Button City
This game is one of the few ones that I have bought either as pre-order or within release week, and I am clad that I did. I really enjoyed playing and streaming this game, with its cute polygon graphics. It was interesting to see how well game works without any voice acting, only text and some sound effects when needed. However as expected, just released games still have some bugs and glitches, but I managed to find only two that either stops you from advancing without resetting the game or mini-game, or stops you playing altogether, one before and one after playing the game.
– Real player with 16.8 hrs in game
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My childhood was not surrounded by tons of friends, and the few I had didn’t share the same passions as I did: my passion for all kinds of video games was kept mostly to myself while growing up, and while playing this game, I found myself surprisingly feeling like the young, lonely girl I was when I was growing up– but it also made me feel like the fun-loving, yet somewhat mischievous kid I was before adulthood.
I saw this game’s demo in a recent Steam sale based on animals, (one that was actually not on the front page of Steam, and was hidden!) and none of the games really appealed to me, aside from this little one hidden in the cracks. I decided to grab the demo while it was active, and I was kind of in love with it, keeping skepticism in mind. While the game shows need of polish, with a bit of a sluggish pace and the need of a few of some control improvements, what this game offered beyond that was genuinely another experience I wasn’t expecting at all.
– Real player with 15.1 hrs in game
Fire Tonight
The gameplay is not out of ordinary but it introduces simple new mechanics in every chapter. You try to find your way in a 3D maze and it’s kind of easy.
The story on the other side, is easy going and heart warming with the dialogues and the cutscenes.
It was a very nice short experience overall with all the music and the unusual narrative.
– Real player with 6.9 hrs in game
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This game is short (about 60 minutes tops) so the price isn’t that bad for what you get. My biggest problem with it is the achievement for “Stroll down memory lane”. There is no checklist to tell you what you are missing from the level so you have to play it and hope you touched everything. Some are saying it is glitched and after 3 hours, I may be inclined to agree with them. I have checked several guides and nothing really tells me what the issue is and why I can’t unlock this achievement. I had a great time with it but definitely feeling a little burned by the experience. Don’t delete me
– Real player with 4.1 hrs in game
Bartender Hustle
MASTER YOUR CRAFT
Mix drinks at five unique bars while you progress through your career, then test your endurance and compete on the global leaderboard in the arcade mode.
HAVE A CHAT
Meet a variety of patrons as you continue on your destiny and set the mood by creating a playlist with a library of music to choose from.
UNFOLD YOUR STORY
Play through the story mode where you will move into new residences, manage your relationships, and work through your career as a professional bartender.
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Green Fairy VR
thank you so much for this wonder
it is one of my favorite experience incredible the vr the characters design , the music , the animations , the voices , the story i love all wouah
i would love you plan more stories with the fairies on steam and on quest store it would be wonderfull
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game
Impressions Video with Commentary // Oculus Rift S // RTX 2070 Super:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts88Z1Gjvww
My Initial Impressions:
Superb FREE animation and storytelling.
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Our America
Our america allows the audience to experience life as a Black person. This VR experience follows a father and his son on the way to school. The audience experiences the branching narrative from the fathers point of view while they make decisions and interact with the story. In the VR headset they will battle overt and subtle racism as the story culminates at a climax where they must make the correct decisions to get to school on time.
The Book of Distance
What can I say that hasn’t been said already?
About 30 minutes, not much to “do” but so much to read & feel.
You’ll need a solid 1.5m x 1.5m space to get the full effect.
Ok, enough with the technical stuff…
Such a wonderful VR experience!!! Just wow.
It resonated with me so much, (lens got foggy, something in my eye…both eyes, weird) as I am first generation after my father immigrated to the United States.
He worked very hard & for almost nothing for decades to provide for our family. We were very poor, no Nike’s or name brand stuff but always had food.
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
This game is a great way to introduce VR to beginners.
Truth be told I did not believe the other review when they said it will make u cry.
The first 3 minutes when i played this the atmosphere just captured my attention and It made me teared up because of the ambient. From the tone of the narrator to his father’s point of view. It got me on edge. Granted there are a few flaws in the game. But from the way The game was made and told You know that the developers wanted to capture the story telling. Making an immersive experience. Keep in mind that this story is a sad one.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
The Plane Effect
I loved this game for a great many reasons and I hope you will too!
At its core “The Plane Effect” is a mystery puzzle game that unfolds as you meander through a dreamlike state, which often borders on the surreal and even nightmarish. One should note that this tale is depicted with an amazing artistry that stands unique even among the countless other “artistic indie games” out there, enacting a style that does not act simply as window-dressing but contributes to the experience on a fundamental level. Unlike many games it does not feel as if an artist was just asked to throw some pretty graphics on top of a game but rather that the art was always a core consideration when each of levels were designed.
– Real player with 17.3 hrs in game
The game is superb, it takes you in a world with an exclusive atmosphere. It’s peculiar and strange. The aim of the game is making you feel lonely and disoriented. It gets his objective completely. If you feel too much alone you can opt to use the GUIDED feature that helps you to overcome every kind of difficulty you may face. The puzzles are ok, the sound controls are missing.
– Real player with 8.6 hrs in game
Death On A Street Corner: Overdose Simulator
Excellent. Buy it. Sit down for less than an hour of your busy life and enjoy it.
The decision to convey this message through a game, a format distinguished by the expectation to make decisions and influence circumstances, is a meaningful light to shine on the fallacy of “personal responsibility” in poverty and drug abuse. Moreover, Death on a Street Corner’s depiction of the working world’s co-option of family, as an institution, really conveys the inter-generational regime of fear, guilt and expectation that is created while we judge ourselves into submission and while naïve, rich kids and finance demi-gods look on, alienated and looking to be entertained.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
It is incredibly depressing.
I really love the way the story is put together.
I wish there was some more interaction. I don’t mean that I should have any choices, just a few more things to do.
Definitely worth the price tag and will stick with you for a while after you play.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
Time Bandit – Part 1: Appendages of the Machine
A Game That Takes Time
A dark life sim that unfolds slowly in real time, with an unusual combination of elements from idle, stealth, and puzzle genres.
Make your choices carefully, because everything you start will take time to finish–just like in real life. Place down one of these automated forklifts to push a box for you, for example, and it’ll take an actual half an hour to finish moving it:
You’ll just have to go and do other stuff and come back later.
You work as an independent contractor for a mining company, but soon you discover they’re trying to take control of time in order to make you work for them forever. Manage your money, fuel, and energy while slowly solving puzzles to collect the time crystals and then pull off high-stakes stealthy heists to steal back from your employer.
Featuring tons of real-time game mechanics:
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Move boxes, grow trees, build bridges, and compact trash–and wait for them to finish.
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Different guard rotations and different consequences for getting caught depending on the time of day when you play.
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A story that unfolds slowly through conversations that work like real-life phone calls. Characters will only call you periodically to advance the story over the course of days and weeks of playtime.
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Your energy meter goes down while you play, and it takes up to 8 real-time hours of good sleep to fill it up all the way.
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Meet characters at the actual meeting times that you set with them.
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Real-time dynamic music.
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And much more.
A Story of Political Intrigue
The first part of an epic, explicitly anticapitalist melodrama, told through lowpoly cutscenes and radio conversations inspired by early cinematic games. The company’s CEO and shareholders have come up with a scheme to live forever, but it will mean sacrificing the lives of their workers. Fight for a world where everyone has a right to their time.
Use the realistic radio to call characters anytime for dialogue about whatever situation you’re in. You’ll find hints on what to do next, details that expand the story, fourth wall–breaking humor, and more.
A challenge with real consequences: Don’t get caught by guards or let yourself fall asleep, or you might end up stuck waiting it out in jail or the hospital.
Fixed camera angles in gameplay, just like in the old days. With a real-time day-and-night cycle and real-time weather tied to your location, to make the game integrate more with your life.
Tons of playtime in part one alone. And you can use your save file to continue where you left off when the next part comes out. Truly commit to the long haul of the real-time experience.
Join Time Bandit’s Discord to receive development updates and offer your feedback on work in progress! https://discord.gg/vhue5NtN39
Ashwalkers
Updated for Steam Nominations 2021
As mostly first person shooters player, i sometimes enjoy switching to less intense indie games. Ashwalkers would be one of those.
For me this game became liked a moment i saw it on store. Mostly because of character design and story setting, which is surprisingly similar to one i’ve wrote a couple of years ago. So far this is the closest thing to what could be called “dream game”.
As the gameplay is not challenging, it requires player to calculate their movements since “survival” part is taking an action. Game itself is user friendly, player just need to get used to visual narrative and simple controls.
– Real player with 5.4 hrs in game
For those looking for a game akin to the choose your own adventure books of old, Ashwalkers is phenomenal. Decisions require careful thought be put into them, and the game rewards reading into the choices and texts. Some of the choices endgame that determine the endings felt a bit arbitrary, but after having at least gone down the three main endings (that each have at least 12 permutations) twice I can say I had a fun time for the price of the game.
That game while short does its best to make the time spent feel much longer than it is between the unique art style of both the world and its inhabitants, and the survival mechanics of the game which help add a needed sense of weight to the smaller choices. I had fun carefully deliberating on if I wanted to risk losing one resources for another I was in desperate need of. On repeat runs however this meter watching quickly begin to feel monotonous.
– Real player with 5.4 hrs in game