Alien Escape

Alien Escape

Very good puzzle platformer,fun to play and puzzles will give you a decent challenge.

Wish there were more levels and some harder levels too because some mechanics are really good and could be used to make more challenging levels.

All in all a solid puzzle platformer and worth the asking price

Real player with 11.1 hrs in game


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I have enjoyed playing this game. Got 6 hours from 60 puzzles. Currently stuck on the (final??) one with the fir balls witch. The graphics and interface are very basic but the gameplay is satisfyingly addictive to keep going puzzle after puzzle. Well done devs for a cleverly simple game.

Real player with 6.4 hrs in game

Alien Escape on Steam

Neko Ghost, Jump!

Neko Ghost, Jump!

Using the ability to switch between 2D & 3D camera perspectives will be critical to navigating these treacherous lands.

The ghostform with its spiritually-enhanced swordfish allows you take out any enemies in your way.

  • 100s of character customization options

  • 40 levels divided between 8 biomes

  • Leaderboards in each level to compete against others if you desire

  • Challenging boss fights in each biome

  • Accessibility and Assist options available

  • Razer Chroma RGB-enabled

Nekoworld is a peaceful, fun-loving world inhabited by the Neko people. One day, on Nekoman’s wedding day, Space Dog Pirates invade and abduct all of Nekoman’s friends and family. It’s up to you to help him rescue his bride-to-be and everyone else as well.


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Neko Ghost, Jump! on Steam

Odd||Even

Odd||Even

Avoid this game like the plauge. Infact if you want this game, go get the plauge first. The game does not work on most of the machines that I’ve tried to run it on. The developer I believe has given up on this game, they haven’t been on steam for 99 days.

If the developer reads this, if you don’t plan on doing anything more with it, can you open source it and place it on github so at least I can attempt to get it to work. I’ve never even played a single game.

Real player with 6.7 hrs in game


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This is a puzzle game about numbers, the game has a tutorial which doesn’t really tell you what to do. The controls are counter-intuitive and gameplay mechanics are hard to grasp. What makes this game even more boring is full absence of music and sound effects of any kind.

Pros:

-Maybe it’s fun if you know how to play it?

Cons:

-Lack of tutorial

-No music

-Cheap graphics

-Technical problems

In short:

Not recommended.

Real player with 5.1 hrs in game

Odd||Even on Steam

String Rush

String Rush

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Good things:

This is just a short game that you play only by using WASD or arrows. I like the idea for this game as it requires you to think how to do each room in a perfect way to get the achievements. I think the graphic in this game is ok. It is good that there are different obstacles both stationary and moving ones that require you to learn their movement to be able to avoid them.

Real player with 1.1 hrs in game

String Rush on Steam

The Pedestrian

The Pedestrian

Anything But

When I think about ‘hobby games’ like Destiny 2 or bottomless time sinks like AC Odyssey, I can only think of how much people are missing. It’s a privileged take, granted. People want value per hour out of economic pressures on top of a melange of other reasons. Only, The Pedestrian reminds me that in a perfect world we could all have the spice of life of twenty five short experiences that last longer in an altogether more meaningful way than a monster corporate product ever could. Media that doesn’t monopolise your time, but delivers a quick, sharp shock of everything you could want of entertainment as a means of adding value to your life.

Real player with 10.0 hrs in game

The Pedestrian is a relatively short, but fun puzzle platformer. You are a character from one of those flashing ‘walk’ signs. You connect signs, and use your little pedestrian to solve various puzzles. The puzzles are quite unique. As for difficulty level, I’ve played lots of puzzle games, and I’d say this is a medium difficulty puzzle game overall. I found the puzzles satisfying and there were a couple of times I really had to stop and think about things to solve them. The game rewards you for patience in the puzzle solving not rushing. The learning curve on the puzzles is not bad, although there was one concept/mechanic that took me a bit to grasp and felt significantly more difficult than the others. As you complete the puzzles you move across different areas of a city. The game shines aesthetically as the surroundings as you travel the city the surroundings are nothing short of beautiful. There are different tracks of music as you go through the city, and they evoke a sort of peaceful feeling. There is a story inside the game, but I am not sure I understood the whole thing, and after talking with one of the developers the story is left up to some interpretation of the player. Without spoiling anything I will simply say the last half hour or so of the game is a culmination of your work throughout the game and really is something special that tells you a lot about the story.

Real player with 7.3 hrs in game

The Pedestrian on Steam

The Simplest Game

The Simplest Game

Good game. It has nice graphics and good puzzles, because of which you will spend some good hours

Real player with 1.2 hrs in game

The Simplest Game on Steam

BOX

BOX

Very pleasant game. I love simple principles but that can get you scratching your head for minutes. The VHS type art style and oniric music really got me out of my mind for a moment. Good job!

Real player with 0.6 hrs in game

BOX on Steam

Hexologic

Hexologic

This is a really pleasant puzzle game!

This is one of those games where you start it up, and you’re immediately dropped into a set of puzzles with no explanation as to how to proceed. Thankfully, the mechanics are easy to pick up, and new concepts are gradually introduced in intuitive ways. All throughout, the puzzles are very well-designed, and the difficulty curve is smooth.

Though there are only 90 “basic” and 21 “hard” puzzles in the game, and it may feel like a majority of the puzzles are themselves easy and short, I would say the game makes up for it by increasing in difficulty and throwing in a few tough puzzles in between the easy introductions of new concepts (which themselves are designed so as to not overwhelm you as you get used to them). The game also has two difficulties, an easy mode and a hard mode; these give you different achievements and have different puzzles in each, so this adds to both the replay value and challenge of the game.

Real player with 8.7 hrs in game

AT A GLANCE:

3/5 Stars - This is a pretty decent logic based game. If you like messing around with numbers then check this game out. I would describe it as a logic meets sudoku puzzle. Definitely something different.

GAME GENRE:

Casual, Puzzle, Single Player, Indie, Logic

GAME DESCRIPTION:

Release Date: May 2018 - Click on the hexo’s to add or remove number dots. Equal the amount needed at the end of the hexo to finish. Puzzles get more challenging the farther along you go.

KID FRIENDLY:

Real player with 8.3 hrs in game

Hexologic on Steam

In My Shadow

In My Shadow

Don’t buy the game because you want to support and Indian game developer. Buy the game because it’s good.

Definitely fun. The hook of the game is with the shadows, and they are done very well. There are some inconsistencies with the lighting on the lips and cheeks in cutscenes. There are also some inconsistencies with the shadows in some levels, but it’s not gamebreaking. I am sure the developers will fix that. Beautiful calming music.

I like the paper-like style of the Settings menu, and the nice little detail of the settings being written on the small notepad during the game’s intro. It would actually be better UX to pull up the same notepad, when we open the Settings menu. Turns out that we can select the notepad to open the settings as well. It is not obvious at first glance. Only after moving using the controller down key, I realized that we can select the CellPhone, Laptop, Notepad. Having the word “Options” and also the notepad makes one of the two redundant. It might just be better to have either all text based or object based menu items.

Real player with 13.5 hrs in game

I found In My Shadow an enjoyable game which stretched my old brain and reflexes. Be warned that this is a precision platform game with little room for error. Some difficult parts took me over 20 times to get right as you can see by my time!

The story is a young woman reminiscing about her childhood and reconciling with her past. There are cut scenes which dramatise the story in between levels. It is interesting that we do tend to remember the bad things from the past rather than all the good things and that is pertinent to this story. However, I did find that I didn’t empathise with the girl at all. The story was rather lacklustre and disappointing.

Real player with 10.3 hrs in game

In My Shadow on Steam

Just get in through the door

Just get in through the door

Puzzle Parkour by using anything possible, think outside or inside the box literally. It’s harder than I thought, a bit tedious from start to finish. 7/10 with a stellar price.

Real player with 7.0 hrs in game

Just finished this little gem

If you like puzzle test chamber games this one might be for you

There are some surprising game mechanics

I had a little hassle with the game mechanic in level 22, but overall I liked this game very well

Real player with 2.5 hrs in game

Just get in through the door on Steam