Fine Sweeper
50 hours in and I think it’s time to write a review. Been playing it on and off rather addictively for the last month or so, most of that due to my unrelenting addiction for minesweeper (and achievements) as well as just wanting to top those leaderboards to make my life seem less worthless…
This is the best minesweeper remake I’ve ever played, it is a hell of a lot better then the windows remake that was on the windows store (not sure if they actually made it) which was a tragedy.
Like that one this too had pickups, which is an obviously new addition to the classic minesweeper formula and whilst I was pretty skeptical at first it’s a very well incorporated addition unlike the other version. There is also classic mode where you only have 1 life and therefore you hit a bomb you die (just like in real life!).
– Real player with 254.5 hrs in game
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It’s a good Minesweeper remake! There are dozens of levels now instead of just three, Steam leaderboards to show off with, and the options and controls are just like how you remember them. (Plus, it’s got a nice background track that sounds roughly like a cat playing Team Fortress 2.)
That being said, Minesweeper is much more boring than I remember it. It’s mostly just a game of matching: spotting which numbers on the board are equal to the amount of adjacent tiles or flagged mines. The only real puzzle aspect to Minesweeper comes when you’ve spotted all the possible matches, and the only way to progress is to use some deductive reasoning on the remaining numbers. But no matter how hard you try, if there are too many mines clustered together in the wrong way, you’re eventually going to have to start guessing, and that’s ultimately Minesweeper’s biggest downfall.
– Real player with 54.4 hrs in game
NecroWorm
Nice ambience with bugs and horrible controls
What this game is: This is a timed puzzle game with a cartoonish side. You litterally are a worm that has to eat his way through a setup in order to solve it by eating every available object (be it a brain, a skull, etc.) in a certain amount of time. You can make your way through one space only once, so you have to make sure not to put yourself in position of crossing your path.
How does it work? It presents 120 setups, on three pages, that you have to solve. Depending on the time you took in solving the puzzle (by eating everything there is to eat), you get from one to three skulls. From there, you are allowed to continue solving other puzzles, unless you want to get a better score (and thus more skulls).
– Real player with 14.3 hrs in game
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I came into Omnom Necropolis expecting a classic snake game, but found that this is more of a hybrid of the old snake game and a puzzler. Basically the goal of each level is to each each of the yucky dead things as quickly as possible without boxing yourself in. As you move you grow with every step (slither?) so you cannot enter the same space twice making it a bit of a challenge. I found that it’s easier if I don’t think too much about it and kind of get a broad idea of how to clear the board then tweak it out from there. This works pretty well except on some of the harder levels where things get a bit insane. There is a hint feature that shows you a completion path, but use it sparingly as it only gives you a quick flash and they are limited. Graphics and sound suit the mood and it looks nice enough: I tested it on my low-end machine and it ran smoothly so that’s nice. I’m slightly bummed that it does not support gamepads – because of this I cannot stream it to my shield or play it on the GPD Win easily. All in all if you like puzzly type games you will likely enjoy Omnom’s different approach to the genre. Plus it’s only 3 bucks. Good game to add to the Halloween playlist.
– Real player with 6.0 hrs in game
31st prototype
Though the game was really short, I really appreciated playing it. The story, the puzzles and the art were really great and entertaining. I was invested in it and it was really fun.
The downsides were the wonky translations and the fact that I had a hard time to click into certain places (which was a minor issue) but besides that, it was all good!
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
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Neat little game, loved the sketch sytle.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
Kells
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Kells is a retro puzzle game similar to the original Lemmings except instead of issuing specific commands to your Kells, you manipulate their movement using special Gravity Tiles instead. These tiles change the direction of gravity as Kells walk or fall over them, allowing you to manipulate your Kells in crazy ways like making them “fall upwards” to clear obstacles, “fall forward” to avoid dangerous spike pits, and even walk up or down walls!
Objective
The objective seems deceptively simple! All you have to do in each level is figure out how to get your Kells from the entrance to the exit flag. The thing is, you can’t control them directly and unlike in Lemmings, you can’t issue them commands either. What you can do is place tiles around the level to change the flow of gravity! Can you figure out how to make use of careful Gravity Tile placement to guide your Kells on a journey through 100 levels and 8 themed islands to find the mysterious Last Level?
The Kellective
As you progress through the game, you’ll find many lost Kells on your journey to build up The Kellective and make it stronger and stronger. You will care for your Kells - you can rest them when they are injured, check in on them between levels to see how they are feeling and mourn them when they die.
Uncover many secrets and hidden treasures
Kells is full of secrets and unexpected twists and turns! There are secret coins that initially seem impossible to reach. There are secret passageways and areas to uncover. There are mysterious competitions and game modes to unlock. Rumour has it, apparently there is even an entire secret island hidden away somewhere on the world map!
Other Highlights
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There are various routes to the Last Level - will you opt for the easier, longer route or risk the difficult route in order to reach The Last Level quicker?
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There are 100 Levels in total scattered across the World Map. Can you complete them all? Better still, can you PERFECT them all?
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Can you track down all the missing Kells and fully restore the Kellective?
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For completionists, there are 10 Purple Kellectibles scattered around the levels in difficult-to-access locations. Can you kellect them all?
Oknytt
Storyline: On the darkest of nights when creatures and spirits rarely seen by man abound, a lost(?) traveler/wanderer is invited to join a campfire and listen to a tale. The tale told by the invisible narrator is about a small insignificant nameless creature born out of darkness on the darkest of nights much like that night. This epic journey of self-awareness and discovery turns into a magic strewn and danger filled quest which takes place in a single night full of magic and spirits taken from Swedish forklore.
– Real player with 11.4 hrs in game
You follow a little creature on his journey for fulfillment, wandering through nightly environments that are inspired by tales of folklore. Gameplay is quite standard to the point-and-click genre where you collect objects to interact with your surroundings and overcome puzzles. A nice addition though, is that you’re equipped with four elemental runes (earth, water, air, fire) which activate and produce different outcomes depending on the scene. You can also interact with entities in a few different ways, such as touching, observing or talking to the person/object. Although not all interactions are entirely necessary, it can lead to some humerous/extra dialogue and is a nice feature nonetheless.
– Real player with 9.3 hrs in game
Ascent
N O S T O L G I A - that is the most beatiful feeling, that you will feel playing this 2d game.Old game lovers will like this game with no doubt.
Good quality, it worths 4$ 100%.
Nice timekiller
– Real player with 13.7 hrs in game
Good afternoon, so I decided to write a review about the Ascent game. The game is very interesting, very well suited for relaxation. 2D arcade platformer, with low system requirements. Nice graphics and music for this genre of games. I hope the game will only develop. I recommend it.
– Real player with 11.4 hrs in game
BLIND
UPDATE: June 7th 2021, I did a review on youtube on this BAD game and they gave me a copyright strike because they didn’t like the review. that was low and dirty. don’t go anywhere near this. they are horrible people.
Here’s my written review:
there’s nothing to do in this game, no objectives, no clues, only a flashlight that runs out fast, and no other batteries. it says almost all objects interactive, that’s a HUGE lie. maybe doors and a couple drawers that are ALL EMPTY and a couple phones that says “lighter fluid”. plus “you’ll get stuck behind doors, there is no save or checkpoint because there are no objective. read the game description it says. explore a spooky mansion and that’s all you get, you just walk around. this is a TOTAL RIP-OFF.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
Okay so I disregarded the previous reviews and decided I’d give this a fair chance. I mean for $3 why not. I actually do not know if changes were made or if the other two just didn’t look but I found it easier to find items without the light because the little white dot is hard to see in light so you will miss an item. I only used the flashlight when it really was black and then turned it off, not sure how you were losing so much battery unless you keep it on all the time. there are other batteries in the house, and a lighter to light candles. I actually was enjoying it but then I tried saving which apparently is something you can’t do in this game, that feature is BROKEN. The phone is mistaken for lighter fluid…so not sure if you would ever need to refill or not but I was at near 100% and I lit 4 candles. Obviously I am not about to replay 45 minutes when your save button doesn’t work. You had an okay idea but fail to make a finnished product, I’ve also seen this before from another developer which makes me think you are them or just reusing someone elses stuff…refunded
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
Choco Pixel 2
I used Salad to get this game for like 0.1$ :)
– Real player with 1.7 hrs in game
This is cool game, But some levels are super hard
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
Crimson Ranch
The atmosphere is really effective, you feel claustrophobic even in the open areas, I was alert the whole time.
The art and music (specially the music) highly complement the experience.
I liked the puzzles too, nothing was unnecessarily complicated :)
I got the characters mixed up all the time and I’ll have to replay it to get the full story but that’s on me.
– Real player with 20.3 hrs in game
The story was short, and very nice.
Best I could expect from 2D graphics, all this dev’s games have the same style.
Sometimes it is hard to figure out what you’re supposed to do, but nothing a bit of spamming the interact button can’t fix.
Lots and lots of dead animals.
Very good game for three dollars.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
Escape Room VR: Vaudeville
First two rooms are great. Then comes the 3rd room light puzzle. You will hate this puzzle, I guarantee.
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UPDATE: Changed review based on the dev’s graciously patching the game to allow bypassing this puzzle.
2nd UPDATE: I have now finished the game, and my recommendation status stands. The remainder of the puzzles are challenging, but very feasible. And the ending’s kind of cute. If you enjoy escape room VR games, then I feel confident saying you will like this one as well.
– Real player with 3.9 hrs in game
like the setting and the old posters and classic books, puzzles are great and now you can skip the light puzzle, the only one I got stuck, really enjoyed this game, maybe next you could do a Victorian setting of the spiritual era, puzzles with some Daniel Dunglas Home, spirit cabinets, table tipping lol, on played on Rift s , Ryzen 7 3800X, 6800 XT, windows 10 64.
– Real player with 3.2 hrs in game