IKEA VR Experience

IKEA VR Experience

Of all the early free experiences, this one holds up. They added a Christmas mode to it as well, that’s a good sign! I also don’t recall the stickie-buns from my first play-through, so that must be new as well. It renders well for a Unreal Engine game, maybe that’s my 970 1070 upgrade or engine improvements. I’ve played alot of VR architecture demos, and many more expansive areas to explore, but I don’t think I’ve seen one with this interactivity. There’s a fair bit of fun.

! I once got a free desk from IKEA because the one I had ordered had a slight scratch on it, but c’mon, y’all can buy one, and then photoshot that spit, and build the Mega-Desk(r) you know you deserve. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpFx4ygIv9s

Real player with 16.0 hrs in game


Read More: Best Exploration Cute Games.


It’s so lifelike!

I only went in for a cheap desk lamp, but after 30 minutes of being shepherded through the store without stopping, I found my path blocked by a couple arguing over soft furnishings whilst their child threw a tantrum over getting a hotdog and an ice-cream. I went around them and wandered a little more (on rails as per the store layout) and eventually stopped for minute to look at some bedroom furniture however I realised that I am in fact not a giant and therefore do not have 16ft ceilings in my bedroom ergo they wouldn’t fit (BUGFIX: I think there may be scaling issues). Unfortunately, the couple had caught up with me and were still arguing only this time over the mans commitment to the shopping trip. The child was complaining that it needed to go to the toilet. As if by magic an NPC in a yellow polo neck T-Shirt appeared from behind a mirror (I think no-clip was left on by mistake) and started filling up a pencil dispenser but before anyone could ask the way to the restroom it vanished behind a stack of pillows. I then walked for another 10 minutes until I found the lamp section. I found one I liked but the bulbs were some weird triangle shape that I’d never seen before so I decided to wander round and see if one of the NPCs had any clues. I eventually found what appeared to be an enormous warehouse full of boxes. There was an old man bending to lift a flat-pack bunkbed while his wife looked round nervously with a “excuse me young man could you help” look on her face (the graphics are astonishing) … I decided to offer my help as I thought it might be a side-quest… Unfortunately, the box was slightly too big for the trolley so I had to help them all the way to the checkout while the old lady did more to make it fall off than help (she meant well). In a moment of sheer determination to finish the quest I decided to help them to the car. Sadly, I got distracted by the sound of a child screaming “BUT I DON’T LIKE STRAWBERRY SYRUP ON MY ICE-CREAM” at full volume followed by crying as I left the store and I forgot to ask the nearby NPC about the lamp. By the time I remembered, I was outside waiting for the old man (Collin) to fetch the car (BUG REPORT: the bollards have odd collision boxes that the trolley won’t fit through). It was a 1993 Nissan Micra. Even after removing the basket of knitting supplies, 1972 AA road atlas of Great Britain, and full tool set including kneeling pad from the boot; I realised the box wouldn’t fit. I tried everything as the old woman looked on expectantly but no luck. Sadly, we unboxed the item in a bid to make it fit (Nice Tetris clone mini-game) and it meant the item could not be returned so I had to restart the quest.

Real player with 0.8 hrs in game

IKEA VR Experience on Steam

Sea of Craft

Sea of Craft

Join Sea of Craft, the new wave of realistic physics-based construction and adventure games. With hundreds of building materials and weapons at your disposal, there is no limitation to the unique and wonderful seafaring vessels that you can create. When you’re done building, take to the treacherous waves of the Beela South Sea where wild adventures and rich bounty await you. Band together with players from around the world and do battle with mysterious monsters lurking in the depths, or battle your enemies and claim the spoils!

Sea of Craft features 3 unique gameplay styles allowing you to enjoy the game your way!

#### Challenge Mode

Head to single-player and progress through varied and brain-teasing challenges test your creativity and engineering skills to the limits. Race against the clock, navigate difficult terrain, take down targets with formidable firepower and much more.

Open Sea

Navigate to the Beela South Sea in the Open Sea mode. Join forces with players around the world to battle mysterious and fearsome monsters or turn your cannons on the other players and battle for supremacy in intensive PVP Battles!

Sail across a boundless ocean unlocking points of interest on your map and picking up material to build vessels as you do, remember here resources are scarce and you will only be able to build with what you scavenge from wrecks. Navigate to a factory and turn your materials into ship parts or purchase parts at the purchasing station. Buy or sell ship designs at the Ship Expo. Meet your friends at the Customshouse. Join in the many varied wonderful and exciting game modes within the Open sea that rise from the ocean depths!

Sandbox

Hard day at sea? Why not retire to the tranquillity of Creative Mode for the evening. Make the build of your dreams using unlimited resources. Experiment, test, rinse and repeat. The only limit is your imagination!

#### Features

  • 3 Distinct game modes catering for every playstyle

  • Puzzle-based single-player challenge chapters

  • Sandbox mode with unlimited resources to let your creativity run wild

  • Unique and exciting minigames on both land and sea

  • Open Sea with resource management elements

  • Blueprints trading at the Ship Expo – share your ships with the world!

  • Battle in open-world PvP

  • Ability to build huge complex vessels

  • In-depth building mechanics featuring pistons, pulleys, hinges and more

  • Ornamental shipbuilding parts and colourful spray paints

  • Large 64km² open-world map (to be expanded with future DLC)

  • Explore the map collecting resources scattered throughout the world

  • Realistic water physics


Read More: Best Exploration 3D Games.


Sea of Craft on Steam

Space Merchant

Space Merchant

nice little chilled game, easily played ( and minimised when the boss walks in ) between working on spreadsheets etc. Nice simple and relaxed.

Real player with 124.2 hrs in game


Read More: Best Exploration Procedural Generation Games.


It’s a mobile game, fun but you’d need to spend some time to get to other galaxies (it’ll unlock more ships and crafts). Great if you like slow paced games.

Real player with 7.4 hrs in game

Space Merchant on Steam

Ingredienta

Ingredienta

Alchemy

Create potions using completly original, logic-based alchemy system. Mix ingredients to achieve (un)wanted reactions. Calculate required aligments and discover new magical effects. Follow recipes or find new ones. Transform elixirs into mixtures and draughts. Master the Art of Alchemy!

Adventure

After ages-long sleep, enter world of Ingredienta as next reincarnation of Great Alchemist. Explore randomly-generated fantasy lands to gather various ingredients. Overcome obstacles using your handcrafted potions. Fight with powerful foes and find hidden secrets. Experiment in in sand-box envoirament. Make wolves fly. Start your great adventure now!

Ingredienta on Steam

Residual

Residual

Fun game, the developer is very communicative with the community about issues, if any as well.

Crashed on a planet and gotta fix your ship, what lurks below…

Your soon to find out!

Give it a go, the game has plenty to offer, has some puzzles to keep you thinking.

Real player with 24.8 hrs in game

Finished my first planet in about 10 hours after figuring everything out and exploring every nook and cranny. Love the game! The platforming/survival combo works great, the art is lovely, and there’s a great sense of exploration as you go deeper and deeper under the surface and the landscape changes around you. The procedural generation does a great job with the map, And I love PedeyP—his comments always make me laugh.

Can’t wait to try new planets—took a little peek already and found a lot of variation in looks/biomes/difficulty. Should be interesting!

Real player with 23.3 hrs in game

Residual on Steam

Survivor Island

Survivor Island

Its a small, short, and fun game. the tired system dosen’t seem to work.

Real player with 4.3 hrs in game

Dev wont even fix two broken achievements which was my only reason to buy this ‘game’

Real player with 4.0 hrs in game

Survivor Island on Steam

The Amazing American Circus

The Amazing American Circus

Target Audience: Those Willing to Take the Lows With The Highs in Card RPGs

Summary:

This is a recommendation in essence, but for a specific subset of people.

I’m going to be straight up from the get go here: The Amazing American Circus is one of those games that I want to love up and down, but ended up being the biggest thorn in my side due to what happened during the review period. To say that I faced some of the worst bugs: specifically saved game bugs, in my review career would have been an understatement: I had 8 separate runs break wildly in that period where I could not continue to make progress. While those bugs seem to be fixed now, I have a form of PTSD at this point. Every time I play, I’m waiting for the game to break again. Hell, even the video I made had a major bug in it. There’s a reason I have around 40+ hours of gameplay without actually beating the game, and to say it hung over the experience would be an understatement to say the least.

Real player with 57.7 hrs in game

This is not a Slay to Spire, this is not a Monster Train. The Amazing American Circus is not a roguelike-roguelite card game, it is more like a card game built around a campaign, with some management sim built around it, in which you need to cover the costs, upgrades etc from the incomes you get during the shows.

If you more curious about the game, and want to check a short, ~20mins long video in which I showing what content you could expect from the game with one circus show (card battle) included, then here is mine:

Real player with 29.8 hrs in game

The Amazing American Circus on Steam

Tiny Planet Protectors

Tiny Planet Protectors

Welcome to the Tiny Planet Protection Agency!

Your assignment: Protect, Clean, and Discover. Collect resources and encounter the inhabitants of nearby galaxies as you also fill your home planet with alien plants, futuristic tools, and uncover the greatest threat to the universe.

Tiny Planet Protectors is a Free To Play game that allows all players to try out the game by exploring the Hearth Galaxy but all other and future galaxies are available to explore through paid DLC. Tiny Planet Protectors plans to launch in 2021 but make sure to Follow and Wishlist today to find out when you can begin your work as an agent!

  • Explore a procedurally generated universe! Explore endless planets across multiple galaxies each with unique plants and lifeforms to study and collect. Complete calming and satisfying tasks to rebuild the universe planet by planet.

  • Farm, craft, and shape your home planet Return your collected items and resources to your home planet to craft your ideal home.

  • Uncover the greatest threat to the universe! Meet other TPPA agents and discover a mystery that may lead to a galactic divide.

Tiny Planet Protectors on Steam

Lost Away

Lost Away

You are stranded, deep inside the wilderness of a mysterious planet. Use all of your tools, tech and skills to set a base camp, discover the planet’s previously undiscovered secrets and return to Earth alive.

Stay oxidized: On this planet, oxygen won’t be taken for granted. With little breathable air from the atmosphere, a lack of oxygen will remain a constant foe throughout your journey. Stay ahead, continue breathing and you will become the king of the jungle.

In order to survive, you will have to know your surroundings. Plan your route, use navigation points and discover the deep and gorgeous world around you.

Everything you find can prove useful if you are creative enough - combine, experiment, and master the skill of crafting.

Explore this alien world in the search of materials, use your newly crafted tools to build a mighty shelter, and increase your chances of surviving the night.

There’s more than one way to survive hunger. Make your way through the jungle, and hunt wild and strange animals, or stick to the flora, grow and harvest your very own alien fruit and vegetable from the ground below your feet.

Develop new manufacturing technologies, repair the badly damaged spaceship and return to Earth. Don’t be fooled though, you’re in for a long and arduous journey.

Use the sandbox experience just to have fun and play at your own pace. Focus on discovering secrets and ancient alien locations, or create a comfortable habitat and make yourself at home.

Lost Away on Steam

PIRATECRAFT

PIRATECRAFT

Good start not much to do, that’s most likely because I dont know how to do anything lol

Real player with 0.7 hrs in game

It’s not bad, but the nights are pitch black, which has no meaning at all. Explore, explore and explore, how big is this world? Lots of chests with goodies to collect.

So the nights are a big turn off. Just standing there in the darkness, I want to move, but I don’t see my enemy.

Maybe it has a purpose in PvP mode, but if one has brightness control on their monitor, it’s an advantage.

And for what it is worth in general: This game should be FREE !

I do like, that when you kill a Cannibal, that it drops health potions. Take out the day/night cycle. If you can, can you @developer or is this what is possible? And if you try to add something, put like a bejeweled chest in a temple or something. Who ever gets it, get a huge bonus in points. But what is the use of the points, especially in single player?

Real player with 0.6 hrs in game

PIRATECRAFT on Steam