Flipon
What’s new if this type of game has been already done to death?
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Cute silly story which you don’t need in order to play (kinda appropriate for kids)
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Some extras which make it more enjoyable than open or free games in the same vein
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Game modes always challenging you and pushing you to the next level
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Nice audio tracks
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Overall sense of action and a feeling of joy
What’s bad with it?
Not much that I can say. I have enjoyed lots of hours of casual play and have already achieved whatever I supposedly wanted from it. There’s some replayability value but I’m already done at 12 hours (check my status and you’ll see if I reinstalled and kept playing later on).
– Real player with 20.7 hrs in game
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Review from a Hardcore Tetris Attack/Planet Puzzle League Player
When I saw this on sale, it was an instant buy! I was jonesing to flip some panels like back in the old days! As someone who played an unhealthy amount of Tetris Attack/Panel De Pon and Planet Puzzle League when I was younger, I can honestly say that I got my money’s worth here. If you’re familiar with the formula of those games, you’ll feel right at home here, and at the asking price, it’s honestly a steal!
PROS:
– Real player with 14.0 hrs in game
Mana Go Round
Prove yourself the best spell caster in the world; use your magic circles and win the Mana Go Round Tournament!
Flip and drop mana into matching circles. (Even amateur casters can do it!)
Rotate magic circles when nothing’s falling into place. (Go for big, or even HUGE, magic circles like a pro!)
But be prepared for tough rivals who will overload you with mana! (Don’t forget to return the favour.)
Battle it out against up to 5 others in intense local multiplayer matches. (Watch for falling mana!)
Features:
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Play with up to 6 people in multiplayer mode! (Play Story Mode to unlock characters.)
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Relax with some hand-crafted puzzles.
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A quirky story featuring Alice as she tries to win the Mana Go Round tournament.
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Use a keyboard or a controller.
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Support for multiple languages including English (Canadian), English (US), English (UK), and Japanese. Plus UI only in Chinese (Traditional), and French.
Read More: Best 4 Player Local Magic Games.
Batu Ta Batu
batu ta batu would be a pretty cool matching game, not your typical match-3 variety, but mostly broken controls make it largely unplayable. the store page says keyboard supported (as if it should be a feature in a pc game), but it just means the game sometimes reacts to keypresses somehow.
– Real player with 1.9 hrs in game
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Puzzle Patrol
NOTE: This review is only for the Zen mode at this time. I will add more to this review when I play the other modes more.
An absolutely engaging puzzle game that is very simple: match 3 or more of the same color “monster” and then hit them again to make them disappear. Do this multiple times in a row quickly to complete what I would call a “chain”. The more “chains” you do, the more points you get because the “chain” number equals the multiplier. The objective is to score the most number of points as quickly as you can.
– Real player with 2.8 hrs in game
Needs more ways to reward large clears, not just combos! Still, pretty good - although TotalBiscuit would be mad about this game - “a PC match-3 game without mouse support” (as he once said about Frozen Steam version)
– Real player with 2.5 hrs in game
Tumblestone
This puzzle game seems seriously under-recognized, and under-appreciated. Yeah, it’s a match-three game, and its immediate presentation and art style aren’t super amazing. However, below the surface, this game and its systems run very deep.
The game that the developer made prior to this is another puzzle game. I haven’t played it, but it looks really smart, even pretentious; it’s like playing an M.C. Escher painting. So yeah, this wouldn’t be a developer that would just go and make a dumb match-three puzzle game.
– Real player with 46.1 hrs in game
I’ve been playing puzzle games since I was young, but it’s been quite a while since something has really grabbed my attention. I didn’t think much of this when I first saw the store page, but I was so very wrong. Tumblestone is definitely the puzzle game I’ve been looking for.
Tumblestone is a Match-3 at heart, but it goes far deeper than you might think. The premise of the game is to match like-colored tumblestones in sets of three in order to clear the board. Your character shoots from the bottom of the screen to remove the lowest tumblestone of that column. This starts off as a rather simple task, but it quickly becomes a much more complex process; even the most straightfoward puzzles will require careful planning and execution to complete. As you progress through the campaign you will unlock modifiers, which mix up gameplay by changing the rules that are used when clearing blocks. Each of these modifiers will require you to think in a completely different manner than the others. You can also enable party mode in the options which will unlock every character and modifier to be used for local play only. In short, between its single-player and multiplayer modes, Tumblestone boasts a wide range of content.
– Real player with 41.3 hrs in game
Aloof
Aloof has a lovely unique atmosphere and simple to pick up gameplay but with insane depth. And I think I only started scratching the surface. It also has many multiplayer modes! Start for the vibe and stay for the combo’s.
– Real player with 10.5 hrs in game
Cool puzzle game
– Real player with 7.4 hrs in game
Brain Games
This is not an ordinary game, this is a whole complex for the development of a megamind. such games are not enough for the modern generation!
– Real player with 13.6 hrs in game
Perfect for playing on my laptop while flying on an airplane, since the game doesn’t require good system resources and is quite suitable for weak PCs or laptops.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
TopplePOP: Bungee Blockbusters
TopplePOP is physics puzzle action with bendy animal acrobats on bungee cords, for 1-4 players. Designed for solo, co-op and PvP in eSports battles, speedrun leaderboards & spectacular couch co-op parties. Become champions! Or don’t, and chill with an endless variety of zen puzzles.
TopplePOP takes block puzzles _**“off the grid” **_for fast & fluid freestyle physics fun!
Easy to pick up and play, with infinite depth to master.
Co-op action - team up with friends to pull off spectacular combo techniques!
Use gamepad or keys to guide bendy animal acrobats on rubber bands
Swing, rotate, shove, stack and fling blocks. Connect 4 to combo and POP!
Your pals are trapped, transformed into Grumble blocks! Rescue them to gain new abilities
Upsize combos & Topple chain reactions in pvp battles and co-op speedruns
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revolutionary physics-puzzle action, inspired by Tetris & PuyoPuyo
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instantly playable for endless solo play and spectacular couch co-op parties
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deep design for team-battle eSports & solo / co-op speedrun leaderboards
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gradual tutorials teach pro-techniques - become champions!
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or don’t! and chill with an endless variety of zen puzzles
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1 to 4 players in Co-Op Story Mode
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2 to 4 players in Vs. Mode (…possibly more!)
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Multiplayer Tournaments - team up with or against your friends
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Daily Challenges and Global Leaderboards
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Conquer increasingly hazardous missions, or chill with endless zen puzzles
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Play nice in co-op mode - communicate and synchronize your team maneuvers
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Be a meanie in battle mode - power-ups & chain reactions topple your opponents!
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Eight zones with distinct tools & hazards, rendered in a unique painterly art style
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Pick a path - choose your next mission, pick upgrades & gear up for the challenge
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Git gud - beat crushing traps, sinking icebergs, erupting lava and robot chainsaws!
Welcome to Bungee Blockbusters: a rapid-response brigade of rubber-banded heroes, deployed solo or in teams of two to four, against THE JUMBLE: a chaotic clutter of colorful blocks made of wood, metal, ice, fire, cactus, bubblegum, explosives and more!
Your pals are MIA, trapped inside sour-faced blocks called Grumbles, buried in the Jumble. Race to the rescue! Connect 3 same-color blocks to any Grumble and POP! instant freedom!
PRIMARY MISSION: Rescue lost Blockbusters! You have three minutes to swing down, fling blocks, pop Grumbles and free your pals! But beware - hang around too long, or stack too high and it’s GAME OVER - you’ll be transformed into Grumbles too!
SIDE OBJECTIVE: Explore deep in The Jumble! Discover new areas with their own unique tools and hazards; hone new skills to take on the toughest challenges - race to track down who or what is responsible for this mess and save the world!
Okay Blockbusters - you’ve got this! Bungees away!
WELCOME TO THE JUMBLE****
Fat Mask
I played the game a bit during the beta stage of the game and this is what I think. Fat Mask is a really fun brawler type local multiplayer game minus the brawling. Sounds weird, I know, but it has the feel of a brawler in the free for all mode except minus violence (unless you want to count shooting a cube at another players face, causing him to bounce around like crazy). There’s also a solo/co-op mode, where you work together to try to get as high a score as possible. But sometimes, it’s nice to try to best your friends in the free for all mode when you’re feeling competitive. In both game modes, there’s actually more depth to the gameplay than you would imagine at first - when you learn how to steal combos, combine combos, grab other’s cubes midair, etc, you start to really feel this. The only thing that irks me is that when you have your finger off the left stick and shoot a block, it goes in the last direction you pointed the stick, but I expect it to go to my avatar’s forward. I’ve missed some combo closing because of this, but I more or less got used to it by now
– Real player with 5.2 hrs in game
I have received this product for free, but it won’t change my overall idea, nor that it will influence my opinion in any way.
TLDR; Look for ‘‘Overall’’ bellow
Puzzle-Brawler does describe Fat Mask pretty well.
Let me summarize: There is 2 main game mode: Solo/Coop and Free for all.
In the solo/coop mode, you have to build block combos before a time limit (represented by 2 red ‘‘walls’’ that close on the screen. Once they touch it’s time out). As soon as you do a combo, the ‘‘walls’’ withdraw themselves a bit. The greater the combo is, the wider the walls will open. This can be played with friends: Building the biggest combo using teamwork.
– Real player with 4.4 hrs in game
Swapette Showdown
We challenge you to a Swapette Showdown!!!
Swapette Showdown is a competitive action puzzler for one to four players! Swap the blocks to create matches! Battle as/against cute magical girls a.k.a. the Swapettes!
Join the Swapettes in their battle to become the champion!
KEY FEATURES
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VS Mode: Play with up to 4 players or CPUs with various goals!
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Story Mode: Uncover the story of the game and your favorite characters!
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Classic Mode: Play on even grounds with no specials and abilities!
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Endless Mode: Try to get the highest score and see how long you can last!
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Puzzle Mode: Solve specific challenges with a set amount of moves!
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Online Play: Climb the ranks and challenge other players from all over
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Special Abilities: As you match blocks, gain the ability to unleash powerful attacks!
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Awesome Characters: Each with their own block sets, music theme, and special ability!
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Excitement: Lots of exclamation points!!!!