ThunderWheels
21 November, 2018: I’ve nominated this game for The “Better with Friends” Award. Though you don’t really need anybody else to play with, this game does lend itself well to party play. Anyway, Steam required me to update a review to get the badge, so…
30 June, 2018: I’m re-writing this review, as the development over the last six months has made much of my original review obsolete.
This is a great “retro” racing game. Race up to 8 vehicles (currently 11 different vehicles to choose from) on various off-road courses. From the menu you can select the number of opponents as well as the number of laps. As of now there are about a dozen different tracks that you can race in either direction, plus more available through Stem Workshop. You can race a single track, or multiple tracks (& directions) for a total “season” of multiple races. Points are totaled for each race and if you finish in the top three you can see your car on the “podium” at the end. This works with single player versus AI opponents, or local multiplayer. The developers say that online multiplayer is something in the works, but it is not available as of today.
– Real player with 275.2 hrs in game
Read More: Best 4 Player Local Racing Games.
….if the game not starting (crash) it need this file:
https://www.arcadeinjection.com/uploads/PhysX_Game_installer_273.msi
Overwhelming Positive! Very very good game!
I love one screen isometric racing games!!! (A LOT).
I will be waiting, ofc, for more updates and improvements.
My history on some of top downs/isometrics racing games:
Gran Prix Simulator. Amstrad 6128cpc. My first (love) one screen racing. It had a speech effect x’D
Professional BMX Simulator. Amstrad 6128cpc. Top down bmx racing… long time ago… :'(
– Real player with 40.7 hrs in game
Tinker Racers
This game far exceeded my expectations!!
I agree with someone who wrote a review saying “it’s almost like stealing from the developers”. It is very cheap for what it delivers (in fact I still don’t get the price so low, maybe because it is in Early Access …).
After unlocking all the tracks, we spent a lot of time having so much fun at Free For All Mode! 4 people playing it is insane!
The lack of an online multiplayer would be a serious problem for a game like this if it weren’t for Steam’s Remote Play Together. Luckily because of this steam feature we were able to have a lot of fun playing online, so maybe that can be disregarded. If you are playing on the keyboard, just remember to previously agree on which keys each player of the remote play together will play (after all you are supposed to be playing on the same keyboard via stream … it took us a while to realize this).
– Real player with 8.3 hrs in game
Read More: Best 4 Player Local Racing Games.
It’s extremely difficult to speak ill of this game considering the price it charges. It’s dirt cheap, it’s almost like stealing from the developers. And what’s in it for you?
As the game itself says in its description, it is essentially a clone of MicroMachines. It is essentially the same game, with the same principles: you use small (toy) cars, running on tracks that seem to have been assembled by children in their rooms, to play against other cars. If the distance between the first place and the other cars is too great, the cars that touch the edges of the screen are defeated and disappear, until there is only one car left on the track. Then, you win the round, and repeat this for 5 more times.
– Real player with 5.6 hrs in game
Fighting Fiends
A pretty unique fighting game utilising the top down perspective as opposed to the more common sideview. Some of the mechanics are based on other more established franchises (like Smash or Street Fighter), but it puts a unique spin on them due to the unorthodox camera. The fighting itself is also surprisingly deep despite having a seemingly limited control scheme, featuring special cancels, shield deterioration and even stances. The characters also differ quite a bit in both design and move set, but the core gameplay still heavily relies on fundamental concepts such as spacing and punishment.
– Real player with 20.4 hrs in game
Read More: Best 4 Player Local Fighting Games.
Great game. Could be amazing with a little polish and more characters
– Real player with 12.9 hrs in game
Pixels Guide to Staying Dead
Pixels Guide to Staying Dead was featured on my youtube channel
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2175220772
and now onto the short review
//Description//
Pixels Guide to Staying Dead is a local top down shooter game with an interesting twist- you must bring your opponents to 0 HP. Use your math skills to determine how to do that.
//Graphics, Sound & Artstyle//
there isn’t much to say about the graphics as it seems like any other pixel type of game. Sound is nice and found myself humming the main theme.
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
I・S・U ~Fighting Musical Chair~
Sit in the Chair by any means !
Break a leg !
▼What’s this game ?▼
This game is “top-view fighting action musical chair game”.
In this game, you will control the character selected by you to compete with other players for the chair.
If you want to sit in the chair, there is no problem kicking the chair or other players in this game (Please don’t kick others in the real world).
▼Rule▼
After sitting in the Chair for 3 seconds, you will be the winner. Otherwise,you will be an underdog.
In the game with the time limit, the closest player will be the winner when time is up.(By default, the time limit is 60 seconds.)
If your HP is eliminated, you will drop out.
▼Actions▼
Playable characters have each unique skills to win the chair.
The skill can be used by pressing the 1 or 2 button, so you don’t need to practice complicated command inputs like typical fighting games.
Also, there are two types of gauges (SP gauge and EX gauge) gathered according to time, you can take actions to accumulate gauges and activate skill by consuming gauge.
Then various situations will occur during the game by each players' actions.
▼Possible actions during game (Buttons of Xbox controllers)▼
MOVE（L stick）
Movement in 8 directions.
STRIKE（
／
）
Attack to nearby enemies.
TACKLE（
）
Rush in the direction facing.You can change the facing direction before moving.
-TECHNICAL TACKLE（
during other actions）
TACKLE will be activated during another actions.If starting of TACKLE is invincible, the invincible time of TACKLE is 0 or short.
-CHAIR TACKLE（
during sitting）
Immediately rush from the chair.
SP ARTS（
when 
）
SP gauge usage skills. Techniques to expand the range of strategies such as jumps and invincible actions.
EX ARTS（
＋
／
／
／
when 
）
EX gauge usage skills. Techniques that suits the personality of the character.
CHARGE（
）
Speed up accumulation of SP gauge and EX gauge.
GUARD（
）
Invalidate damage from your opponent. If you receive a guard break attack (GB) such as TACKLE, GUARD reduce damage by half .
SIT/STAND（
by
）
Sit in the Chair. / Stand up from the Chair
MIRACLE（
＋
）
Skill that can be used only once during game. Cancel the current action and blow away what is in the surroundings. You can cancel rigidity of this skill with EXTRA.
Pause（
）：Pause the game.
Zoom In（
）：Zoom in when the camera mode is Player.
Zoom Out（
）：Zoom out when the camera mode is Player.
-Zoom Reset（
）：Initialize zoom.
▼Operation on selection scene▼
Switch players（Keyboard1-4）[
When you press that in the title scene, you change the number of the keyboard operated player.
Move（L stick）
Change the focus. On the character select scene, the cursor moves.
Decide（
）
Select the focused one.
Cancel（
）
Cancel your selection.
Decide CPU characters（
／
／
／
）
Press it on the character panel when you want to decide the CPU on the character select screen, .
Game Start （
）
Press it and start the game when the game start condition is set.
Back（
）
Return to the previous screen.
▼Keyboard configuration (Modifiable)▼
L stick : arrow key
-
: Z key
-
: X key
-
: C key
-
: A key
-
: L-Shift
-
: R-Shift
-
: S key
-
: D key
-
: Space
-
: Escape
▼Game mode▼
There are various modes in this game.
Please choose the mode you want to do.
LESSON
Characters will explain the operation and skills in this mode.
If you don’t know how to operate and rules of this game, please try playing this mode first.
REHEARSAL
You can practice in this mode.
Please prepare the environment with rehearsal options and practice.
VS
You can fight among players, fight with CPU, watch match between CPUs in this mode.
Up to 4 players can play at the same time.
・Camera mode
You can choose from 3 camera modes. Please switch in options mode according to your preference and situation.
First：Mode to draw around 1P.
Players：Mode to divide the screen and draw each player.
Chair：Mode to draw around the Chair.
２VS２
You can fight at 2 VS 2 in this mode.
The team to which the winning player belongs wins.
Please enjoy the strategy by combining various characters.
ARCADE
It is a mode of fighting continuously with the CPUs.
If you clear stage 10, you can see ENDING.
OPTIONS
You can make various changes such as change of key config, game speed, time limit, processing at the time of dropout.
Since the settings of ARCADE mode and REHEARSAL mode are independent without basic setting (1st page), please change from OPTIONS on each character select scenes.
AWARDS
You can see the awards of releasing.
It also contains hints of awards that have not yet been achieved.
You need to use the keyboard to achieve all awards.
▼Playable Characters▼
Histoire
Birthplace : France
He is the game master of I・S・U.
He is art works with ego. His head is made of the concept of a chair.
His ability is good at handling the Chair.
Fadia
Birthplace : Dubai
She is a robot with free will after singularity. fights for self-sacrifice for salvation.
Her feature is two different battle modes. You can change these modes in battle.
Kokuzo
Birthplace : Japan
She is a ninja aiming for the villain who killed his father.
Her HP is small, but she has fast legs, high offensive sword and “shuriken”(throwing star).
With her EX ARTS, she can go behind the nearest enemy from the chair. So sometimes she can reverse the situation.
Iwan
Birthplace : Russia
He is a clumsy, honest and powerful farmer. His hobby is wrestling.
He has high endurance and long invincible time.
His legs are so late that it is difficult for him to win once he leaves the chair.
Meaw
Birthplace : Thailand
Ze is a lovely ladyboy. Ze zirself is non-violent, but a violent spirit “Phi” protects zir.
You will operate two characters(Meaw and Phi) at the same time.
Even if Meaw sits in the chair Phi can attack, so this character is very strong.
I Pak-ssu
Birthplace : Korea
He is a Ponchak Star. He loves to dance and sing.
Because he has skills that can cancel all actions, he can respond instantly to various situations.
During EX ARTS invocation you will be able to attack the enemies that are falling, so you can hit great damage by hitting STRIKE.
Dan
Birthplace : Scotland
He is a genius football juvenile. He was born as a nobleman, but he dislikes that his father is severe.
Because his attack range is long, with this character you can control the game without getting close to the chair.
However, it takes time to recover when under attack, sometimes he’ll drop out without counterattack.
Dafu
Birthplace : Hong Kong
He is a chubby trickster who are easily deceived. Master of Kung Fu.
There are few circumstances that are difficult for him, and he is easy to use.
You can decide the game at once with high risk - high return skill.
Wunala
Birthplace : Australia
He is a violent kangaroo fighter. Attack, break, fun.
His HP is small, but he has fast legs and high offensive power.
It is difficult to play as him because he will be knocks out as soon as you make a mistake.
La Suicida
Birthplace : Mexico
She is a daredevil Lucha Dola. She will accept anyone’s challenge.
Tackle movement distance is characteristic of her.
Because she is easy to use, if you are troubled with the character you use, I’d recommend using this character for the time being.
Shanti
Birthplace : Himalayan Range
She is a yoga master. She meditates anyway.
Because meditation (EX ARTS) improves ability, meditation is a way to win.
She also has a full recovery skill, so you may take aggressive actions.
Steven
Birthplace : United States of America
He is a spokesman for justice. He is a mayor who resolves anything by power.
His feet are slow, but he has skills to move, so he will move around.
Because his ability to take chairs is low, you basically have to defeat your opponent when using him.
In this game, we use the materials of the following site.
-image
ぴぽや
白螺子屋
-Sound effect
ザ・マッチメイカァズ
-Music
甘茶の音楽工房
魔王魂
龍的交響楽
-Font
Lightmorning
うつくし明朝体フォント
FatCow Font Family
This is a work of fiction.
The characters, incidents and locations portrayed and the names herein are fictitious and any similarity to or identification with the location, name, character or history of any person, product or entity is entirely coincidental and unintentional.
Written by fuddy (Shota Fujimoto)
Knight Squad
So I will start by saying this I bought this game while ago when It was on sale, and I have to say this game has far exceeded my expectation, and as a testimate I think I have a little over 30 hours logged in the game. There are a few bugs admittedly, but none that hinder the gameplay in anyway as far as I could tell. The game has a variety of gamemodes meaning you can keep the fun going for hours, and especially with friends no game is ever the same.
The single player challenged are difficult but not impossible. And I feel as though they have provided a difficult yet enjoyable challenge, and even on easy the higher level challenges require patience, and well timed strike before the enemy returns fire. I especially had trouble with the attack pattersn of the cell/plantdragon hybird challenge. There is hours upon hours of content here even with no friends, as the bots in certain games can easily compete and overwhelm the players.
– Real player with 36.5 hrs in game
Knight squad is a simple, top view, competitive combat game.
At its intitial release it already felt like a complete game, and yet I have yet to play an early access game with as much content released as frequently as knight squad.
The combat is simple, all buttons do the same thing, attack. There are, however, various weapons and powerups that spawn.
Knight Squad has a large range of game modes.
all vs all modes include:
-
Last man standing
-
A mode where points are aquired by staying alive in a central arena, and killing other players
– Real player with 17.3 hrs in game
Boomerang Fu
Boomerang Fu is, at first, a simple game. You’re a Fruit. I mean, excluding Eggplants. And Avocados. Ok, fine, it’s not a Fruit Game, but a Fruit/Vegetable/Grain/Drink/Ice Cream/Sushi/Bacon game. Each character oozes personality, some in a literal sense, others roll around a bit more.
Anyway, as the title says, it’s all about Boomerangs. You throw boomerangs, slash with boomerangs, catch your own boomerang, kick boomerangs out of peoples hands, turn into a box & get hit with a boomerang, etc. You’ve got 3 (4 technically) buttons, 1 stick. Simple to pick up, hard to master, but outstanding fun at all skill levels.
– Real player with 59.9 hrs in game
Amazingly fun little game.
And my kids (5 & 7) just love it!
It may appear a bit violent at first glance, but it’s not that violent.
You mostly cut food items or break and occasional cup.
No blood or gore or anything.
The game easy to play - even a child can do it.
So kids enjoy it very much.
The bot enemies on lower difficulties are also quite easy to overcome, so the kids can even play the game by themselves.
Other than various characters (that only differ in their graphics) the game also offers various levels, with different game mechanics (levers that allow you to kill enemies by moving the environment, moving ground, ice, trees that hide you, etc.)
– Real player with 23.9 hrs in game
Ele-Mental
Its a tidy little game with a lot of fun challenging content, for the price there’s no reason not to pick it up and give it a go.
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
Been waiting ages for this game to be released and now it’s here!
Great game, with endless hours of fun. Perfect for sticking on with a couple of mates around, or, sinking a few hours in on your own, trying to get those high scores!
Would definitely recommend giving it a download. Congrats to the developers!
– Real player with 1.0 hrs in game
Bird Boxing
I played this with a friend via remote play and enjoyed it a lot. There are some major bugs at the moment that hampered the play, namely with controller detection. Glitches such as the volume control reverting back to full volume in the middle of a match, sudden death rounds not allowing anyone to take damage, or being able to bring up the main menu during arcade mode and blocking up the screen, these are a few examples.
This game fills a niche that I really like and is cheaply priced. If you do not like unfinished early access games, then you should wait for more development, but I’ve gotten the game to be able to provide more feedback to the developers. I can give this game a modest recommendation for now.
– Real player with 6.6 hrs in game
Canvas Hockey
After 30+hrs now and beating the career mode I can say without a doubt this is a must-buy for any pc hockey fan, and a super satisfying gaming experience. Winning the cup was akin to the feeling of accomplishment in recent gaming memory of beating a Hades boss for the first time.
Super responsive dev as well, had a couple quality of life requests as well as the below AI complaint (which I’ll leave in for context) and I got a response and a week later updated with exactly what I asked for as well as a new mode which adds some replay-ability after the campaign, seems like it will only continue to get better (Would 100% purchase a canvas hockey 2, maybe with 5-on-5 play)
– Real player with 53.7 hrs in game
As an AVID player of NHL 94 on my Super Nintendo its nice to finally have something similar on PC.
A combination of smooth and fun gameplay and a creative design this title stands out among the indie sports games available on Steam.
I can see myself constantly playing this game for the foreseeable future and highly recommend anyone who is looking for a fun hockey game to pick this up.
Can’t wait to see what the developer adds in the coming updates to enhance the game!
– Real player with 30.1 hrs in game