NUTS
Nuts is a fantastic little game with fantastic art and sound design. I played the demo when it was released and immediately fell in love with the look and feel of the game. The best way I can think to explain the extreme appeal of this game to ME is that it feels like you are occupying a liminal space. Like you are on the threshold of two planes of existence. From the desolate bus stop that you initially arrive at to the wide empty forests with these strange little squirrels being the only living things besides yourself… it’s strange, perhaps even a bit eerie in later chapters, but overall peaceful.
– Real player with 4.2 hrs in game
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I feel like I am the perfect audience for this game—I love Firewatch, Gone Home and almost all first-person adventures / walking simulators. Recently I’ve enjoyed Call of the Sea and Old Gods Rising, despite their flaws. But Nuts left me very unsatisfied.
The success of a game like this rests on three things: The game world, the puzzle mechanic, and the story. Ideally, all three would be great, but usually one of them is weaker. So, Firewatch has an incredible game world and characters, but weak puzzles. The Witness has an incredible game world and puzzles, but no real story. Sadly, Nuts has an incredible game world, but the puzzle mechanic and plot just did not work for me.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
UnearthU
A strange experience, if you’re interested at all I’d recommend not reading much more about this
– Real player with 2.2 hrs in game
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This is a “game” much in the same way a walking simulator or a VN is, so just fair warning.
I am currently on Day 4 and will update again when I get to Day 7.
I will not spoil specifics.
The “game” is best experienced as intended: do each day without changing clocks or anything. Do Day 1, and then do Day 2 the following day when it unlocks. Complete all exercises with honest intent, to include the writing prompts and meditation exercises.
There is a narrative and character and background amidst what feels like real mindfulness concepts. The blend between the real and fictional is intriguing and keeps me coming back each day. The layout of the exercises feels intended, with the motivational video leading into the discussions/lectures by KARE, then a meditation/breathing exercises that inevitably lead you to ruminating about what KARE just talked about, a writing prompt that sometimes gives you pause about wanting to be completely truthful, and a final checklist of items that you’re more than likely just going to click through without actually implementing.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
Black Border
They don’t want you to do your duty, they want you to obey.
-Mark Madison
Brothers and Sisters , Alanan greets you.
After the independence of the states of our motherland , Mudland, we were the only ones who stayed true to the ideals of Mudland. Based on the speeches of our Leader, we searched for nothing but freedom, but the intrusive and corrupted regimes of Partakna And Denber were against the freedom of our country. After years of bloody war with enemies of the people and the killing of innocent women and children of Alanan, now is time to rebuild the country, let’s unite once more and create Alanan anew. Shall our Great Leader be with us along this journey.
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Pale Roots
You have sixteen weeks before the town ends.
Each week is comprised of your work at a local market, and buying what you need to survive.
The cost of dinner is always fluctuating with disaster.
Purchase food, bribe your boss, even saving the game has a price.
The narrative:
A local cult has slain the tree with pale roots. Tragedy and disease consume the town as an abominable new tree grows. You exist among a dwindling population, forced to survive sixteen dark and strenuous weeks.
Product features
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Earn money depending on your performance at work.
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Spend money to survive.
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Speak with many crazy characters as the town succumbs to tragedy.
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Keep your family alive.
Plague Doctor: Contagion 430 BCE–2020 AD
Plague Doctor Contagion, was a short and sweet retelling of different pandemics through time. I greatly enjoyed the music in the game, the graphics are nothing special but still stylized in a unique way I wont forget soon, and the game play could do with more interactivity (examples could be, puzzles, finding objects to help people, or having your decisions affect your outcomes in a more prominent sense.).
For $3 this game is not bad, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the descriptions of the diseases and what they were doing to people, and I liked seeing history played out in front of me like they did.
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
You can pet the dog
10/10 Game Of The Year
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Regular Factory: Escape Room
You don’t work in a regular assembly line. Will you unravel the truth?
Regular Factory is an escape room that will test your skills. Solve puzzles, decode secret codes, find hidden objects, and investigate the different rooms of the secret factory where you work while you discover the dark truth.
Solve this mystery by exploring each of the rooms in which this adventure takes place. Will you be able to escape?
Characteristics
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Solve puzzles based on logic.
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Explore different rooms, find clues and hidden objects.
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Discover more about the true purpose of the factory where you work.
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Enjoy the mysterious and atmospheric setting.
mc2games
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1580150/Between_Time_Escape_Room/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1483780/Tested_on_Humans_Escape_Room/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1374290/Palindrome_Syndrome_Escape_Room/
You Are Weak
A game that seemingly inspired directly by the works of Cosmo D. While much more heavy handed than their games, You Are Weak still possesses strong visual metaphor and a varied experience.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
I play a lotta weird shit on here but this has to be at the top of the list so far
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game