Castle Flipper
i had 9 games on my wish list for the last 6 months and finally one of them came out—Castle Flipper. I love House Flippers and have about 400 hours on it. My first thought was this would be similar, but after reading the numerous negative comments, I realized it wasn’t. There were also complaints that the quests were completed in 10-12 hours and that was also a turn off. However, the Devs responded and explained the concept of building a castle after the quests.
The game was listed for about $5 (i live in a lower priced Country) and after some thought, I decided to give it a try. After all, everyone has different tastes. Boy was I glad. The setting and music are beautiful. I started by completing a couple of tasks and then was told to build my house. It only required a 4X4 floor plan and took no time to build. Then there were 2 new tasks, one of them was to clean up a ship. While that sounded cool, I realized that was the problem those negative reviewers had. They rushed, rushed, rushed. For example, one player I won’t name gave it a bad review saying there was little to do except the quests that took just a few hours. Yet, this player took the time to make a You Tube video of him playing the game. I watched it to pick up some tips. He rushed, rushed, rushed to complete the quests. This isn’t real life where we live in the fast lane. Slow down. Take a breath and enjoy the game. There is no prize for finishing the game quickly. He even commented that it only cost $10 so not worth the time to ask for a refund. What? Not worth the time. It takes less than a minute to ask for a refund on Steam (I know, I’ve refunded over half my games because they were too difficult.) If someone’s one minute of time is worth more than 10 bucks, then I’m in the wrong business.
– Real player with 42.9 hrs in game
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First off all, I love these kinds of games. Building and maintaining your own settlement is something I can spend many hours on. Saying that you would think I would recommend this game seeing the endgame is based all around that. But sadly I cannot. The idea is there, build your own castle and collect rent. But the way this has been implemented simply isn’t satisfying. The world feels empty and barren, nothing happens beside the occasional ‘clutter everywhere incidents’ that makes you run around all the houses n clean stuff up. The visuals are great but without life within the game you quickly lose the drive to do anything.
– Real player with 13.0 hrs in game
Secrets of the Middle Ages
This is a colourful and relaxing game - no timer. Items are easy to find and scrolling to search for them does give your memory an exercise.
My only quibble is that too many of the same items are repeated across the 4 locations. It would have been nice to have different items to find, but other than that it’s a nice game.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
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I’m really on the fence with this game, and it can be completed under 1 hour.
The graphics are cute and well drawn, the objects identifiable and (perhaps too) easy to find: they are always displayed fully. The game consists of 4 scenes, each containing the same objects but arranged differently. You get 3 hints per scene. There are no misclick penalties, so you can drag the scene (holding down the mouse button) in a perpetual circle, in either direction. The music is relaxing but, unfortunately, in a very short loop.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
Crown Land
What if medieval Europe and precolonial America were swapped? Crown Land is an epic fantasy visual novel set on an alternate Earth. Meet kings in Texas, lords in California, knights in New York, Cherokees in France, and many more! Crown Land features a cast of over THIRTY fully drawn characters, medieval twists on locations from all over North America (Texas, California, New York, Canada, and more), and a dark, gripping plotline. Wishlist Crown Land now!
Hunt down the horrendous Horned Face and avenge the death of his betrothed. That was the mission, and obsession, that Ethan Primrose had walked away from. Now, he lives his life peacefully and rules the State of California as the heir of both House Primrose and the Western region of the Fifty States. There he lives with his guilt-ridden squire, Olivia, and his wide-eyed sister, Novah. But everything changes when an old friend, one also with an insatiable obsession for finding the Horned Face, vanishes under mysterious circumstances.
To the north of the Fifty States, Premier Nyanna of the Province of Ontario has tried her best to keep the Republic out of a war with its southern neighbor. But when she learns about her brother’s unnatural circumstances, she commits herself to find the truth about her brother. Just as determined as she are her remaining brothers Sawyer and Hayes Maple— the first an arch-priest pushing for controversial reformations, the second the new and unprepared heir of House Maple.
Although separated by thousands of miles and vast landscapes, the actions of each character are concretely and profoundly felt by each and everyone else. With the entire Continent tenaciously teetering on the edge of a full-scale war, each character must understand that their actions and desires impact not just themselves, but the fate of the entire Continent.
Crown Land features a massive cast of over THIRTY drawn, original characters. The following is merely a small sample of them all.
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100 hidden gnomes
Worst in the series by far. Unless you are trying to teach a 2-3 year old how to use a mouse, simply pointless.
While others in the series have charming and sometimes quite clever artwork (100 birds still manages to hide the last few birds from me even after a few play throughs) this has neither.
2 minutes and 1 pan through the scenery and it’s done. (I had to leave it running and go cook some breakfast just to be able to write this review.)
TLDR: TSDB. (Too Short, Don’t Buy.)
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Alas, I, your humble scribe of this here review, find myself unable and unwilling to give this game either laurels, or medals.
“Why?” asks thou, most saucily.
“Because,” respond I, tired of the fake Shakespeare talk, “it blows like a hurricane and sucks like a vacuum cleaner.”
Nothing is hidden in this hidden object game …and that sort of defeats the purpose of the danged thing.
! Unless the goal was a quick cash grab, in which case- kudos!
Previous efforts by the devs were not brain twisting by any means, but at least provided a well priced, mild and fun challenge with small images well integrated in the black and white line art.
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
Coin Rush
You have one goal: Go in to the caves and collect as many coins as possible before time runs out!
Inspired by games like Metroid and Spyro race through twisting caverns to get as many coins as possible. Can you figure out the best path? Are those side routes worth the time?
15 levels filled with coin catching goodness are planned for final release.
Story will be kept to a minimum to focus on gameplay.
DayDream Mosaics
Escape into the fantasy world of Daydream Mosaics and build your own sanctuaries of peace and relaxation. Solve logic based nonograms to earn the crystals needed for building your sanctuaries. Wonderful wallpapers will unlock along the way.
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Logic based mosaics with up to 6 colors. Each level has its unique color set.
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Over 100 nongram levels.
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3 tranquil sanctuaries to build.
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Unlock 10 stunning wallpapers.
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Choose between 3 game modes: relaxed, normal and advanced.
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A wide array of customization options, including 6 tile skins and the option to display only the active color.
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Level progress is saved at all times so you can get quickly in and out of the game.
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Relaxing soundtrack.
Gems of Fate: the Charmed King
To all fans of puzzles, lovers of fairy tales and pixel art - specially for you game “Gems of Fate: the Charmed King”!
Happiness and joy reigned in the fairy kingdom under the rule of a wise and just king … But one night a mysterious storm broke out, after which everything changed! The king began to give strange orders, but he himself has not been seen since. Who will challenge the forces of evil and find out what is the cause of all the ills? Maybe you, a brave hero?
Go through the lands of the kingdom to the castle, solving puzzles 3-in-a-row - after all at the end of the path you are waiting for the solution of the story! Over one hundred exciting levels stand between you and the end of the story, but we know something with you that this hero will not stop it! Forward, towards a new magical adventure!
War Solution - Casual Math Game
Hello Yaw Studios!
I don’t usually play math games, but I ended up giving this one a chance …
It was a great decision because the game is very beautiful and it also has a win-win relationship. I say this because when I’m playing the game in a few minutes I forget the mathematics because I have to worry about other things that are happening in the battle and without realizing it I improve my thinking agility and my knowledge.
Congratulations, looking forward to seeing the next shows!
Cheers.
– Real player with 11.8 hrs in game
In fact, a great game for an affordable price. There are many game modes! Particularly, the survivor and adventure modes were the ones I like most. If you are looking for an adventure game where you can learn Math in the journey, this is it. Strongly recommended!!!
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale
july 2021 edit: 16 new levels and some more quality of life.
long ago: a puzzle tale is an excellent ball-rolling/sliding game. technically the former, but since it’s wall-to-wall movement, the latter also applies. you’ll find signs that change the ball’s direction, pressure plates, portals, and various things to activate or deactivate to reveal more things to collect. no timing elements, it’s completely turn-based.
– Real player with 6.9 hrs in game
A nice and relaxing casual puzzle game, with beautiful art and music, based on the classic roll the ball until it stops mechanic. Many elements come into play with each level, creating ingenious and challenging puzzles. The twist on top of the addiction of finishing levels with all 3 stars, is the narrated and voiced story behind the game. With each level you unlock more of it, revealing more of the adventure of our princess.
– Real player with 2.5 hrs in game
Siege Wars
The best game I have seen from the style of Crush the castle or Angry Birds. Now Siege Wars is not a clone. If it was a “clone” Angry Birds would be too. Because Crush the castle is there too. Games like these have formed a style of shooting an enemy building by whatever weapon has become a type of game itself. And this game is in its own world and unique unlike the rest. You get insulted in Angry Birds when you lose and you can always expect what comes next. But in Siege Wars. it is always a surprise there are enemy types like in Angry Birds. And as well as different types of bricks. But what’s different is that there is one block you cannot break. Siege Wars also takes a place in medieval times and has a sad / adventurous feel to it. Its other unique feature is the upgrades and different types of weapons when in Angry Birds there is only a slingshot. Nomad1 or Alexei Garbuzenko and the rest of the team did some great coding and used some amazing imagination and thought into the levels and the game.
– Real player with 26.0 hrs in game
This is a mixed bag, but if you get it for a low price, there is fun to be had for a few hours.
It does some things better than Angry Birds, and some things worse. It has some obvious, simple-to-fix design issues that make it seem like an unpolished cash-grab.
Edit: if you want to get 100% achievements in this game, it is not enjoyable, it is a tedious chore and it looks like the developers never tried to do that while testing, because the design flaws fly right into your face then. On Steam you cannot buy spells (which would make things very easy) like in the mobile versions through microtransactions, but the game was built around that feature it seems.
– Real player with 18.7 hrs in game