Hexagon World
No. Just no. Do NOT pull the trigger on Hexagon World.
It’s pretty feature-free. The only controls are to 1) add land; 2) add water; 3) make a set of hexes desert; 4) make a set of hexes snow. That’s it. Nothing else. If you play this for 5 minutes, you’ve done everything you’re ever going to do with it.
Two menus (house and bomb) aren’t even implemented. No way to change the speed. No way to change the sound volume. No way to scroll the map – you can only zoom in and out on the center point. The cool airplanes? Just dots on the screen; you can’t even see what they’re doing unless it’s happening near the screen center. Switching from flat earth to globe view often results in just a black screen.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
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Entirely feature free “god game”
Actual trash, do not buy
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Terra Nil
Terra Nil, from eco-warriors Free Lives (Broforce) and recycled publisher Devolver Digital, presents players with the task of environmental rejuvenation.
The phases of wasteland reclamation
Begin with the water system, slowly purify the soil, and cultivate pioneer greenery. Embark on more ambitious tasks, restore biodiversity, fix the climate, introduce wildlife, and finally recycle all the structures you used to get there, leaving the environment pristine.
Unique, procedurally generated maps
Each region of the game has its own flavour and procedural generation palette. Yet even within a region, no two playthroughs will be the same.
Picturesque landscapes
Navigate sprawling, verdant, hand-painted environments where everything but the rocks move and breathe. A meditative soundtrack and stunning audio palette will accompany your efforts.
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Campground Owner
Campground owner is very suitable to your needs.
I recommend picking a map with more land then water. You can pick seasons (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall).
In creative mode, you have unlimited cash. I almost always do creative mode. If you want to put anything on the map, I’d recommend that. There is also a survival mode where you have to earn money. You can get that from campers.
If you like to speed up time, press 1(slow), 2 (medium), 3( super fast).
You can’t put different camper’s tent, chairs, grill, or camper together, or it will show the camper’s gear red.
– Real player with 6.9 hrs in game
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Fun game for some time, I really like being able to place the items of campers down myself in spots that give the most money, and it’s fun trying to get all stars and see money go up.
There are some downsides though, some quality of life improvements that I would like to see.
Once a camper is placed, you cannot see info about them, like with how many they are, how much they’ll pay or for how long they stay. You can see this when they ask to be placed, but still would be nice to keep track of the stay’s duration.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
Block’hood
For a 3 dimensional city builder; the game is remarkably devoid of depth. It’s very pretty, but as a simulation or a strategy game, Block’hood falls flat where it matters.
I love city builders. Creating a carefully balanced, tightly operating system of checks and balances that eventually bloom into a series of new gameplay mechanics and challenges, is a joy, whether it be Anno, Simtower, or Simcity/Skylines. What Block’hood brings to the genre, is an ingenious sense of 3D verticality. Both Simcity and Simtower were fine games, but in both you were stuck between either the directions of a compass, or to the left side / right side dichotomy of of a vertical slice of your ascending tower. Let’s face it; both games pinned you down upon a flat sheet.
– Real player with 60.4 hrs in game
An acquired taste.
Summary
Don’t buy this game based on the assumption that it’s a tower-building sim, because this game’s heart is clearly in the strategy-puzzle genre once you get to playing it. If you already enjoy resource-management see-saw puzzle games, you’ll immediately love the depth and complexity of this game behind it’s simple, pleasant looking facade. Those who don’t enjoy the hectic, non-stop balancing act of games like this, steer clear, this game is a 1-trick pony. Those who aren’t sure, pick this up on sale and tool around with it, you’ll either love it or hate it.
– Real player with 29.8 hrs in game
Seeds of Resilience
I had hopes for this game, but unfortunately it seems like it won’t be developed further, and I don’t think it’s worth the price in its current state. Even with the current 30% off I’d say only get it if you really like what you see.
The game is mostly good, very atmospheric, nice music, there are no major bugs.
However the gameplay is very rigid/static/uncreative, short and unbalanced. There are interesting ideas in it, but they aren’t developed enough or used in a meaningful way. That’s the main reason I didn’t give it a negative review right away… because there seemed to be potential.
– Real player with 39.3 hrs in game
Seeds of Resilience
| Genre | Survival simulation & RPG |
| Version | 0.8.3b |
| Campaign | Not yet, only survival mode with 2 islands |
| Game length | maybe 4-12 hours if you want to do all stuff? |
| Difficulty modes | 1 |
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– Real player with 37.6 hrs in game
Planet Zoo
It shows the true meaning of taking care of animals making them feel more alive unlike other games that animals seem more dead than alive, this game is worth the money and i highly recommend this game to anyone that loves zoo’s or who wants to study zoology it has a tab that you can open leading to hours of beautiful notes of each animal from what they eat to if they are endangered to how many in a group and many more things i would write about this beautiful graphic game but i would take hours writing on this amazing game, me myself want to be study zoology and be a vet or zoo keeper so this game is great to learn more about animals, one again I highly recommend this game to others! and it is worth the money!
– Real player with 104.4 hrs in game
UPDATE please read if you already have, or especially if you have the game - though i still don’t recommend the game if its not on sale –
I really wanted to like this game, there are so many things about it to love, but oh my god, it is so broken. There are so many game breaking glitches and technical errors, not to mention just straight up poor development choices that really made this depressing to play for me. I love sim development games.
Examples of errors - So you can do construction, as long as you hold down shift as well as other shortcut keys and are able to freely move the walls, still, floors are completely useless, it does make construction a little more fun knowing i can at least use the walls and roofs, I don’t understand why they added floors, snapping the pathways to a grid can help if you want to make a plaza though, as the path will become larger instead of just longer with some branches, but you still have to attach vendors/exhibits to the ends of the path and are not allowed to put it directly on top. which is annoying.
– Real player with 66.4 hrs in game
Fleeting World
not much to do and not much to look at.
But the soundtracks is very pleasant and the concept of a changing landscape is interesting.
All things together it feels like I just paid for a very simple ludum dare game.
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
Fleeting World is a somewhat simplistic “city builder” strategy game where you must build a village, then place various resource harvesting outposts around yourself on the grid (so you can afford to place more resource harvesting outposts, etc etc). The trick is that the small 16x16 grid that is the game world changes over time. You need to regularly pay a bundle of resources to the gods or they’ll increase the rate at which the world changes (and thus destroys your village/outposts etc, setting you back).
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Valley of No Roads
It is not that I do not like the game. I like the idea. What I have a problem with is that you can NOT save the game. You either have to play on or let the board go if you need to leave and do something else. This is something they need to add. Also they better guide on how to play. I hope they have more updates the last that I can see was back in June.
– Real player with 24.9 hrs in game
Tutorial could be clearer, help dialogues could be a little bit better, but all over a verry nice puzzle game. Challanging and cute. Yes it needs improvement, but it is promising! I love it so far.
– Real player with 16.8 hrs in game
Woodland Empire
Woodland Empire is a An ANTI-citybuilder; a natural take on the typical city building game
Instead of building roads and power lines, you control the wind, rain and sunlight to help your forest grow.
Manage, upgrade and grow your empire with the help of woodland creatures, including foxes, wolves, squirrels and birds
Harness the natural instincts of predators and prey to spread and fertilize your forest.
Tired of the hustle-bustle of the typical city builder? Retire to the wilderness and live in harmony with Nature
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Control the forces of wind, sun, rain and time
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Grow and upgrade trees and plants
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Encourage wildlife to thrive and prosper
Fishermen’s Haven
Life on a remote island is not as easy as it seems. In Fishermen’s Haven, you have to take care of your people - make sure they have enough to eat, grow and harvest crops, fish using various techniques, or forage for food in the jungle. Remember that the tropical climate is unpredictable - be ready to face nature and tame the elements.
Manage resources, as you will need them to expand your village. Building new houses, tools or boats requires many materials that are scarce on the secluded isle. Be smart and take advantage of trade with foreign merchants who visit your village and sell products that can be crucial for the survival of your people.