Chessplosion
This is a great game that uses its simplicity and straightforward chess moves, to combine it into a deep and complex gameplay as you’ll constantly be planning 2 moves in advance.
The cute look and simple-at-first-glance aspect makes it a super fun and enjoyable experience, which leads to harder challenges as you progress.
There’s even multiplayer with lobbies that would make fighting games blush!
Worth every bit of the price, it’s a small and well put game.
– Real player with 10.2 hrs in game
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EDIT: After actually finding a couple of people to play the game with, I can conclude that online is currently unplayable. Constant disconnects and the match only begins after 2-3 times of you rehosting the lobby. With one person we couldn’t play properly even after 10+ rehosts and as a result I could only really play with just 1 person. All three of us tried Remote Steam Play instead but only one of us had a controller, and the game DOESN’T allow you to use a single keyboard for multiple players. So yes, don’t buy the game if you want to play online, and be wary about local play requiring controllers. The developer says they’re busy fixing bugs so hopefully the disconnects will get fixed at some point, but it’s already been some while since release so it will most likely have a long-term mark on online play and online player base.
– Real player with 8.7 hrs in game
Chess Knights: Shinobi
Edit: Updated playthrough with ALL the normal levels here: https://youtu.be/Zr-5X2c3k8Y
Great game but god dang is it difficult not sure if it was the alcohol or the fact my chess I.Q. is 42 but it was a fun little brain boggler killing the Generals was extremely satisfying after trying not to get spanked by some simp rooks/bishops. Not sure how to get all the achievements since I hid in a bush and didn’t get the hide in a bush achievement (got faito achievement at later date which has been included in video thanks to user carmylle on steam) but if you need help on any of the levels. my play through with all levels here: https://youtu.be/xhNwdCEFKZo
– Real player with 26.4 hrs in game
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Really great minimalist puzzle game. The recent update tripled the content of an already great game, definitely worth the price here. Knights are my least favorite chess piece, but playing them as a ninja may have changed my view of them.
The difficulty scales wonderfully right up until the last level which is very very hard, but just enough to where you feel accomplished when you beat it. The only negative I have here is you can’t pan the camera, only zoom and rotate. Other than that this is a standout of the minimalist puzzle genre.
– Real player with 7.1 hrs in game
Touhou DollDraft
need more update, i love it
– Real player with 20.3 hrs in game
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fun game but the story only lasts like an hour or two.
– Real player with 10.5 hrs in game
Swim Out
This game is freaking awesome!
Gameplay.
First of all there is a demo version available so it’s better to try yourself. It might look a bit simple an easy on start and all mechanichs are very familiar to a puzzle fan but as you progress more and more the defficulty increases pretty seriously. Especially when you completing all possible tasks at each level. It took me about 15 hours to complete this game 100% and I am pretty experienced in puzzles. And at the end feeling of satisfaction was one of the strongest in a game period.
– Real player with 23.6 hrs in game
Swim Out is an excellent puzzle game, and at the same time, an interesting study about how differently people react to very similar games depending on their cover and packaging.
Focusing on the game first. Swim Out is a movement puzzle game, very similar to the Go series (ie. Hitman / Lara Croft / Deus Ex). You are in a swimming pool, and you need to reach the exit by avoiding all the other swimmers, considering the environmental hazards as well. As the game progresses, the pools get more complicated, there are different types of “enemy” swimmers, and also additional tools to help your progress. There are about a 100 levels, and if you want to complete all objectives (there are 1-5 per level), the game will take about 8-10 hours.
– Real player with 20.6 hrs in game
Nectar of the Gods
Tʜɪs ɢᴀᴍᴇ ɪs ᴀɴ ᴀᴅᴏʀᴀʙʟᴇ ᴍᴜʟᴛɪᴘʟᴀʏᴇʀ sᴛʀᴀᴛᴇɢʏ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ I ᴄᴀɴ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴀʟʟᴇɴɢᴇ ᴍʏsᴇʟғ, ʜᴀɴɢ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏʀ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ʟᴇᴠᴇʟs ᴏғ AI ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴍɪsᴛᴀᴋᴇ ɪs ᴄᴀᴘᴀʙʟᴇ ᴏғ ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴇᴛ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ! Mʏ ғᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴜɴɪᴏ̨ᴜᴇ ʙᴇᴇᴛʟᴇ ɪᴍᴀɢᴇs, ᴛʜᴇ sᴘɪᴅᴇʀ ʜɪᴠᴇ ғᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴛᴇxᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ʜɪᴅᴅᴇɴ ᴀʟʟ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ! I ʀᴇᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴅ ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ “ɴᴜᴛʀɪᴛɪᴏɴ ғᴀᴄᴛs” ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴍᴇ.
– Real player with 14.7 hrs in game
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– Real player with 12.2 hrs in game
大江湖之苍龙与白鸟
The 11th year of Shaoxing in Southern Song Dynasty (1141 AD)
The Song and Jurchen-led Jin Dynasties were divided by the Huai River. The north of the river belonged to Jin and the south belonged to Song.
Song ceded many of its prefectures to Jin and paid tribute annually.
With even its emperor announced by Jin, Song became a client state.
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Now, ten years has passed. Despite the seemingly peaceful relations between Song and Jin, there have long been turbulent undercurrents in the world of Kung fu.
The martial arts world is full of chaos, with numerous heroes standing out. Among them, there are the Four Wonders overshadowing all the others, named ‘East Shu’, ‘West Bo’, ‘North Gu’ and ‘South Po’…
[Classic pixel-art RPG for Chinese Martial Arts]
This is an SFC/MD-styled-pixel-art game. In-game scenes were inspired by Song Dynasty’s ink painting style, this game depicts an original traditional Chinese martial arts story, which takes you back to 1990s, the golden years of classic RPG games.
[High level of freedom for exploration]
With reference to the real ancient river terrain, we designed a huge map containing Jingzhou, Xiaoxiang, Bashu, Jiangdong and the central plains. Countless sects scattered amoung the map, with ancient towns and labyrinths. There is no fixed route. Go wherever you want and explore the world at your own pace.
[Multiple story plots, routes and teammates to meet and experience]
Experience stories with over 10 thousand words in text. Meet with different people along the journey; prodigals, talents, officers or bandits. You can choose to enjoy and relax in this world with friends, or work hard to gain the ultimate power. Choices are up to you.
[Many sects for martial arts cultivation]
There will be Sects to enter and hundreds of scriptures to learn. Sword, broadsword, staff, fist, palm, finger, dagger, musical instrument… Each Sect would have its own strengths.
Different attributes may end up in forming completely different KungFu sets, withover a dozen martial arts routes for you to develop.
The free trial version is open, add to your wishlist if you like it!~ヽ(∀゜ )人( ゜∀)ノ