Blimps
This game is fantastic. It’s a roguelike, not quite like instant death, but in that, you can potentially end up in a crushing amount of debt based on how crappy of a captain you are. But if you are an excellent decision-making-capitalist-smuggling-hacker, you can dig yourself out of any hole you might find yourself in this game. Besides, you can always just start a new game.
There’s a bit of a learning curve, but it’s not that hard to read the Help tips and what Falcon tells you to do. I like the fact that it has its own way of doing things. The game itself is like an operating system mainframe. It reminds me of FTL and a bit of the old school PC Sim City that had all those secret text-based codes!
– Real player with 5.8 hrs in game
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I really enjoy this game, but it’s not for everyone, especially people who only play modern games. This game is purposely trying to appear as a classic Commodore 64 game. That alone makes it interestingly enough to pick up. The art seems perfect for the tone of the game, which is somewhat silly in places while still never overshadowing the rest of the game.
The reason its not for gamers who only play contemporary games is because it almost too perfectly emulates a C64 game you picked up from a garage sale with no manual. It provides almost no instruction of what to do or how to do it. The first 10 minutes are going to be spent trying to figure out how to leave the hangar. You’ll be flying around slowly putting together what does what and where you need to do what in. Heck, there isn’t even any auto-save (at least, none that I have found).
– Real player with 2.8 hrs in game
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
If you’re a fan of the old Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks from the 1980s, a fan of fantasy boardgames , a fan of the sword and sorcery genre in general or better yet, all three, then this game would be right up your street.
Anybody who has played the original 1982 Gamebook on which this game is based will enjoy all that is familiar here as they tiptoe past sleeping orc sentries, take on sadistic goblin torturers, barter with the grumpy ferryman at the underground river, face down a fire-breathing dragon and even tackle the infamous Maze of Zagor itself - not to mention the final showdown with the titular Warlock. All of this is accompanied by the original illustrations by Russ Nicholson - which can now be viewed in colour if you wish (just click the picture to switch between monochrome and colour).
– Real player with 65.8 hrs in game
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An excellent adaptation of the grandfather of gamebooks. Rather than making a straightforward gamebook adaptation like they usually do, Tin Man chose to deviate from their usual formula and make something that’s closer to Inkle’s Sorcery! - expanded and modified story, heavily tinkered gameplay. It works really well.
- They kept the original Russ Nicholson illustrations and commissioned Russ Lolwordfilter Nicholson himself for new ones. I have trouble writing the rest of this review because of how I love his work.
– Real player with 24.8 hrs in game
Destinies
Great board game companion app, I found no difficulties with the base functionality and I definitely recommend playing it over steam on a laptop with a bigger screen.
My 2 main points of feedback regarding the game in general are:
1. There’s hardly any need or use for the board and the minis of the actual physical board game. We found ourselves looking only at the screen, which had the most up do date information about the locations and map, and forgot to move our minis around in the physical version. The biggest use for the physical map and minis, is to note down the location where items are dropped.
– Real player with 18.9 hrs in game
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Software used alongside the boardgame.
Fantastic game, really enjoyed.
– Real player with 11.2 hrs in game
7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat
Ok, I’ve played this game over a period of years and I’ve stared guiltily at the ‘Mixed’ ratings for about as long.
Simply put, I love dynasty builders, so I’m gonna recommend this game. There are so few games that allow me to try to play through a bunch of historical family drama and this is one of them.
It’s a strange game, to be sure–but in gaming, strange is never a bad thing. But it does mean that this game is niche and just because I recommend doesn’t mean I have any illusions that everybody will enjoy this game. Either you’ll love it or you’ll hate having spent money on it. I don’t know if you’ll completely hate it outright: it’s too hard to categorize. It’s a weird, simple, arcade-style game about an ancient family trying to move up through the ranks. The mechanics have been explained well in other reviews, but the gist is you play out entire lifetimes, getting hitched (or not), giving birth to children that are a pain to feed and keep from hating each other, and you’ll be prompted with all sorts of story events. You’ll often go up and down. An entire arc (pushing through each age, last I checked I think there were about three) would take 15 hours. Plenty of replay value, simply based on choices in story events.
– Real player with 23.7 hrs in game
Towards the end of the Copper Age, things were finally looking up for my family. After many years of being bottom dwellers in the social caste system my family discovered the “alphabet” and the art of being a “physician”. This thrust us into the upper middleclass, and my only daughter, Senet, became the best child this family had ever seen. She was above the other children in the village with an absolute understanding of science and literature. When Senet left to discover herself she took a sizable inheritence with her.
– Real player with 20.7 hrs in game
Gobby McGobblenutz Presents: The Art of the Dad Joke: Chapter 1
I love Dad Jokes and this did not disappoint!! This was a great distraction from what is going on in our world right now!! Thanks to the developers of this silly game!! Totally worth the small amount I paid. 3
BTw My secret word was WTF and I got 186 points!!
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
Okay, this was amazing LMAO
I’m a big fan of stupid humor and there were a few jokes I’ve heard before, but even one or two new ones is well worth the low pricetag. I’ve already sent a few of these jokes to my sister and best friend and they were dying. lol
And there’s like, hundreds of jokes here. Really can’t complain at all, thoroughly satisfied with this one! :)
Woops forgot to put my word in my review, haha.
The word it gave me was Ridiculous.
I love it!
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
Dice Tactics
First off
My main enjoyment and cause for recommending this game is because it was fun for me and relaxing could sit back on my chair and play it with my mouse.
The dice visuals are nice
Its just a fun little game
I have a few cons for it but maybe they get worked out by the Devs.
This is a Mobile Port
But forr me it was just fun to play
Im glad i bought and have no regrets in the least
Well done Devs
– Real player with 5.4 hrs in game
If this game were a bit more open world, $15 might not be a bad price. I just don’t see paying that much for a game where the path is laid out, with few options for direction. Don’t get me wrong, I like the game. I just don’t see paying for a mere three more chapters, when the first one was so short.
– Real player with 3.7 hrs in game
Story of Nararale
About the game
Story of Nararale is an RPG Strategy Turn-based game set in fantasy world that focus on managing party and fighting tactics.
Fight and level up your abilities, skills and gathers travelers along your journey, custom your party and train to make everyone strong and capable for fighting all warriors in The Grand Arena.
Story
A young man named Zoel wants to begin his journey and make his way to The Grand Arena that gathered all fighters to duel and the one who wins will be the chosen one to protect Nararale and bring back the peace.
Artemis
Review at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmZKPozT1Hk
I’m sorry to say that this game is very unimpressive, regardless it being free. The instructions are on the steam page if you wish to find out how to play, therefore it jumps you right into the game. There is sooooo much wasted empty space. The matching eggs and so forth can easily be put into a simple smaller grid. The description describes like you can compete against someone, but If you can, I have no idea.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
THE GAME OF LIFE 2
Now, you may be wondering why I have over 100 hours in a game where there’s DLC and a season pass. It’s not about the money, it’s about the gameplay. I don’t have any dlc as it’s just the same gameplay but with different skins.
PROS:
Steal money from friends, bots, or others in online
Have pets (just dogs or cats)
Exploit the economy if you’re lucky enough not to land on tax spaces
You can be single just like real life
When married, it costs nothing and you actually earn money from it
There’s no divorce papers so your partner doesn’t take anything from you
– Real player with 424.4 hrs in game
I’ve had this game get stuck three times now right at the end. It counts the money and the pieces just stand there, moving their heads and jumping around. On top of that, all the maps except one are behind a paywall. Had I known I was only gonna get one map with this game, I wouldn’t have gotten it. I figured since it was so based around having new maps, that there would be more than one available to play without paying. Ha. Nope. I bought this during the Steam Summer Sale and it still wasn’t worth the discounted price. What a joke. Greed has gotten the best of this one.
– Real player with 15.6 hrs in game
Apollyon: River of Life
This is great game, a hidden gem, It draws you in with what seems on the surface to be a card / table strategy game, but soon reveals a rich fantasy story behind the events in the game. The game board has 16 mystical themes, but the “Theme” of the game is an intriguing mix of Cthulhu-like horror and seance-like summoning. It has elements of a choose-your-adventure but goes beyond that with the strategic selection of tokens influencing the outcomes. The game table itself is beautiful and card art captivating to say the least. After playing it for near 100 hours I have learned many techniques to stay alive, yet am constantly surprised by new invocations (stories). Exactly like a great novel, I can’t wait to find out what happens next.
– Real player with 107.7 hrs in game
If you enjoy struggling, suffering and the occult, then this game is for you. It is hard, you will die, you will struggle and you will lay awake in bed thinking on how to proceed.
But man, is it worth it.
– Real player with 32.4 hrs in game