Until We Die
Edit: On review, of this review, I have realised that it does not, in fact, help players decide whether to not to pick up the game. This edit is to prevent potential players purchasing the product without fully understanding what they’re buying.
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Rather than marketing Until We Die as a completed build, it should be under the category of Early Access. Keep that in mind.
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Is this game worth $17 USD? No. There is only one scenario that players can play, totalling 20 hours (highly variable) to fully complete on all three difficulties. That comes out to 1.17 hours per dollar.
– Real player with 97.2 hrs in game
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The obvious caveats:
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Save feature still needs to be implemented when a full ‘run’ is 2.5 hours
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Only 1 scenario thus far
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Launched with one game breaking bug that has since been fixed
Some people describe this as metro + kingdoms but its more like metal slug + metro + farmville + fallout shelter. I’ve beaten it easily on normal and am struggling to get past the 2/3rds mark on seasoned, so I know how this game works. It is mostly a game of LEARNING how greedy you can be with clearing and looting the map with returning to base. High level gameplay is all about knowing the patterns of each scenario to best optimize your strategy. If one side has no attackers one night, that is critical information. If another has a mortar or giant, that is also potentially going to end your game if you aren’t prepared. It’s almost like a 2.5 hour dance choreography or starcraft build order. It’s also a bit of a relay race running from one side to the other hitting all your egg timers to maximize your economy. Time is the most valuable resource.
– Real player with 52.2 hrs in game
SpaceBlocc
SpaceBlocc is a colorful minimalistic spaceship building game. A mysterious world you have to escape before it destroys you.
BUILD YOUR SHIP
Choose among 7 different parts to build your ship. By correctly managing your weight, thrust, and energy available you will be able to travel a different speeds. Slow and fast both have their advantages and disadvantages. Too slow and you will get destroyed by asteroid rains. Too fast and you won’t have time to destroy obstacles before colliding with them.
UNLOCK NEW PARTS
You start with only the minimum. Unlock new parts as you progress through the game. These parts are required to advance to next levels, and obviously will make your ship stronger.
RESCUE LOST ASTRONAUTS
Rescue astronauts that were a bit too bold. Some are just out there ready to be picked up. Some decided it would be fun to have to be rescued in more dangerous areas.
Read More: Best Base Building Clicker Games.
Malmyr
I stumbled across this recently, and have been enjoying working through the campaign. I give this a thumbs up primarily because of the enthusiastic and helpful developer responses to questions I had, and I feel I got my moneys worth of entertainment value. These guys deserve some more attention for their efforts. It is a game that I “like” but don’t “love”.
Malmyr offers some quite different mechanics to what you would normally expect, though not all of those are necessarily positive things (it is very mouse clicky) and can take some getting used to. Kind of revealing is the lack of a lets play series out there - people tend to bounce off it after a few hours I think. Fundamentally the game is more of a puzzler than a true building game - space is limited and the randomly generated tiles can require some planning before you commit to building. I am hoping to finish the campaign, I am always a sucker for trying to “finish” a game. I haven’t tried the sandbox mode though I may give that a quick shot once I knock off the last two missions, we shall see. I just have too many other games that are begging for my time and this just doesn’t have that magic X factor or depth of strategy tp keep coming back to.
– Real player with 77.2 hrs in game
Malmyr is THE game you’ve been waiting for a long time! What a pleasant surprise!
Malmyr is the perfect mix of real-time strategy and puzzle game. Because in Malmyr building your city is not made as easy as in other building games. Instead, you have to ensure an always sufficient flow of raw materials through increasingly complex road systems. but malmyr always remains clear, fair and, above all, relaxing. Relaxation is the perfect word to describe malmyr. You have no time pressure, you can correct mistakes at any time without losing your progress.
– Real player with 23.8 hrs in game
Outerverse
Outerverse is an exciting, quest driven, automation adventure game. Build automated farms, machines, and weapons then use them to travel across the universe, beat massive titans, and advance your technology while experiencing cosmic events.
Defeat Massive Titans
Defeat massive titans using the automation systems. One moment you will be launching rockets into a massive golem, the other you will be building automated destruction systems to stop a massive underground plant from spreading!
Build Automated Machines & Farms
Automate unique machines and farms using logic, transportation, and spawning systems inspired by Redstone & Minecraft Automation. Design your own custom machines, or use pre-made schematics for simplicity!
Pursue Engaging Quests
Follow a questline that will fully guide your adventure. Progress to unlock better equipment and new space travel technology. From starting out and learning the basics, to defeating the most massive titans, the questline will guide you through the whole way.
Survive Cosmic Events
During the questline you will explore the beautiful space and experience exciting cosmic events in unforgettable locations.
Grid Miner
Grid Miner is a real-time strategy puzzle game where you mine asteroids to gather resources and expand your space station. Unlock new tools and utilities as you progress through levels. Maintain your quotas and learn more about your employer and coworkers at Hypergo Industries.
Features
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18 unique buildings like power plants, asteroid crushers, tractor beams and more!
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8 levels to test your skills
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Rich backstory about Hypergo Industries and its employees
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Unlock rewards and new buildings as you progress through levels
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Relaxing original soundtrack
Replicators Defence
Many millennia after Civilization conquers the entire Galaxy with the help of various machines, it is possible that machines will rebel against their creators. Or against all life. Or against … all matter.
Nanomachines, called Replicators due to their ability to self-reproduce by the recombination of any matter, got out of control and tend to absorb more and more matter until all matter becomes a single Replicator.
The main body of Civilization was destroyed, but there were bases along the edges of the Galaxy that the Replicators had not yet reached.
You have to defend the bases from the attacks of the Replicators. A significant arsenal of guns and turrets will keep the defence. However, the enemy is not going to surrender without a fight …
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-BUILD YOUR BASE-
Just a single asteroid in space can become a stronghold, if you manage it.
Balance out matter and energy production, according to needs of Your buildings, defences and needs of science
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-CUSTOMIZE YOUR SHIP-
Use power of science to make your ship better, faster, stronger!
Better weapons - faster replicators death - stronger base.
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-FACE YOUR ENEMY-
Try to defeat neverending hoards, find individual approach to each enemy. How long will you last?
Abfense
The peace and quiet of everyday life will be dispelled like an illusion after the appearance of a mysterious stranger on the tail with an enemy army.
Unpredictable circumstances, interesting puzzles and situations that can change the course of events in a split second, go through a difficult path in this struggle for your own home and freedom.
Key Features:
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Not only build, but take part directly in battles.
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Defend the castle, complete the puzzles to move on.
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Easy gameplay that will keep you busy for a couple of hours.
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Nice graphics.
Craft In Abyss
fun game and can’t wait for its future contents, convenience and variations/mode.
– Real player with 8.4 hrs in game
Cute little game. Could use a polish and a translation but for a small team this is amazing. Be warned that you will experience slowdown on older PCs, however.
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
The Forest Prison
The Forest Prison is a FPS action puzzle that gets the player to engage in an immersive single-player campaign across 18 levels.
Based on a completely fictional story and characters, The Forest Prison tells the gripping story of a detainee who tries to pass
the tests imposed by the management of a prison from which no one has ever escaped alive.
The prison is located in a heavy wooded mountain area and has 18 sections. You can escape from a section using only 3 tools: