Depanneur Nocturne

Depanneur Nocturne

A lighthearted exploration game where you are browsing a store for a perfect gift, anywhere from 15 to 60 minutes depending on how many achievements you want to hit; however, I want to point out that most of the secrets in this game add a lot to the experience. There are a few hidden areas that you could miss if you decide to end the game prematurely, so I would encourage everyone to fully explore it - pretty much entire game is optional so it’s up to you when you want to finish. It has a little bit of replay value because there are some gifts that you can’t obtain during the same playthrough, but as far as I can tell they just change a few lines of dialogue at the end. Despite the lack of content, I thought it was a very worthwhile experience with enjoyable narrative and beautiful art style, especially all of that world-building artwork on the walls.

Real player with 3.8 hrs in game


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Late evening. A street closed off at either end by roadworks. You need to buy a gift but only one shop is still open.

Inside, you’re greeted by a lizard-like and rather stern shopkeeper, Eugenie. She says she’s teasing, but you’re not sure if she means it. It’s under her watchful gaze, and the ever-glaring eye of a CCTV camera that tracks your every move, you begin to browse the shelves.

You quickly realise there isn’t much to browse. The shelves are well-stocked, yes, but there are only a few items to click on. Still, these items provoke your curiosity. Pleasant music plays while you browse, courtesy of a radio which you’re free to retune. There are strange posters on the wall and even complimentary coffee… though my clumsy efforts at making it elicited laughter from me and a gentle rebuke from Eugénie.

Real player with 3.0 hrs in game

Depanneur Nocturne on Steam

Bear With Me - Episode One

Bear With Me - Episode One

Well, for some reasons I played this game many months ago, more than a year, and then the third episode came out few months ago so I bought it as soon as possible and played it, enjoyed it a lot and so on.. now the collector’s edition’s out on Humble Bundle as far as I know.

Anyways this game’s is a great hidden object/graphic adventure with an awesome story; I loved everything here although the whole game setting is probably too restricted thus don’t allowing you to explore as much as I wanted to.

Real player with 23.6 hrs in game


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Ladies and gentlemen, this is a clawsome game that is impawsible to furget. Having a charming yet grizzly atmosphere that you won’t find too polarizing, I just couldn’t bear to put it down.

Sorry, I’ll stop the bear puns now.

Promise.

Ahem, so ‘Bear with Me’ is an episodic point and click game with a heavy noir detective theme. But you know that from reading the description, and really if you’re interested by that idea then you’re probably going to enjoy this game. Yet if you’re still a bit sceptical then let me assure you, it is worth the time to go through.

Real player with 20.6 hrs in game

Bear With Me - Episode One on Steam

Gravity Block

Gravity Block

Simple, smart and polished gameplay!

The game doesn’t have to be complex, just be well built!

Well done.

Real player with 3.0 hrs in game


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Fun casual puzzle game. It may be a little too easy to complete while sober. Hoping they add more levels.

Real player with 2.9 hrs in game

Gravity Block on Steam

Bear With Me: The Lost Robots

Bear With Me: The Lost Robots

This is a first impressions style of review, as I haven’t finished the game, and I’m part way through what I guess is the prequel.

Firstly, I love the art style. Growing up, seeing some Don Bluth animations, and Space Ace / Dragons Lair arcade games, the cartoon quality animations always made me go “wow”. Now we take it for granted. However this is one of those games that makes you go “wow”, with the film noir 1930’s / 1940’s style, with the modern animation. I really do like it. And surprisingly, the grey scale works amazingly well and fits in with the whole style.

Real player with 26.8 hrs in game

A trully masterfully made little game that at first glance seem to have no right to actually be as good as it is.

Bear with me is a mix of a noir style detective narrative, with some clever humor sprinkled in that at times is way to cynical to be targeted at children, so don’t be fooled by the graphics style. To top the noir atmosphere there’s a very layered narrative that can be enjoyed both by kids on a surface level (with the cute looking characters) or on a deeper level by adults who might reminis about their past. The DLC even has a bit of twin peaks thrown in for good measure and is generally darker than the main game.

Real player with 24.8 hrs in game

Bear With Me: The Lost Robots on Steam

Crowd Simulator

Crowd Simulator

its annoying… but alll i can say 4 hours playing this game worth some thing around 70 cents its worth it cause you traing your brain and patience. My goal was to get 28/28 achievements witch i managed to do clearly. I recomend it if you had sold some skins from csgo or something to get it basically for free…

Real player with 3.5 hrs in game

I normally avoid “simulator” games, as they are typically straight-up bad memes. But this one was alright.

Crowd Simulator is a series of physics puzzles in tricky situations with crowds of people blocking the way, as you try to make it to e.g. the full elevator, or walk through the street full of stuck-up people.

There’s a very vague story or connection between the levels that disappears completely at some point.

You can grab certain items but otherwise there’s little interactivity. But (almost) every level has a couple of side quests or extra tasks to complete, rewarded with achievements.

Real player with 2.0 hrs in game

Crowd Simulator on Steam

DETECTIVE TYCOON

DETECTIVE TYCOON

Travel 70 years back in time to the days of noir detectives and lead your own 1-bit detective agency! Solve the most difficult cases. Hire new detectives. Expand your office.

Travel to the noir era!

  • Start from scratch

    Your story begins in a small backroom with one detective and one table. Expand your business and hire new agents to solve the most difficult cases. Choose simple and safe cases or take risks for a bigger reward.

  • Decide for yourself what your agency will be

    While your detectives are gaining experience on missions, you can improve your agency. Build a break room to give your detectives a place to relax. Build the wiretap room to receive irrefutable evidence or the laboratory to analyze collected clues.

  • Participate in the investigation

    Solve cases by guessing and collecting clues! The prosperity of your agency depends on your choice. But the success of the case will depend not only on your deductive abilities but also on the amount of evidence that your detectives collect!

  • Take care of your detectives

    Keep track of the needs of your agents. After all, it is impossible to solve a case without a cup of strong black coffee! Make sure all of your detectives get enough of it. Don’t forget about the personal skills of your detectives - may be one of them should inspect the crime scene, and the other should interview the witnesses? Or vice versa? Also, remember to send detectives on vacation and improve their skills. And don’t forget about their salary too!

DETECTIVE TYCOON on Steam

Madrid Noir

Madrid Noir

Nice little detective story about mysterious uncle. It is not a game, more like an experience, with few small interactions. Played on HP Reverb G2 with Index controllers. I had to lower resolution to 50% (otherwise the game crashed right after launching) but it still looked great and sharp and felt like it is still at 100% resolution.

Real player with 0.8 hrs in game

Madrid Noir is a VR interactive animated movie that is paid program. It worked on my HTC Vive system with RTX 2070 super, looked good, sounded good, played ok, was understandable. No help or instructions in-game, make assumption you know your way around VR. Has 3 languages to choose from: English, French and Spanish. Has some interactive objects to use to move the story along or to play with. Was a wonderful story with a good plot. Has a 45 minute runtime. You have only play space movement, the story will move you where it needs you to be. You might wanna be standing for this one, the movie goes all around you. You have a choice of 5 hand colors. The voice over in English was good. Not sure what the French and Spanish version are like, but i guess the be of same quality. Has cartoon Violence. Has good animations and textures.

Real player with 0.7 hrs in game

Madrid Noir on Steam

NeJ

NeJ

Welcome to the poetic universe of NeJ. A snowy forest that speaks of friendship, music, silence and mystery.

In this adventure you will meet a young puppy with whom you will live an incredible story, which begins in the ordinary to open on the fantastic.

It’s an evocative experience without any text, brought to life through the symbiosis of expressive hand-drawn graphics and a poignant original soundtrack.

Infiltration sequences, small puzzles, combat and mini-games punctuate this emotional journey.

NeJ on Steam

Black Ido

Black Ido

Added new game mechanics with gravity and physics, no rotation.This is a good independent

game in a gloomy atmospheric world.

Creating a sequel to a good game is no simple task. But somehow, Dnovel did it. They

improved The Square Key every conceiveable way.

If you liked TSK, you’ll LOVE Black Ido.

Real player with 5.0 hrs in game

Nice Game with cool design. Better be bought during sale.

Real player with 3.6 hrs in game

Black Ido on Steam

GravNewton

GravNewton

Nice (albeit not that new) concept, but overall this game has many flaws.

Basically, it’s a 2D platformer in which you control a ball or better, the ball itself moves according to gravity ‘cos you can only manoeuver through WASD keys the screen.

Ok, do you have in mind the application Windows uses to view photos? In the low bar you can rotate them of 90° degrees? That’s what this game does. Left and right keys and the ball (ok the game says that’s a deformed creature called The Stalker, to me looks like a badly designed ball) will keep on falling or will float in the air while you go from point A to point B avoiding spikes, flames etc.; of course, while you progress other things are added such as mandatory directional arrows, Mario-like fading blocks, exploding tiles and so on.

Real player with 5.2 hrs in game

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Real player with 4.5 hrs in game

GravNewton on Steam