Micromanagement
It’s pretty good.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
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Definitely an interesting strategy game based on the partial differential equation dynamics of a mutating bacteria strain. The sliders affect the mutation of the bacteria, which will face off against a competing growing bacteria. If you don’t make your bacteria aggressive enough it will die off when the other one spreads, but if you don’t put enough emphasis on division rate at the start you will not have enough bacteria to stand a chance. If you are interested in mathematics of dynamical systems (competing species), this is recommended to try out. I would definitely like to see more games explore this kind of dynamical systems based approach strategy, as this unique gem combines a nice blend of real time dynamical systems strategy game with geometry and biology and has a decent tutorial.
– Real player with 2.5 hrs in game
Holy Potatoes! A Spy Story?!
Holy Potatoes! A Spy Story?! is a quirky game full of puns and references of pop-culture. Despite the cheesy puns which can be quite cringyworthy at times, the gameplay and the interface is seemly well-thought of. Although I do like that it’s on PC (bigger screen), I believe the game would fare better on mobile too.
The art really appeals to younger audiences or people who prefer this kind of art style. It is one of the rare 2D art games that actually delivers in consistency and it looks much better that it’s previous titles.
– Real player with 42.9 hrs in game
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I’m always on the fence about these potato games - they look appealing to me, but sometimes I can tell I won’t like them watching videos and I tried one and didn’t like it (3&4 below). This one was a winner for me for because:
1. No resource collection (3 woods + 2 stone to make an axe or whatever). In this game it just takes a spy’s time to make an item.
2. Creates good choices - do I want to make a lot of small investments in training my spies or save up for a big building upgrade?
3. The missions are generically fun enough that they don’t depend on choose your own adventure multiple choice which will lose its appeal once you know the right answers.
– Real player with 30.5 hrs in game
GYATM Dragon Edition
The team at Indie Imprint got me a copy to review on stream and it turned out to be a blast! Had a great time playing the game. We played for three hours and managed to win the game, not once, but twice AND got lucky enough to see both winning endings. An indie game with multiple endings, plenty of challenge and entertainment value. It was cool trying to beat my time to completion once i figured out how to win. At the same time, I also lost the game in some pretty entertaining ways. So, even when you lose, the game still offers a lof of fun. Definitely enjoy it, and you will too! :)
– Real player with 4.5 hrs in game
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A really entertaining little game with excellent graphics, sound track and playability. The value is well beyond the price. I look forward to this growing into a larger, more complex game in the future (probably when Elon Musk gets to Mars), but for now its oodles of fun.
btw the devs posted it as requiring Windows 10 minimum, but I find it works dandy on Windows 7.
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
Latte Stand Tycoon
I have almost played 4 hours of this game, and I find it amazing! I enjoy the graphics and music of this game. Once i was able to figure out a few things, I managed to not get to frustrated. The weather really does make a diffrence in this game. Then there is the mayor with an eye patch….the mystery in figuring out why! Overall, this game is great and puts casual games to an amazing level. A++++++++++
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KveTPtkPOIA
– Real player with 8.7 hrs in game
Could use more work. It gets really easy once you figure out the perfect ratio for the recipe. All you have to do is slide the temperature up and down depending on the weather the next day and keep the recipe the same. After that, you can level up all the way by day 30 like I did… with 60 days left on the clock. 60 more days of the same thing over and over again… to be fully playable there should be more features added.
Actually just encountered a bug the day after the Mayor comes and buys 6 cups of coffee. The customers suddenly stop coming to the shop and there’s no way to end the day. Bugs galore in this game. Pass on it.
– Real player with 7.4 hrs in game
Space War Machine
A strange blend of war strategy with some ship simulators. Some of your units are super people. Mine planets for resources and watch the forces blast each other out of space! Crazy yet interesting.
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
TETRUX: Online
Well, I was retro-gaming on some old Atari computers I recently revived, and one of the games that I liked a lot was Thetris, a post 8-bit era game written in the early 2000’s that was one of the better Tetris clones for the Atari. The music was great. Of course, I loved the original Tetris music, too, from the old Arcade game. The make-or-break Tetris games for me always have a great soundtrack that matches the pace of what you’re doing rather well. The gameplay needs to be classic.
So when scoping out a PC Tetris for the modern age, I tried out a lot of different ones, and ended up deciding on Tetrux. It has the best options, and the best soundtrack. Too many Tetris clones have only one song, that just keeps playing, and if it’s not a good piece of music, it makes the game more boring. Well, Tetrux has lots of good original music – somewhere in the slower range or Trance music, but perfect for video games like Tetris. The music is well produced.
– Real player with 63.9 hrs in game
Original review: It’s the most robust and replayable Tetris-based arcade puzzler on Steam. The numerous open-source or free options that exist online really aren’t as good as this.
There aren’t many players, so be aware if you want to play online. There are lots of customization options, both mechanically and aesthetically, though a few extra options would be nice (speeding up or removing the countdown and “Out” popups, for example, doesn’t appear possible). And as far as I’ve found, the menu can’t be navigated with a controller, so I mapped my stick to the mouse control, but that is still awkward. There really should be a solution to that.
– Real player with 43.0 hrs in game
Feylin
I like the art and I think that it has potential to be pretty good. I am unsure how to accomplish it but the mouse being the indicator of where you swing your sword isn’t that good when you’re constantly moving around. A different control scheme would certainly help. A little more content would be nice but for the price it was a pretty decent framework for a game. I would also recommend more sounds for when enemies are hit and different ways to attack. Great start for a game but definitely needs work.
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Fly Fly Tank
Yes
– Real player with 2.5 hrs in game
It’s fun and ridiculous simultaneously!!! Once I sort of figured out the controls I actually wanted to keep playing :-D
– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game
3D Jigsaw Puzzle Simulator
I liked the 3d feel to this game. It is really a unique game the way pieces can be picked up, overlapping, and even upside down. Sometime pieces will fall on the floor instead of the table and you will need to navigate to pick them up. Strangely enough I enjoy the challenges of placing pieces. However, the update in the spring kind of broke the enjoyment because the graphics look like you are putting together a quilt instead of a puzzle. The borders are too distracting so it is difficult to know which piece goes where. If development can provide the option so the graphics clearly transition to the next piece as before I would make this my favorite puzzle game. Right now it is borderline to recommend the game because of the quilt appearance, but do like the developers ingenuity.
– Real player with 16.9 hrs in game
When I was a child I liked to solve puzzles, the game helped me to recall memories. Great implementation! Can’t remember such thing made in 3d setup.
– Real player with 1.8 hrs in game
Hell Loop
Enjoyable.
Pros:
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It’s fun to find effective strategies.
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The “no escape” mode is very challenging and fun.
Cons:
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Your trap choices can make some playthroughs on higher difficulty impossible.
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Difficulty levels are hidden in main menu.
– Real player with 5.5 hrs in game
The game is pretty great as a tower defense + strategy game. The drawings are perfect and looks pretty great for your eyes, you can’t wait that much from a platformer. However sinners can scream and that would make you feel like you’re a real Evil LMAO. However, traps are pretty enough to kill all the sinners. I had one problem with achievements. I tried many things to solve it but I didn’t had achievements while I was completing them. Contacted developer about that and he said yeah there can be a bug about achievements which will be solved %100.
– Real player with 2.5 hrs in game