Misery Street
I’m still not very far into the game, but it’s pretty good.
It runs insanely poorly for how graphically simple it is. I have no idea how a game this simple can run that bad unless it’s doing crypto mining or something.
The PLC-as-currency thing is a little bit “Hey guys, can you tell that I played Lisa?” The EP Snails (is that what they are?) are at least slightly altered while clearly being an Earthbound reference.
The “maybe I should get a job” dialogue with the Hobo Grey kind of irks me. Even if it wasn’t a cliche joke that makes no sense in the setting (he’s in a tiny farming village plagued with both a serial killer and a continuous undead infestation in the fields), it would still be a crass misrepresentation of homelessness fit for the scribblings of an elementary schooler.
– Real player with 19.1 hrs in game
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Creepy Mahjong
Creepy Mahjong is a dark theme Mahjong solitaire with a twist.
Levels follow a story, but each time you play, the story might be different.
Completing some levels or failing to, will bring you to a different path of levels to explore.
In each level, you have to fight a monster, and with the pass of time, your life reduces.
Each time a pair of tiles is removed, you get back some health.
If you get stuck and your health isn’t too low, you can escape and get a new monster to fight with, but be careful because your health is carried from one level to another either if you win or escape.
To bring you more into the creepy mood, this game purposely has no hints or shuffle, and some levels might not be solvable due to the random tile placement.
It’s up to you to figure out and decide when it’s time to escape and try to find another match or keep fighting.
Create and Share your own Levels
Purchasing Creepy Mahjong, you will also get access to a Level Editor where you can create your own design.
After designing your level you will obtain a code that you can use to share it with your friends and community.
Share your creations with your friends for an endless challenge!
Input
Mouse (+ Keyboard for shortcuts)
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Fatal Curse
Brandon, a young man that lived a normal life in a small town called Maldicion had his life turned upside down. He wasn’t sure what was happening until one day, things became much more sinister and he was sucked into a dark world of his former town where strange things and a dark figure began to haunt him. It’s now up to you to help Brandon escape the horrors of this dark world and evil spirit.
Find a way to escape and live another day in this survival horror adventure.
- Explore the horrors in the small town of Maldicion.
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Serial Hunter
You are John Doe. On the surface, you lead a perfectly normal life as an investigative journalist in one of the biggest newspapers. Of course, if one could call “normal life” writing about crimes the day after day. You know this world very well. You also know how often the perpetrators are not held responsible or are given sentences inadequate to the crime. Well, it’s time to take matters into your own hands and put things in order.
Read, Listen and Follow
As an investigative journalist, you have access to many tools that allow you to track down the bad guys. Use police frequency monitoring, whistleblower services, and connection to municipal surveillance to establish the identity and whereabouts of your target. Plan your actions carefully, learn your targets' life patterns and become their shadow. Only then will you perform the perfect trial.
Be the Judge and Executioner
It is only up to you what judgment you will pass on your target. Does a thief who steals from lonely old women deserve a prison? Or is it enough to break his hands with a crowbar as a warning? The choice is yours and only yours, as you are the conscience of this world and the good spirit of this city. The fate of its inhabitants is in your hands!
Expand Your Arsenal Of Justice tools
Earn experience points and unlock more and more toys - from baseball bats to construction tools. There are plenty of ways to deliver justice and your imagination is the only obstacle. Do justice with style, as befits a true gentleman, or make fun and be creative! But remember to always clean up the mess…
Stay Balanced
Remember that society also has its idea of justice. If you lose your emotions' reins and of the line too many times, you will face negative reception. The police will throw all their strength on the streets to get you down. Remain the hero in the eyes of the public, or do enough to see yourself become a villain - the choice is yours.
Main Features:
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become a self-proclaimed hero
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watch and learn the criminals' life patterns
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prepare a plan before striking them down
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make significant choices and see the world changing
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only you decide what punishment will be adequate for each crime
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balance your actions to become a praised hero or unleash your fury and become a villain
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gather XP points for each mission to buy new weapons and unlock different scenarios
The Heilwald Loophole
You awaken in a dingy storage room in a pile of rubble and dust. Observing your surroundings you notice a massive hole in the ceiling. How curious. Dazed from the fall and mildy confused you venture into the twisted depths of the Heilwald Klinikum…
About the Game
The Heilwald Loophole takes the classic survival horror trope of being stuck in a run down hospital/asylum and being chased by crazed nurses and doctors but adds an important twist:
It is impossible to die.
Every action, every decision merely opens up a new pathway to venture down leading you deeper into the Heilwald Klinikum.
How far does it go? And what is that god damn loophole about?
Dead Ink
In the year 2207 the quantum state of your brain was encoded in a stream of photons and beamed into the cosmos. A pioneer of a glorious new age of light-speed travel, destined for fame and glory… at least that was the plan.
Fight
Plunged into a hostile world where every being is made of ink and manufactured at 3D printers, you must harvest ink to survive. Fight your way down a hand-crafted labyrinthine tower in this hardcore melee combat experience.
Escape
Choose between printing the best gear with your hard-won ink, or using it sparingly to get more chances. Can you escape from the tower or will you run out of ink?
A Hardcore Experience
Dead Ink is designed as a hardcore experience with uncompromising and punishing combat. Running out of ink will result in a game over and starting from scratch.
Features
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Souls-like with a unique 3D-printing core mechanic
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Unravel a nonlinear, hand-crafted vertical environment
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Anticipated 6-10 hour play time with a variety of weapons, enemies and bosses
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Harvest ink from enemies and use it to print your corporeal form, weapons and items
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Choose how to spend your ink — on better gear, making more attempts, or on blueprint upgrades
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Running out of ink is game over
Dear Future
I forced myself to finish it so you don’t have to.
TL:DR 8 hours of boring walking to uncover a lame story, and a non working multiplayer.
A walking simulator made for some college student art project, what could go wrong???
But the innovative sounding multiplayer component, plus the fact that it’s free, sucked me in. And the game, although minimalist, initially manages to feel well-designed and polished…
But notice how none of the reviewers seem to have played this for more than 30 minutes?
– Real player with 7.8 hrs in game
Photos of future ruins
Dear Future (Dear Future Production Committee, 2021) is an asynchronous massively-multiplayer photography game about exploring an abandoned city. I have been trying to write about it for several weeks and have found myself incapable of doing with any organization or distance. What follow, instead, are orchestrated recollections and half-formed conclusions of my time with the game. A half-step towards the understanding I’m searching for. A version with photos is available here .
– Real player with 1.8 hrs in game
Moadra
An interstellar alien race, the Neera, has deployed an expedition to the long-lost planet Protea VI, hoping to discover their lost heritage. Eventually, the sand-swept planet turns out to be far more surprising than meets the eye, and suddenly the expedition goes quiet.
Your mission is to play as alien soldier Moadra and investigate the incidents on the planet. Upon discovering the expedition’s fate, Moadra becomes separated from the rest of the squad and is forced to delve deeper into the perilous depths of Protea VI.
From barren wastes and freezing ridges to lush caverns and decayed ruins, Moadra must traverse a sprawling world, face the unknown and unveil the secrets of their ancestors through non-linear exploration, offering a truly immersive and challenging gaming experience.
Traverse a massive interconnected world non-linearly and unveil the grim mysteries of Protea VI at your own pace. Endure the challenging combat and evolve Moadra’s abilities, solve light puzzles, and reveal countless hidden paths and secrets throughout your mission.
Strive through the desolate surface of Protea VI and ascend the deadly, freezing summits. Examine the infested research facility, kindle the crashed spacecraft, and explore the remains of an alien civilization that once inhabited Protea VI.
Experience Moadra’s agility by jumping over chasms and pools of acid. Roll and dodge enemies and crawl through narrow tunnels. Dive into deep lakes and reach immense heights using wall-jumps. Eventually, run with blazing speed and fly to unknown altitudes.
Confront the enormous variety of hostile creatures and malicious species inhabiting Protea VI. Fight against them with an arsenal of weapons and special abilities, and survive their onslaught by swift reflexes and cunning tactics.
Be prepared to encounter the ultimate challenge of Protea VI. Fight against gargantuan monsters in cruel and multi-phased battles that will push the limits of your skills like nothing else in the game.
Blow up unfriendly creatures and organisms to absorb their Protoplasm, lumps of energy-packed biomass. Consume it inside organic chambers to apply metamorphosis, and evolve your abilities and weapons to new levels.
Activate your scanner bot and use the X-Ray vision to examine the creatures and surroundings more closely. Reveal hidden paths and secret areas invisible to the naked eye, and map out the places you explored.
Untangle the tragedy of the Neera expedition, save yourself and the lone survivors. Uncover the lost secrets of your ancestors who once inhabited Protea VI, and conclude the events leading to their extinction 20 000 years ago.
Bio Crisis: Evil Hazard
It’s a Classic Survival Horror game with modern vibes,
I’ve mixed the best of classic Resident Evil and DinoCrisis games and put in on a modern trails like the Remakes does.
Features:
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Take a deep breath of a thick survival horror atmosphere!
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Smash nasty zombie’s heads off!
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Solve the puzzles!
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Read the notes!
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Collect the Collectables!
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Escape the town by three ways!
Controlls:
WASD - Movement
Mouse - Look
RMB - Aim
LMB - Fire/Kick
Shift - Sprint
Mouse Scroll Wheel - Change Weapons
R - Reload
E - Interaction
Q - Use the First aid kit
M - Map
Tab - Inventory
ESC - Main Menu
Dawn of a Soul
This game really works your brain in a good way. One of the most relaxing games I’ve played as well.
– Real player with 47.3 hrs in game
This mathematical puzzle game has a very creative concept you would maybe expect on mobile platforms, but uses the PC’s wider display for deeper in-depths mechanics and levels. It has an original approach on the casual-friendly puzzle genre by finding the optimal chain(s) in combining the numbered nodes and switching the colours on the right spot to increase the multiplier.
You don’t need high mathematical skills to solve the puzzles, simply counting to a reasonable degree is all you’ll need (the game keeps track of your equation in the bottom) and the routes are often quite intuitive. The final score you need to reach is given in any level, while often there is a second, lower score to move on to the next level and coming back later. New mechanics are added along the way, but always with very easy to learn tutorials. But make no mistake, the higher levels are very challenging and will need your focus to master them.
– Real player with 8.4 hrs in game