Cuphead

Cuphead

This game is awesome!!! Iv’e beaten the game with expert S rank and all achievements and let me say, iv’e enjoyed nearly every moment! Yes, the game is challenging but when you get that knockout it is so satisfying! Its a 10/10 game and i would recommend it!

Real player with 369.6 hrs in game


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Real player with 89.0 hrs in game

Cuphead on Steam

Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread

Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread

Overall

Objectively 8/10 - but subjectively - would play again. And again. And … again. And again.

Blast Brigade is a Metroidvania Platformer that takes everything about the current Metroidvania Zeitgeist and puts it on its head. Dark and Depressing is replaced with Bright and funny. Nail-biting hard is replaced with approachable while challenging. It’s a game that doesn’t have many similarities to current average MEtroidvanias, and that’s what makes it my recommendation. I just enjoy my time in it - it feels good on a basic level that just makes it a joy to play and replay.

Real player with 120.4 hrs in game


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This game is really great and very entertaining to play. I really like how challenging the boss fights have been. I would highly recommend this game to everyone!

Real player with 29.3 hrs in game

Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread on Steam

Bouncy Bob: Episode 2

Bouncy Bob: Episode 2

it feels like a game that a couple junior high kids made

Real player with 0.1 hrs in game


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loved the original, this one is so much worse :( i am genuinely crying, but i need a third game in this series, without it i cannot sleep at night the original was a masterpiece of such profoundly innovative game design combined with its beautiful latest graphics that still rival cyberpunk imo and its class leading story telling along with its charm, all these things made it great, and without it i am lost.

Real player with 0.1 hrs in game

Bouncy Bob: Episode 2 on Steam

Chase

Chase

Chase is an arcade racing game.

You control the spacecraft following the creek of the river on some unknown planet. You are chased by enemies who want to destroy you. Your spacecraft has limited health and each collision with creek walls damages spacecraft. The goal is to reach finish and stay alive.

  • Ultra fast and intense gameplay

  • Hours of action filled gameplay across six different levels

  • Spectacular sound tracks

  • Integrated Leaderboards

Chase on Steam

PokeyPoke

PokeyPoke

Explore a mysterious island of Trials with nothing but a spear, grit and determination.

Expressive control

Cling to and bounce from ceiling to wall to cliff face. Full, 360-degree spear aim makes PokeyPoke a uniquely expressive, satisfying and difficult to master platformer that handles like no other.

Just a girl and a spear

No powerups, no artificial gates, no monsters, no skill trees. Just you, your spear and your environment. The trials are a test of what you have learned and mastered, nothing more.

Choose your own path

Collect optional hidden gems by climbing, swinging and bouncing across an intricately hand-crafted island. Challenges lie temptingly around every corner, and then around the corner from that. Tackle the trials at your own pace and carve your own journey through the island.

Climb on

The Trials are tough, but they reward courage and perseverance. When you fail you’re quickly thrown straight back into the action with instant respawns, armed with one more attempt’s worth of knowledge and practice.

PokeyPoke on Steam

The Floor is [Blank]

The Floor is [Blank]

The floor is …:

  • precision platformer

  • catchy music

  • interesting levels (whole 200 of them!)

  • testing the durability of your keyboard and gamepad

Real player with 0.3 hrs in game

The Floor is [Blank] on Steam

Scoot Kaboom and the Tomb of Doom

Scoot Kaboom and the Tomb of Doom

I really love the approach of the one giant map! Couple that with a great variety of environmental hazards, clever level design and the cruel but necessary process of learning through death - and you’ve got Scoot Kaboom!

I’m having a great time so far 3

UPDATE:

I’ve now completed it, and what a really wholesome game. Really nice design of the “traps” and as you go deeper into the tomb the combination of several mechanics at once really cause a fun and challenging experience! The ending was fun, and I love how there are a bunch of unlockables, various game modes and accessibility settings if the game is too difficult.

Real player with 3.4 hrs in game

Great old style platformer with a nice gradual ramp up in difficulty. I really love that you can slow down the game for challenging sections if you want to, for as little or as much of the game as you want, and to the speed percentage you want. I’m hugely impressed with this design! It allows you to keep the game challenging to your level so it stays fun and not either a grind, or something you have to give up on.

Different playable characters and game modes add a lot of replayability factor - and the zoom to see the whole game feature is really clever.

Real player with 2.6 hrs in game

Scoot Kaboom and the Tomb of Doom on Steam

Sliding Blocks

Sliding Blocks

FANTASTIC until it chokes at level 37 in master mode. Bummer.

Real player with 45.9 hrs in game

In short: It’s a perfectly functional, if pretty cheaply-made puzzle game with zero variety, but a lot of content. I’m enjoying myself and the pricing is very fair.

In long: The game has one mechanic and one mechanic only: After 10 tutorial levels there will always be a 6x6 grid on which 2- and 3-tile blocks are arranged so they block the exit. Grabbing them with the mouse allows you to slide them along their length-axis. You need to cleverly slide them back and forth until you’ve moved the target block (always on the third row from the top) to the right edge of the grid so you can slide it out of the exit. There is an undo button which comes in very handy on later levels. There is no time limit (and indeed no time keeping even), but there is a target number of moves on each level which seems to be based on the optimal solution (as I’ve never managed to beat it). Based on your performance you’ll be awarded 1-3 stars, but the game is thankfully very generous in this evaluation. The following move-counts all gave me the full 3 stars: 11/10, 17/15 and 25/21 while 29/24 only awarded me 2 stars. With this leeway it’s fairly easy to 3-star every level.

Real player with 18.0 hrs in game

Sliding Blocks on Steam

Balloon Flight

Balloon Flight

A fun little game, somewhere between parkour and sandbox I guess.

It could use some more objects or some ways to connect parts togeher, as right now you effectively only have 2 different vehicles you can use, a small one and a large one. On the large one you could place some objects losely, you can’t connect them however so its not truely a sandbox-like “Build your own vehicle and then fly it”.

I hope something along those lines will be added at some point in the future, as beeing able to build your own craft from scratch to master the skies would be even more fun for sure!

Real player with 12.1 hrs in game

It’s a good game overall. Have a few collision issues (Specially issue when the platform should take your boat while you take more time and when you return IT HAS STUCK ITSELF ON THE FUCKING WALL AND RUINS A MAJESTIC RUN). But it’s a good game.

Real player with 4.7 hrs in game

Balloon Flight on Steam

I Am Fish

I Am Fish

It’s difficult at times but very fun. Nice graphics and gameplay I think.

Real player with 13.1 hrs in game

有的故事你明明已经猜到套路,但每一次冒险经历都惊喜。明明想到每一个片段,却仍会在过场中发自内心地笑。明明知道结局,却还是忍不住被感动。

从店里的分别到大海的相聚,四条鱼的生活不局限于缸中,从小缸到池塘,从瓶子到河流,再从墩布桶到大海。不断变化的场景一次又一次给玩家惊喜。大到茂密森林边无垠的海,跨海大桥,喧嚣的舞厅机场,被阳光晒暖的一片片田野,小到在瓶子杯子里穿过一幢幢房子,一户户人家,这些画面不能说精致却让人十分舒服。也正是这些多样的变化造就了四条鱼各自不同的冒险,直到四条线在大海相会。

就像游戏里描绘的那样,四条鱼没有被困境困住,自由与团聚总是在一次次尝试后变得越来越近,在快节奏游戏横行的今天不妨来试一下这个温馨故事给你带来的不一样的体验。

Real player with 10.4 hrs in game

I Am Fish on Steam