Aurora Hex - Pattern Puzzles
aurora hex is similar to the developer’s previous game, aurorabound deluxe . you’re trying to recreate colorful patterns in both, but in this game you’re bothering hexagons instead of squares. it is also somewhat similar to loop .
– Real player with 29.7 hrs in game
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Visually pleasing minimalist puzzler.
Almost same genre as jigsaw puzzles, but feels different.
UI & Visuals seem a bit more refined than the first title, while retaining a similar feel to play. :)
(Currently up to late World 1, out of 20 worlds, at time of review.
Also has Daily puzzles to unlock & Infinity mode to unlock)
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
My Koi
Very well done virtual fish pond. Excellently realistic graphics and fish movement/behaviour. Good ambient sounds.
Also, the developer is amazingly active and responsive to suggestions. I’ve already seen 2 updates within hours of the suggestion being posted on the forum!
I’ve tried writing a more comprehensive review with a couple of suggestions, but every time click ‘Post review’ the button disappears and nothing else happens. I hope this minimal review is ‘accepted’, and will take up the other points I wanted to make up the forum.
– Real player with 1127.9 hrs in game
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I’ve always wanted a koi pond, but I don’t have the space to put one since I have a small yard. My Koi piqued my interest for that very reason. This is a koi pond simulator, and a great one at that. If you’re expecting a riveting narrative, Michael Bay-esque explosions, and epic fights between good and evil, then My Koi is not the game you’re looking for. If you’re into a relaxing experience, then this is a great option.
Here’s the gist: you’re given three ponds and a limited number of koi to create and put into each pond. You’ll have the ability to feed your koi and watch them grow over time. This doesn’t mean there’s no challenge. One of your koi must hit a certain weight and length milestone in order to unlock more customization options for your koi. You’re also able to put more koi into each pond as you hit these milestones. It incentivizes you to care for your koi daily. You can at least feed the koi once a day, and they’ll be happy.
– Real player with 208.6 hrs in game
Blind Souls
I like this game and the atmosphere in it.
This is what you need after a hard day’s work!
She soothes and the whole game process is like a meditation.
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- Graphics. Traced details of delights me, it is so magical and beautiful, as if you are really on nature. Grass, water, trees, stunning views that one after another can be put on the desktop.* Music. It relaxing, but at the same time keeps you awake. The sounds of nature are really real and not sharp.* Gameplay. Very pleased that the game will not hurry you and you can enjoy as much as you want the surrounding nature. There is a fairly simple gameplay and maybe not everyone will appreciate it. However, drawing pictures while listening to the story and exploring the surroundings is very interesting and relaxing.
– Real player with 2.6 hrs in game
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Player Bases.
☐ Kids.
☑ Everyone.
☐ Mature.
☐ Casual Players.
☐ Pro players.
Graphics.
☐ Potato.
☐ Really Bad.
☐ Bad.
☐ OK.
☐ Good.
☑ Beautiful.
☐ Masterpiece.
Price.
☐ Full Price.
☐ Wait For Sale.
☑ Refund It If You Can.
☐ Don’t Buy It.
☐ Free.
Requirements.
☐ Minimum.
☐ Medium.
☑ Fast.
☐ High End.
☐ Super Computer.
Difficulty.
☑ Easy.
☐ Medium.
☐ Hard.
☐ Very Hard.
☐ Death March.
☐ Dark Souls.
Game length.
☑ Really Short. ( 0 - 2 hours)
☐ Short. ( 2 - 8 hours)
☐ Medium. ( 8 - 16 hours)
☐ Long. ( 16+ hours)
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
Eastshade
My favourite game, it’s very sad that there are not others like this on Steam.Has beautiful graphics but isn’t difficult for mosst computers to run. Would strongly recommend.
– Real player with 24.4 hrs in game
This game is beautiful in so many ways it has amazing game play an amazing story line amazing music and fantastic visuals i highly recommend this game to anyone looking to buy it its definitely worth your money
– Real player with 22.9 hrs in game
Jigsaw Puzzles: Master Artists of Old
This is a fantastic set of puzzles. Relaxing music in the background enhances the game as well. Great variety of topics will provide hours of fun!
– Real player with 338.5 hrs in game
I like this puzzle game very much. I like how you can zoom in and out to make the pieces as small or large as you desire. I love the paintings and there is a large inventory to choose from. There is one drawback; when you are working on a puzzle you cannot save what you have done. The next time you open it you must start from the beginning. I emailed the company and they said they are working on this problem.
– Real player with 104.8 hrs in game
Koral
Side scrolling environmentally conscious educational puzzle game about coral reefs and oceans, and the human impact on both. A family friendly learning experience for any age. There is enough educational content it could be used in schools as part of a lesson. Now before anyone thinks an educational game is not fun, think again. The education is hidden among the 32 collectibles (shiny white sparkly glow balls) which explain coral reefs and oceans, and the devastation humans are causing. These collectibles can be found over 9 different oceanic environments of the 10 chapters. Each chapter has puzzle elements to them: sea currents, pollution walls, various plant and coral life, volcanic vents and cavern systems.
– Real player with 13.1 hrs in game
There are things every medium does well; each with their own potential and set of virtues. For creators, it’s about finding the best way of utilising a medium to amplify their message, whatever that may be.
The proof of gaming’s potential—be it narrative, thematic, or even educational—is now all around us. It has enormous value as an artistic medium and its growth continues to show us what games are capable of. Every year we see games taking on bolder, more innovative, and challenging forms.
Koral, a modest puzzle game with a potent environmental message, is one such form.
– Real player with 4.5 hrs in game
Our Beautiful Earth
Search games are the best. Can’t wait for Our Beautiful Earth 3.
– Real player with 43.0 hrs in game
Omno
I am legally required to mention the game Journey in any review of Omno. So here it is: Journey. The creative collapsed civilisation. The novel flowing ways of getting around. The faultless graphics. The breathtaking bugless scenery, the bizarre life-forms. Omno is not as good as Journey, of course, but nothing is.
You figure out things about the collapsed civilisation. You solve puzzles and complete sequences of jumps. The puzzles aren’t very difficult, and I never shouted “Well, how was I meant to guess that ?!” at the screen. The jumps are mostly a case of figuring out what keys to press and when. None of them require pixel-perfect positioning. You can’t die. If you manage to get into an unsafe position you are just warped back to the most recent savepoint, with progress intact.
– Real player with 21.1 hrs in game
Omno
A relaxing and a reflective journey through a lost civilization. An interesting array of creatures, the sumptuous soundtrack, and the colorful aesthetics make the trip worth the effort.
Omno is a single player, third person, exploration and puzzle adventure.
As a staff bearer it is your duty to discover and retrace your ancestors’ footsteps. Travel through an ancient world filled with creatures who respond to your command and release a life force you can harness and power. Collect enough resources to carry on your journey, along the way learning more about the past and the lost civilization which lays broken before you.
– Real player with 9.2 hrs in game
CatDog Puzzle
good
– Real player with 51.2 hrs in game
best puzzle game yet on steam
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions
Recommendation: This is a good spatial puzzle game, albeit inferior in a few little ways to the original Glass Masquerade. Just like the original, however, there is something inherently fascinating about jigsaws; every time I was playing this game, other people in my household would pause in what they were doing to look over my shoulder and make suggestions. It’s enthralling.
Critique: Overall Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions is very similar to Glass Masquerade. You have silhouettes of shapes that represent shards of glass: you need to find where they belong in the stained glass window based on shape alone. It feels like there are more puzzles in this base game, so you get to play for longer. The stained glass windows you are reconstructing this time depict warped, weird scenes with fantastic creatures. The music in the game is an orchestral bed that sets a fairly creepy mood, sort of a blend of Danny Elfman and John Williams soundtrack styles. The game is grim and weird in its tone: every puzzle represents a dream or possibly a nightmare. The first game had you traveling to different countries around the world to repair stained glass windows that reflected each nation’s culture. In this game, there is no sense of travel; the levels are laid out in five branches leading off of a central hub, and each level poses a question at the start that uses dream-like syntax and philosophy…so they don’t really make sense. Each question gets a response that is similarly incoherent when you complete the puzzle. So you don’t really have a sense of story progression, and the text is next to meaningless. You can always tell what remains in the game, however: each level you complete unlocks a path or paths to the next level(s) down the branch, and the difficulty scales with later puzzles having more pieces, and more of them look alike or are harder to place in other ways. Every single puzzle in this game is circular, which is less interesting than in the first game. This game has the same control issues as the first: you will still often select a piece when you’re trying to rotate the whole ring of pieces. But for all these differences, the core game play is there and largely unchanged. It’s fun, and I recommend it.
– Real player with 36.0 hrs in game
Introduction
Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions is the right type of sequel which understands that it’s not enough to simply add more content compared to the predecessor. Improving the formula through another stylistic approach, has only benefitted this title which I consider apart of a sleeper hit series for the literal puzzle subgenre. Developer and publisher Onyx Lute has been around Steam since 2016 and I have also reviewed the initial Glass Masquerade at its release date. Expectations were high for the sequel, since I saw the creative potential exhibited by GM 1’s DLC packs which served as an “intermezzo”. I wasn’t disappointed.
– Real player with 30.8 hrs in game