Splendor
I never played the board game but I have been a bit curious about it for some time. I’m really glad that I picked up the computer version. The game seems to be one of those elegant games that are easy to learn, but tough to master.
The idea is that you collect gems that you can use to purchase cards. Cards give you bonuses towards purchasing other cards, but also can give you victory points. To be fair to the person who goes last, the game ends at the end of the round whenever a person accumulates 15 victory points.
– Real player with 274.5 hrs in game
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I downloaded the game and played it for about 2 weeks then an error started popping up. The load screen (guy looking at the jewel) pops up then an error pops up “From 6001, Not enough faction (4) for the number of player selected: 6”. I click ok, and it closes the program. I’ve tried everything, restart, uninstall, reinstall, etc. This was about 2 months ago. I contacted the customer support for Steam and the game itself, Days of Wonder. In the last 2 months, I got one email back from Days of Wonder support (2 weeks ago) and immediately responded explaining (again) my problem. I haven’t yet gotten a response.
– Real player with 70.5 hrs in game
Backgammon Blitz
The game obviously focuses on the excellent graphics rather than on the AI. It makes really fun to play with these beautifully designed boards! With the well-selected music it creates a very backgammon-like atmosphere. I’d really like to play it against online players - if there were some! Hope they’ll show up after a while. The AI is unfortunately way to weak to be a pleasure to play against it.
There are some minor design mistakes which do not conform to the standard Backgammon rules which will certainly annoy serious players. The doubling cube should, when used, reside on the player’s side who accepted the double. Also, the checkers on most of the boards are too small, especially on the leather board. They should nearly cover the base of the points - have a look at some high-quality boards to see the relations.
– Real player with 13.6 hrs in game
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A video game version of a traditional board game that has all the features of playing face to face except for the ability to flip the board & coffee table over when you rage quit.
Backgammon Blitz is a healthy dose of nostalgia for ports from the card & board game generation like myself.
Gameplay:
Loading the game is quick & easy. You have a variety of options for personalizing your experience with game boards & music. My favorite game board is the stone version of course, because it just looks neat! But, unlike many games, here you are also allowed to tick & untick the boxes for music style. You can choose all of them or just one or two if you like, and music will play randomly from those categories. You have a variety of gameplay options as well, & can choose whether to play with your pieces on either side.
– Real player with 12.8 hrs in game
Carotic - Academic Version
I haven’t played a single game 10/109
edit: no steam i havent changed my mind i just left the game open
– Real player with 5.8 hrs in game
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Phan Mạnh Quỳnh
Có chàng trai viết lên cây
Lời yêu thương cô gái ấy
Mối tình như gió như mây
Nhiều năm trôi qua vẫn thấy
Giống như bức tranh vẽ bằng dịu êm ngày thơ
Có khi trong tiềm thức ngỡ là mơ
Câu chuyện đã rất xa xôi
Niềm riêng không ai biết tới
Hai người sống ở hai nơi
Từ lâu không đi sát lối
Chỉ thương có người vẫn hoài gìn giữ nhiều luyến lưu
Mỗi khi nhớ đôi mắt biếc như thời chưa biết buồn đau
Ngày cô ấy đi theo nơi phồn hoa
Chàng trai bơ vơ từ xa trong tim hụt hẫng như mất một thứ gì
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
Chessia
Analysis doesn’t work. No response from devs. Do not buy.
– Real player with 14.2 hrs in game
I bought this game while it was still at Early Acess. I liked that it has a native version for linux and I was hoping that it could evolve to something closer to the famous Chessmaster software. But it was a huge disappointment. The interface sucks and this game miss some key features: no option to setup the board, no way of taking back a move, no tournament options, no way to rotate the board or change your angle of view, and you can’t change time levels after the game has started, amongst other things. The worst: as you can’t select a different time level for each player, the only real way to weaken the engine is the “blunder” feature of stockfish, which leads into a very artificial game (the feeling is to play against a player with very solid knowlege which all of a sudden would do a very stupid move). The graphics are fine, but the way as this game is now I wouldn’t recomend it even if it was for free (Lucas Chess and Arena are better options and they are free). It is a pity as Chessia had a great potential.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
Hoards of Glory
I really enjoy the attack/defense dynamics. It adds a level of strategy beyond luck of random die rolls.
Being brand new, the game has a few quirks, but i’m confident the devs will deal with them in time.
– Real player with 52.4 hrs in game
Edit: I have found a few bugs. D3D error that froze the game, upon resuming that save, the AI’s kept rolling their winning shields but continuously used them for shields rather than winning the game.
A simple dice placement game. With dice games, luck is always a big factor and as long as their is a mechanic to mitigate the luck, the game becomes interesting. In Hoards of Glory your dice choices are: place dice on the board to try to fill it for the win, attack another players dice pool to set them back, defend your dice pool from players that have a large dice pool and may go on the attack, put dice in the bank so you can buy new ones at the beginning of your next turn, any combination of these can be done in a turn. The game has AI players and online, although I don’t know how many people have this game so I’m not sure if finding opponents is possible. This is one of those hidden gems, simple and fun.
– Real player with 25.3 hrs in game
Kemono Mahjong
Kemono Mahjj is a fun way to learn Riichi (Japanese mah-jongg). The different characters each have their own playstyles so you can practice against a variety of strategies. Steam integration is poor, though–you need another Steam friend to play online. But you can’t directly invite your friends, so you need to copypaste them a code. I also find it impossible to type to my friends while playing (if I do the game skips my turn). So we have to rely on voice chat.
The interface/settings aren’t great either:
– Real player with 88.5 hrs in game
Riichi Mahjong has gained a lot of visibility on the west thanks to anime like Akagi and Saki as well as the Yakuza games, but implementations like Kemono Mahjong keep the entire focus on the game of Riichi itself, while retaining much of its own charm in the process.
It needs to be said: the attention to detail here regarding naming conventions is excellent, which is uncommon; some other Riichi games, both on Steam and not try to use approximate translations and the results range from confusing to outright funny and adherence to the rules (EMA’s - European Mahjong Association’s ruleset, in this case) is very strict and that’s a good thing.
– Real player with 29.4 hrs in game
Kupechestvo
AI smarter than me (
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
The scenario mode is quite fun, even with AI opponents. The trade mechanics is quite simple. But when you’re combining it with event cards from the scenario mode, it is becoming interesting.
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
Puzzles and Board Games Mega Collection
Simplistic game…which is what I was looking for. Just looking for basic board, casino, & card games. Bought the combo Mega Pack for about $20, which included the Casino ‘Mega’ pack, the Card games ‘Mega’ Pack, the Puzzles & Board Games pack and an additional Mahjong Ultimate. Many titles are repetitive. The Mahjong is included in the Puzzles combo. Several card games are duplicated across the Casino and the Card Games Pack.
Overall, I’m unimpressed and frustrated with it. I’ve logged 15 hrs on it, and will still probably play it more. I’ve tried about 50% of the titles included. It’s a functional time-waster/procrastination tool. Visually, it looks good enough, and is not overly animated which would only slow down game play. It does allow you to save a few profiles which hold your visual settings per profile, and your winnings/losses in the Casino games.
– Real player with 170.8 hrs in game
checkers keeps crashing. Just shuts down half way through the game
– Real player with 61.6 hrs in game
Sixteen
Sixteen is a small casual indie puzzle game similar to a vintage board-game from 1987.
Organize the fruits into groups based of what type of fruit. Increased difficulty provides more fruits as well as a larger area to solve.
Features
Difficulty: Choose between three difficulties.
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Small - A 4x4 grid to get a feel for how the game works.
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Medium (unlockable) - Wider 6x4 grid that makes it a bit more interesting.
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Large (unlockable) - An 6x6 grid that can be pretty challenging.
Game Modes: There a two game modes to choose from.
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Group - Put the same kind of fruits into groups to win the game.
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Sorted (unlockable) - Not only put the fruits in groups, also need to put them in the correct order and place.
Steam Features
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Stats: Your progress will be saved and can be used for unlocking higher difficulties and new game modes.
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Achievements: Provides 15 achievements. All should be able to be obtained after a few hours of play-through.
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Leaderboards: Your best combination of Time and Moves on specific Game Mode and Difficulty can be uploaded and compared with others.
Graphics
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DirectX Real-Time Ray Tracing: Improves the quality of the Shadows, Reflections and Ambient light (Requires a compatible Graphics Card.)
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Nvidia Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS): Can be used to improve performance, especially when using Real-Time Ray Tracing (Requires a compatible Graphics Card.)
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High Dynamic Range (HDR): Makes details ‘pop’ by adjusting the brightness and contrast (beta) (Requires HDR compatible monitor.)
Sky Journey - Jigsaw Landscapes
Simple little jigsaw puzzle game that I actually found very addictive once I had started; playing this while listening to podcasts helped me to unwind and it distracted me from the existential dread of existence. Few minor bugs but nothing that halts progress. Great to play when you’re slumped in a heap and only want to exert the energy of moving one hand. Recommended.
– Real player with 36.9 hrs in game
In essence this is a puzzle game for the younger gamers.
The images are of the family friendly variety.
The art itself is not bad.
Several difficulty choices.
Music is alright.
Due to lack of puzzle “levels” I would only recommend on a steep discount. Got this game with a bundle myself.
As a challenge for myself, in progress of 100% the achievements as of posting of this review.
– Real player with 21.2 hrs in game