Death Squared
I freaking love this game. Writing a review partially because this game deserves an “overwhelmingly positive” and I’d like to help take it there. I’ve played with 4-5 people in the party mode for a dozen or so levels, and done half the main levels so far playin' with my dad. In terms of a puzzle game, yes, does the job, makes you think, then makes you think in a completely different way, very satisfying.
I think what most makes this game stand out for me is the fun in the actual death and failure, especially playing with someone else. Sometimes you get some deaths in just for fun and to see the animation and dialogue…and to annoy your partner, of course….
– Real player with 18.6 hrs in game
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A simple idea well executed, a funny co-op puzzle experience.
Co-op puzzle
In Death Squared you must cooperatively solve puzzles. Each player has a cube-character that can only move, there is no other function. Each player has to move to their respective endpoint to solve the puzzle. Along the way you have to stand on switches to change the level, dodge lasers tied to one character, stand on each other’s head to serve as bridge, not die, and most importantly not kill the other! This is a typical game to just start playing! Play only co-op though. You can control two characters with a keyboard, so a perfect snuggle game! Although… it will most probably start a fight…
– Real player with 15.5 hrs in game
Polter Pals
Making friends in the afterlife is a little different.
You play as a lonely ghost with the power to possess the living. Surrounded by Oomans who cannot see you, you must use this power to steer them into comically fatal accidents and an early friendship, freeing the friendly ghosts within them. Each level is a puzzle diorama, styled after classic children’s stop-motion cartoons, where you have to figure out how to make all the friends using the available hazards.
Every Ooman you ghost will add you on LiveBurial, the afterlife’s hottest social media app. The posts of your newly deceased friends give you a unique look at the dysfunctional, hyper-consumerist world of the living through the lens of a social media-obsessed afterlife.
Key Features
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Possess hapless Ooman friends-to-be and steer them into cartoonishly gruesome friend-making hazards.
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Puzzle through 60+ levels across 4 thematically distinct areas, including 4 unique bosses that test your mastery over the power of possession.
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Keep up with your phantom friends via the in-game Live Burial app! Each new friend you make shares their thoughts and feelings about their recent expiration via darkly humorous social media posts.
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Learn about the world of Polter Pals through the in-game Encyclopeoplia app, a collection of questionably sourced articles on all Oomans, hazards, and bosses encountered in the game.
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Make friends to a groovy soundtrack by the Mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder.
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Dude, Stop
So, Dude Stop… A game that had people waiting literal years for, ever since the demo was released. Now it’s a little short for its price (I won one of the contests so I got a free key), but I actually bought the game before I knew I won (making me have to refund), meaning I was willing to fork over actual cash for it.
Pros:
-Quite fun, if you’re into games where you’re into defying the narrator, like Stanley Parable.
-Entertaining narrator.
-Not very hard to get all the achievements, with or without a guide.
– Real player with 8.4 hrs in game
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I needed a short and relaxing point and click as a breather from competitive gaming. I picked this game up for it’s full price. While it is “relaxing”, it is far from funny.
The narration is probably some of the cringiest I’ve heard in a while. It screams “trying too hard”, and the inflection from the voice actor is so bad, I physically cringed every time he tried to make a joke. Why is this important? Because it is literally the entire premise of the game. You are Player17, doing everything in your power to do the puzzles wrong. The narrator conveys his frustration every time you do something wrong. Because of how bad his voice acting is, I almost didn’t want to work on the achievements because I would have to listen to his cheesy voice lines again and again.
– Real player with 8.1 hrs in game
I wish Michael Phantomino were here
“I wish Michael Phantomino were here” offers beginners and veterans alike an easy-to-learn game that will keep players engaged for more than one evening. Let your brain do the hard work solving 42 levels of Story Mode, meet dozens of hilarious characters and help them solve the puzzle, because you’re the famous Michael Phantomino!
Have you ever heard of Pentamino?
It’s a popular logic puzzle game that originated in the late 1960s. The game consists of flat pieces, each consisting of 5 identical squares connected by sides. A total of 12 different pentamino pieces are used. When solving problems and puzzles the pieces can be rotated and flipped.
Volt Patrol - Stealth Driving
This is a small jewel of a game! It’s challenging yet at time oddly relaxing. I love the visuals, the minimalistic designs are obviously intended as a nod to the graphics of the early arcade games of the 80’s. Also beautiful and atmospheric music. The game is short but worth the price. Support independent game creators!
– Real player with 14.0 hrs in game
“We need more Volt Patrol - it’s too interesting not to push any further than this.”
7/10
Full review at https://darkzero.co.uk/game-reviews/volt-patrol-stealth-driving-pc-review/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8yVcZ-PqRc&list=PLCw43T4Hpdui5AQsGWPFGVb9UK7bQDlCH
– Real player with 12.7 hrs in game
Angle Soccer
Funny and thought-provoking :)
– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game
Very cool game. The art is simple, but the levels are quite challenging.
– Real player with 2.1 hrs in game
Bomb Club Deluxe
Using your arsenal of whacky bombs, try to clear the board in one single chain reaction! With dozens of bombs, hats and level types to master, you’ll need more than your love of things that go “BOOM” to succeed…
Bomb Club’s gameplay is extremely simple, but you’ll soon find out that it can be challenging too. Newcomers will have no trouble progressing through the game, and puzzle experts will find optional objectives that will push them to their limits!
There’s no place like the Bomb Club for those who love making bombs and watching them explode. But someone seems to have forgotten the golden rule of the club: bombs are for fun, not for evil! They scattered bombs everywhere and it’s up to you to stop them… Join Maggie, Ian, Jon and Blake as they try to identify the culprit and clean up this mess the only way they know how: by blowing stuff up!
Meet the Laser bomb, the Black Hole bomb, the Magma bomb, the Smoke bomb… There are more than 20 bombs to discover, each with their own effect. Being an expert artificer is no easy task… But the Nitronomicon will always be at hand to remind you what they all do. Years of bomb research are compiled in this book, so keep it close!
Hats are the pinnacle of bomb technology. Put one on a bomb and it will get a new effect! With the Party hat, the Hard hat, the Top hat and other fashionable headgears, you’ll never lack options and your bombs will never lack style!
More than 200 hand-crafted levels are waiting for you, with different level types. Choose your path, explore the map at your own pace, and unlock new stuff as you progress. There is much to discover, and hours of explosive challenges to overcome. Who knows what’s waiting for you at the end of it all?
COROPATA
Great adorable puzzle game from 2009 but barebones port.
It runs without issues and it’s cheap, so can’t complain.
don’t give up
! I gave up
– Real player with 64.3 hrs in game
Charming puzzle game with precise Newtonian physics simulation. Fiendishly difficult, which has resulted in finding some funny alternative solutions.
– Real player with 31.5 hrs in game
Fant Kids Animated Puzzle
This game is absolutly amazing! Even being 15 myself I still have a little trouble solving the puzzles! I would recommend this game to anyone! Its super fun and cute and I cant wait to show my dog this game too! I only wish there were more puzzles in the game :( otherwise keep making these awesome games!
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
Life Goes On: Done to Death
Life Goes On: Done to Death is a neat little puzzle game that I picked up a while ago and recently replayed to confirm my opinion of it.
The core concept of Life Goes On is quite unique and well-designed. Essentially, the game revolves around killing your knights in order to progress through the puzzles. The simplest example is creating a pathway across a spike pit with the knight’s bodies. However, this alone wouldn’t be enough to flesh out a full game, so the developers incorporated all sorts of mechanics that make the player think in a certain way to solve the puzzle. Life Goes On’s mechanics include but are not limited to: Checkpoints, toggleable spike pits/walls, saw blades, flamethrowers, buttons, conveyor belts, cannons, tractor beams, and more.
– Real player with 24.6 hrs in game
I first played the demo months ago and instantly fell in love with this game.
The full game did not fail to deliver.
The whole concept of (literally) standing on the shoulders of those who came before is presented wonderfully. See a deathtrap? Die on it, then respawn and walk on your corpse. Switch that has to be held down? Die so that your corpse falls on it, then respawn and walk past. Et cetera, et cetera.
The controls are a bit inaccurate at times, and will most likely leave you dying slightly more often than intended. Although since this game is all about sacrificing one knight to make a path for another, a few more corpses lying around aren’t that much of a problem. (And if you’re finding it difficult, a few more corpses aren’t a problem at all.)
– Real player with 19.6 hrs in game