Blastboard
I’m playing this now with 3 friends and I have to say…I’m very surprised! This is actually a real fun game to play in a group and a great time killer when solo. I run 3 screens and it works fine. More features/DLC would be cool or even Workshop. For the price you can’t lose IMHO.
– Real player with 116.1 hrs in game
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Blastboard Impressed my friends and I We are always looking for multiplayer games that are fun! This just made the list. For the price you can’t go wrong, hours of fun with friends. Do i recommend Blastboard… Hell Yes if you have friends and a pulse this is worth checking out. …….what are you waiting for ;-)
– Real player with 79.1 hrs in game
Planet Nomads
[May 16, 2019: Now that the game is released, I wanted to edit this review to reflect changes to the game since I originally wrote it,]
Will you enjoy Planet Nomads?
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Yes if you enjoy sandbox building games.
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Yes if you enjoy being creative.
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Yes if you enjoy problem-solving (not fixed puzzles but real creative “how can I put this together” building challenges).
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Yes if you enjoy a beautiful environment.
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Yes if you enjoy a good soundtrack.
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Yes if you enjoy single player.
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Yes if you enjoy being able to customize your game world.
– Real player with 4203.3 hrs in game
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Gameplay (Short Summary)
Let me start off this review by saying, that the game currently has very little to offer in terms of gameplay if you are not much of a creative person, but if you are, then be prepared to a big grind fest early on in the game until you get the ability to construct auto miners, after that prepare yourself to the next gameplay phase - driving simulator, because resources are scattered across multiple biomes and while driving at max speed from 30-50kmph, it takes a while to get you around the map.
– Real player with 120.7 hrs in game
Rocket Cave Adventure
Brand new adventures
Explore procedurally generated levels every time you start a run! With each area bigger and stranger than the last, you’ll have to pay attention to your surroundings to survive!
Physics-based movement
Playing this game is more than just running and jumping! Movement is feel-based in Rocket Cave Adventure- you’ll have to master the controls and weight of each vehicle to be able to traverse deeper and deeper into the caves.
Randomized skill tree
Throughout each run, you will be given a skill tree that will be populated with different skills each time you play! However, you won’t know the skills you are given until you unlock them by collecting enough XP from enemies- so don’t rush too fast through the levels.
Meta progression
Gather gold throughout your runs and spend it on long-term upgrades back at the starting hub. Upgrade your starting health or increase the size of the skill tree for your runs!
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DollKart
Do you like a challenge? A race game? What about a race against time? Well when you buy this game I assure you that you will inevitably fall or harm the driver; but with great sacrifice comes… (add inspiring stuff here). Back to the point: It’s a challenging game but enjoyable nevertheless. The new update added new “karts” to play around with also bug fixes! Hurrah!
I also really like the aspect of having millions of tracks to try; a new game always has a fresh taste.
So overall its a fun game, reccomended.
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
Very fun game! Can’t wait for more updates! MP is fun worth spending the money for this game. lots of tracks!
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
Ecosystem
I have more hours than my playtime states, as I usually launch this directly when steam is turned off when I go to bed.
I am a long time fan of ecosims and evolution games. This game is very pure to those genres. It has little to no
“gamification” and exists merely for simulation sake. If you are looking for a “game” here outside of watching
fish being really bad at surviving, you will be sorely disappointed. However, if you are already familiar with other games
of this genre, like the Creatures series, this game will absolutely capture you.
– Real player with 50.4 hrs in game
The Disco Slug team seems dedicated to breathing new life into the oldschool Maxis sim genre. First they released Empires of the Undergrowth, the spiritual successor to SimAnt, and with Ecosystem, they seem to be testing the waters (ha!) for a run at SimLife.
First thing’s first: This is an Early Access game. At this stage, it’s not terribly “gamey” at all; the only challenge currently coded into the game is raising your “life points” through the successful propagation of species and strengthening of the ecosystem. There are 8-10 tiers of Life Points through which you can progress. Each tier reached allows you to unlock three new plants, shells, or simple lifeforms (think plankton) to diversify the base of your food chain.
– Real player with 48.9 hrs in game
Half-Fly3
Half-Fly3 is a colorful action shooter without a heavy story but with some Rogue-like mechanics such as:
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Random shop items.
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Random rooms and events.
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Random Pickups, Curses, Blesses, Skins…
Key Features update for current Early Access version
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- Events
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- Unlocks
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- Score and Hiscore
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- Second shop
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- Flies
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- Skins
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- Physics update
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- Major audio update.
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- Light and shadows update
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Wavy Trip
Wavy Trip is a Unity Asset flip, what Valve calls a “fake game”. The “developer”, beans rolls, took the Wavy Trip Unity Store tutorial/demo/game asset pack from the real developers, SgLib, didn’t even bother changing the name, packaged it and dumped the result onto Steam. They’re attempting to scam people into buying this, so they can get your money for someone else’s work.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
It’s one thing for a developer to buy a bunch of assets and at least smash them together onto a map and try to make them all work together. At least there is some small amount of effort put into such a game, even if the end result is trash.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSgDaZ1aRxQ&t=4s
It’s another thing completely for a lazy and incompetent person (we won’t call this a developer) to just buy an asset kit template directly from the Unity Asset Store, not even bother to change the name of it, and just hit export “as is” without doing a single thing to it, and upload it here to Steam.
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
Golf On Mars
If you’re familiar with Desert Golfing - this is that, but better. Cheap, simple, relaxing fun, at least until you get stuck in a hole with no escape. Luckily, unlike Desert Golfing, you’re able to skip a hole after 25 strokes. You also have more smooth courses, the able to put backspin on the ball, and to easily reset the game. One thing I hope to see changed, perhaps, are the achievements for the game - currently only four, each for completing a certain amount of holes: one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand, and one billion. It could definitely use some “get 1 hole in one” “get 5 holes in one” etc achievements, but my main gripe is that one billion, while funny, is simply not possible during the course of normal play. Anyway, pretty minor stuff. Would heartily recommend this for a relaxing time putting a ball over the dunes of Mars.
– Real player with 31.6 hrs in game
It’s the sequel to the best golfing game of all time, with added mechanics such as spin/the camera moving, and options to make the game more playable. And it’s only $3 for basically infinite enjoyment. Buy this game now.
November edit: still fantastic
– Real player with 13.3 hrs in game
Golfie
Golfie is a roguelite mini-golf deck builder (yes, you read that correctly!)
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Play through infinite procedurally generated levels! From floating islands to dank dungeons, there is much to explore!
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Build your deck of crazy abilities you’ve never seen before in a golf game!
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Collect crystals to obtain new cards and perks!
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Gather coins to spend in the shops
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Try to survive and beat all 18 levels! Don’t worry, if you fail you can just start a new run!
Ski Doom VR
Fantastic fun. Particularly for a free title. Get this. It’s great.
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
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– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game