get one side of the equation and then finding the other side, which is actually reasonable to do)

I don't like having the game not save an hour of progress.
It's worth noting that I haven't lost progress again, but just knowing that it's possible for the game to decide you have to do a large chunk again... it's more than mildly annoying.

Three Digits is a game where there are 14 numbers from 1-999. All you have to do is find two groups of numbers with the same sum. It's fun for me because I like the math, but the scale is a little large: Two Digits was easy enough by getting differences and making the ones place match, while Three Digits feels a lot like a guessing game at time. 11 or 12 numbers would have been a little better.

The game doesn't save your audio setting. The background piano gets very grating very quickly and I've muted it every time I've started the game- and had to keep doing so! The UI is simple. Too simple- there's no back button, instead the game has to TELL YOU to use the Escape key to go back- on an otherwise entirely mouse controlled game! Oh and should you tab out for whatever reason, say to check IMs after finishing a level... you'll find the game does not advance while tabbed out. Meaning every single slow level completion/load animation can't be multitasked. This is a little nitpicky, but it's a completely needless addition and I'm already in an admittedly petty mood from this game.

Ultmately, there are way too many flaws with this game. Go play Two Digits instead- it doesn't avert all of these flaws, but it averts enough to be an enjoyable experience.

Haven't played it long, not sure if I want to continue.

In my review of "Two Digits" I said you should go for Three Digits instead if you want a challenging math game. I want to amend that: if you want a challenging math game, get Hexcells or something similar. Don't get Three Digits.

It suffers from the same lack of game advancement as Two Digits, in that there is no innovation between level packs, and they become very same-y very quickly. With fourteen numbers rather than nine you'd think that would make it more difficult, and you'd be right. But it's less a puzzle game and more a really bad point-and-click adventure. I solved most of the puzzles I've completed through pure luck, randomly clicking until I make a connection and figure out what number I need to make.

The music isn't the worst thing in the world, but it isn't fantastic either, some plinky-plonky piano which is cheerful if irritating when you notice it repeating. You can turn it off with a tick-box in the options, but it's worth noting that the volume slider beneath that box doesn't work - the volume simply reverts back to full when you exit.

It's not absolutely awful - there is something to be said for the challenge of it when you're playing it - but the sheer number of false starts and leaps of logic it takes to actually finish these puzzles make it difficult in the wrong way. There's less math knowledge at work here and more random clicking.

I'm gonna finish it, because I'm nothing if not bloody-minded about gaming. But I don't think it's great as a game.

I like using this game as a nice break in between long sessions of some bigger titles. It's different and yet still challenging and fun. Any math lovers will enjoy this title. Aesthetically more shapes could be used to give players a different look every few rounds or a number of random shapes that could appear within the number sets each round. I also wish the achievement system was a little more robust than just finishing sets. Game play wise I believe the game achieves its purpose, a nice break from everything else.

This game is f-ing annoying because it's ported from the cellphone and the author didn't bother changing anything to fit the PC screen.

Too many numbers in a stupid shape on the screen makes the left and right portions of the screen useless. Also, this leads to the overly small numbers on the screen causing eye problems.

I don't mind the difficult calculations but some of the things bug me too much. Not recommend.

Got boring fast. Unless you love Math, there just isn't enough to keep you interested for longer than 10 puzzles.

Pretty much the same as its prequel Two Digits, except Three Digits range of numbers is 1-999 and 14 choices of numbers per level, unlike Two Digits which only 9 choices of numbers per level.
Still have not make out the downside of Two Digits :

• Still needs restart the game to unlock achievements.
  
• Still doesn't support left & right click to change the color instead of multiple click.
  
• Still doesn't support mouse scrolling in level screen.
  

• The BGM is better than Two Digits.
  
• Number of levels is 300 so it has 50 more levels than Two Digits.
  
[*]Definitely way harder than Two Digits.