Overparked is one of the latest titles from Singaporean publisher Origame, by designer Daryl Chow. The aim of the game is to park incoming cars, trucks and buses in your parking lot, while working towards shared objectives and making chains of the same kind of vehicle.

We picked up a copy at PAX AUS 2025, and it’s quickly become a favourite of ours. While ploymino tile-drafting and placement isn’t a new concept, this game executes it exceptionally well: it’s easy to learn, quick to play, but with enough depth to keep you coming back.

On each player’s turn, they turn the steering wheel to choose a pattern of vehicles to place in their lot – and this, in turn, leaves each other player with a different set of vehicles that they too must place. This keeps everyone engaged and ensures the game moves at a good pace, which is perfect for players who don’t like long downtime (…like us).

If you know us, you know we’re suckers for some nice pieces – and this game definitely delivers on that. The first player token, traffic cones and objective markers are thick wooden pieces, which add a great 3D feel.

The player boards themselves also don’t disappoint, with a solid, dual-layer construction and precise cutouts for each component. The mechanic of “turning the wheel” to choose which parking card to take cleverly ties the theme to the gameplay.

With both a solo mode (that, admittedly, we are yet to try out) and “advanced trucks” which offer additional objectives to vary your gameplay, I don’t see us getting bored of this game any time soon. Due to the random nature of the objectives and the parking cards available to draw from, each game looks very different and your strategy must change depending on the circumstances.

Ultimately, as the game focuses on each player working on their own personal parking lot, it works very well even with fewer players. Card rotation slows slightly, making planning more strategic, but there’s still always the risk that your chosen card gets taken, which keeps the tension alive.

Overparked is a satifying, well-made and fast-paced tile-laying game that we’d recommend to anyone who wants a light puzzle game that’s still suitably challenging!

Check out the game here: https://www.origame.co/overparked