Tap Heroes

Tap Heroes

I recommend this game but, honestly, only just.

I read, in the other reviews for this game, about how the progression was slow and I thought “I bet it’s not that bad,” but BOY was I wrong. It’s, without a doubt, the slowest game I’ve ever played. After 6ish hours of “playing” (including auto-grinding while offline) your characters still feel weak and unprepared for most things.

Boss fights are not something you’ll ever grind (unlike other clicker games I’ve played - where bosses drop decent amounts of money for an only moderately harder encounter). These boss fights are essentially an attrition match - where you stand there spam-healing your fighter* (*your one reliable source of dps (because, as far as I’m concerned, the rogue is

! censored useless)) while you wait for either the boss to crit and OHKO you, or for you to finally whittle down the boss' HP and move on with your life (and your underwhelming reward for your last 5 minutes of play).

Real player with 435.8 hrs in game


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My playtime: I played this offline but I got all achievements in ~353.5h (reached area Lv 300)

Grindy Achievement(s): Yes (5 achievements, one achievement might take 200h+ playtime).

Optional Achievement(s): Yes (45 achievements).

Difficult Achievement(s): No.

Intro

Tap Heroes is a clicker game where you can recruit and upgrade heroes to defeat enemies and advance your level. The game has offline progression and no “world reset” feature.

Pros:

Real player with 314.2 hrs in game

Tap Heroes on Steam

Making it Home

Making it Home

Pillbug interactive keeps improving with every new title. A very bizzare and unique game.

Great soundtrack and background watercolor art made by some talented people. Game contains a surprisingly mature story despite what the artstyle would suggest, but it’s skippable if it’s not your cup of tea.

The developers have been very nice and receptive to feedback during development. If the game looks interesting to you, and you want to shape the future of where it goes, I highly recommend joining in on early access and talking with them on discord. :D

Real player with 120.2 hrs in game


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Is it a platformer? Is it a sandbox? Is it an optimisation puzzle?

Yes! and it keeps growing and developing in ways I couldn’t have predicted.

Build your vessel, mario all over it to get coins, use coins to make a grander vessel, and all against the clock.

Depending on your style, maybe the vehicle operates itself, maybe it’s 100m tall, maybe it’s 100m long, maybe you can use your melee 20XX skillz to go even faster than automation allows?

Real player with 56.3 hrs in game

Making it Home on Steam

Bots Are Stupid

Bots Are Stupid

A 2D game where you try to maneuver robots through different platforming levels. It sets itself apart from conventional platformers by offering an alternative, more precise way of user input. Instead of directly controlling the character’s movement, the player has to write a set of simple instructions telling his robot what to do. The bot will then follow those instructions precisely and maybe (or maybe not) finish the level.

Beginner-friendly

The commands for the robots are designed to be as simple as possible in order to make the game accessible to anyone. This means that you are not required to have any prior programming/tech knowledge to be able to “program” the bots. The game might also have an educational value by introducing players to the very basics of scripting/programming in a playful way.

Features

  • 18 uniquely challenging Platformer Levels

  • Ultra-precise control by writing instructions

  • Grappling hook, Speed boosters, Conveyor belts

  • Level Editor + Level Sharing

  • Global Leaderboards of each level’s best scripts

  • Infinite supply of bots!


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Bots Are Stupid on Steam

Platformer::Execute();

Platformer::Execute();

You are a robot programmer whose objective is to reach the end of each level.

Each level will have logic problems for you to solve, and it’s up to you to build a path to the end of the level, with as few programming steps as possible.

Look for efficiency each level has an optional objective, in which you should take into account the fewest steps your schedule should have.

Platformer::Execute(); on Steam

Flaskoman

Flaskoman

This is an AMAZING plat former. Every level I beat I felt my brain grow bigger. The last level was crazy!

Real player with 2.8 hrs in game

Nice game with nice graphics, takes about an hour. Of the negative aspects, I would like to note the lack of the ability to change controlls

Real player with 1.1 hrs in game

Flaskoman on Steam

Buff Knight Advanced

Buff Knight Advanced

Absolutely underrated game, it should cost way more than 3 euros. Really amazing game - takes about 6 hours to finish the game with one character, which makes the game last 12 hours, but then you can also do achievment things. Maybe about 14 hours game. You should surely buy this game, it is very cheap considering how much fun it is. It also has a high replay value, so you will probably play this way longer than 14 hours if you find this game fun.

If you want, you can join the discord for this game - https://discord.gg/x3QkC5u

Real player with 18.0 hrs in game

Buff Knight Advanced:

[+] Steam trading cards

[+] Achievements

[+] Addictive (just one more go gameplay)

[+] Value for money IMHO

[-] Controls not clearly explained (K/B) for me

The game is more a side scrolling clicker game with options: you will hit the ‘C’ key lots of times.

You can play 1 of 2 classes mage or knight and there are 12 levels to complete. After 5 hours I’m on level 3 - not sure if that means I suck at the game or it has heaps of content/grind (depending on your personal views).

Real player with 15.0 hrs in game

Buff Knight Advanced on Steam

Santa’s Workshop

Santa’s Workshop

This is actually a super fun little Christmas game. There’s not really much to it. You basically just pick out the packages that the elves want you to put on the sleigh to get ready for Santa. If you go into it just expecting a simple seek and find game I think you’ll find some enjoyment in it. It’s clearly meant for children but I imagine some adults might like it too. There are 3 different levels (the larger the number, the larger the level and the more packages you need to find). I went through all 3 levels and I enjoyed the game for what it was. If you’re on the fence, I have a video series I’m working on for this game. Currently there are 2 videos and there will be at least one more before the series is finished.

Real player with 7.9 hrs in game

It’s a very short Christmas game for children. You have to collect all the presents, toys, books, bags etc. to beat all 3 levels. Great way to teach some basic moves on the PC for kids.

  • Christmas music

  • Santa’s factory looks good

  • you can’t adjust volume

  • maybe some achievements would be good to motivate the kids

Real player with 0.3 hrs in game

Santa's Workshop on Steam