Parallel Shift
This game is very interesting, it seems to be simple at first, but as you progress, the mind starts to explode.
It is perfect for practicing and testing if your cognitive skills are sharp!
– Real player with 3.5 hrs in game
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It’s a difficult and beautiful Puzzle/Precision Platformer with a Runner-ish type of game with cool pixel art visuals and synthwave music. The progression is great, and I even rage quit sometimes but I will not give up until I finish!
– Real player with 2.6 hrs in game
Lazy Galaxy 2
I like this game, but it takes a while to appreciate it,
My first impression of this game was well, not good – the graphics are old school, the combat uninteresting and some of the stuff like achievements seemed to be impossible,
After 84 hrs of playing it though, I really like it. Its addicting. It has depth.
The combat really is a little funky but that might be idue to my graghics card (its not the best in the world).
It is well thought out,.
IT REALLY IS LAZY. The game lives up to its name. You don’t have to be particularly paying close attention to it. It is a good game to play when you are not in the mood for something super complicate like “War on the Sea”. Unlike my other simulations, if you fll asleep playing you game is not badly affected.
– Real player with 598.6 hrs in game
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This game will let every Idle gaming heart skip a beat!
Not only is the artwork amazing but the replayability is huge!
With the last update (Cataclysm update) not only can you prestige now, but after conquering the whole galaxy you’ll be given the option for New Game+ in form of a inovative system: You get to choose your own blessings AND curses for the new game!
In my opinion Lazy Galaxy 2 does this better than 95% of other Idlegames i played so far and this really makes it fun.
The game is still in early access, but fear not! The developers are EXTREMLY transparent and communicative with their community and fans and even take suggestions and critic the right way and morph it into something beautiful!
– Real player with 489.1 hrs in game
Starship Intruder
First off the bat - I have never played anything like this before; controlling a space game with typing commands. Disclaimer: I only use Steam for the new Red Alert: Remastered, but I learned of this game on FB.
You’ll have to like the following to enjoy the game: 1 bit graphics and typing.
You’ll die a lot at first, but you will find a method to the madness and learn to use commands and when to use what weapons. I usually take out everything in a level and then raid the planet.
– Real player with 4.1 hrs in game
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A bizarre smash up of star trek bridge crew and typing of the dead.
You need to carefully manage you ammo and prioritize between maneauvering attacking and defending, each action requiring a lengthy string to be typed perfectly.
Very original concept great for booting up when you just feel like playing for a short session
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
Void Pyramid
A simple yet surprisingly addictive rpg. The atmosphere and darkly comedic writing particularly stand out as great. The six stats (Health, Attack, Defense, Brawn, Agility, Intelligence) are all balanced very well with each other, each being equally useful throughout the game depending on the situation. The three different classes and how they interact with the pyramid combined with the multiple ways to solve problems and differences in endings provide a good deal of replay value, adding up to at least seven hours of gameplay if you go through once for each class.
– Real player with 14.2 hrs in game
The real appeal to this game is the quirky flavor found in the text of item descriptions, object interactions and dialogue. The world here is a theocratic autocracy ruled by the Prime Pharaoh and it is littered with relics of lost technology. The underlying commentary on the social structure framed in scifi bizarreness is presented with such playfulness that it drives the approximately 5 hours (for the completionist) spent exploring and discerning the secrets of the 30 or so rooms, just about the right length of time needed to spend mastering all of the puzzles without losing interest due to the simplistic gameplay. Potential points of criticism are the battle instances, which don’t quite aesthetically match the rest of the game (as someone said it looks a little like the backgrounds were designed in MSPaint), and the music, which is variously essentially 15-30 seconds of beats on repeat, but alternatively this apparent amateurness could be a charm… I actually found the music catchy and tone appropriate. Regardless, if you are considering this game based on the screenshots, chances are you’ll be more than satisfied with this “purchase”.
– Real player with 9.3 hrs in game
Dark Zodiac
Mystictronaut is traveling alone in search all lost constellations. His costume, boots, gun and grenade give him special abilities so he is up to the task. Hunting aliens and robots, searching for the path through this universe of planets and stars.
Playing as Mystictronaut you can:
1- Fly through space using your revealing bomb to reveal hidden planets and asteroids.
2- When the planet or asteroid is revealed it comes with lots of aliens and robots that you must eliminate.
Gods Will Be Watching
I was a backer of this project on Indiegogo back in 2013, and while the final product is not at all what I was expecting (i.e. it’s not even an adventure game), I really, really love it.
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS THIS GAME?
I think Gods' has been underappreciated and unfairly reviewed simply because it poorly manages our expectations. I want to emphasise that this is a resource management endurance strategy. You don’t walk around freely, examine things, pick up or combine items. There’s no inventory. There’s no traditional adventure game puzzles. Again, it’s not an adventure game. It’s just not.
– Real player with 30.5 hrs in game
[Spoilers]
Gods Will Be Watching, contrary to what one might assume from any game described as a point-and-click, is not a point-and-click adventure. The first trailer on the GWBW Steam page makes very clear with the word thriller following point-and-click that the game is not in the same genre as games such as Monkey Island or Day of the Tentacle. The game is more accurately described, though, as a point and click thriller in which you strategically manage various resources from level to level.
– Real player with 27.5 hrs in game
Requiem Aeternam Eden
It’s fine.
– Real player with 10.6 hrs in game
Glorch’s Great Escape: Walking is for Chumps
Glorch’s Great Escape: Walking is for Chumps claims to be a difficult puzzle platformer, and it sure is exactly that. The difficulty level is not casual and very unforgiving, but the game does exactly what it’s advertised to do. Currently the game is on sale at 65% off at 1.04 USD (Base 2.99), I think the discount price is probably what I would think is ideal for this game. I say this in all honesty, this is one of those games that will cause the player some sheer frustration due to its difficulty, but not due to glitches or other issues.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
Interstellaria
123 hours, just came back for more after not playing for a few months, and had to write a review.
I can not for the life of me figure out the negative reviews (keep in mind though I am more of a ‘benefit of the doubt’ reviewer than a ‘this game is not precisely what I expect/desire therefore I will crap all over it’ reviewer). This game is a blast. I have to assume they are doing the usual ‘reviewing it as compared to some other game they like more’ or ‘reviewing it for what they want it to be rather than what it is’. Either way, my opinion is this game is one of the better unkown space games in existence. All these ‘FTL’ clones, and no mention of Interstellaria, is a travesty, this game needs more PR.
– Real player with 124.3 hrs in game
Short version:
It’s fairly similar to FTL with the added ability to explore planets (with simple ground combat), move your ship freely in deep space (with dynamic tactical space combat) and enjoy an entertaining plot that guides you through the open-world universe.
Is it perfect? No. There are issues and the UX is not the best, but unless that puts you off, you can definitely enjoy the game.
Coldrice seems to be working non-stop to fix any issues and there are also some planned improvements.
– Real player with 77.3 hrs in game
JETBOY
Saw this on the new releases page for 5$ and said “why not”
Turns out it was a pretty good decision.
It’s a very simple game. Each level has basically the same objective. Bring back a set number of collectibles to the ship and then leave. Each level provides you with a weapon you also have to collect as it spawns randomly in the level most of the time. All of this to some pretty decent tunes.
You have a jetpack with fuel that replenishes slowly when on the ground and 3 hit points.
There are a few power up and gimmicks like a flying surfboard that has a flamethrower, a space worm that grows longer when it eats enemies or a UFO firing missiles for example. Those you can use yourself once you’ve killed the current owner
– Real player with 1.7 hrs in game
Amazing game. Given key for the game to try out and so grateful for it. This game has great music and also really amazing level designs. Perfect retro style game. 10-10 Will be posting content for the game on my youtube channel and social media. Check out The_casualgam3r on Tiktok, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube and Twitch.
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game