Telecube Nightmare
Pretty sweet little game!
The sprite design is clean, the overall visual language is simple and consistent, the teleportation mechanic is fun and (as long as there are no frame rate hiccups) very well implemented - and in terms of gameplay it’s got a nice difficulty progression from super-easy all the way up to to moderately tricky.
I had a nice time with this. If you want something light and colorful to fill the time, it’s worth the $0.99 (or whatever I spent on it).
– Real player with 17.2 hrs in game
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There’s more production value than I would’ve expected for a $3.39 Unity-engine platformer, with the character’s animated facial expressions, effects and sounds for teleporting and taking out enemies, and the fog of war effect in World 3 was a nice surprise, especially combined with the creepy music. It’s neat enough, but there’s no shortage of creative platformers on Steam. Let’s be honest.
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Cassiodora
Princess Cassiodora has been kidnapped by the evil sorcerer Kenzar. To save her the chosen knights Agni, Colden and Luken must face a vast army of witches, ghosts and demons across the Kingdom of Astoria.
To accomplish this feat, the druid Faramix grants Agni, Colden and Luken magic wings and elemental powers to help them on their quest.
Play with your friends or solo and shoot your way through this colorful shoot ‘em up. Earn new items, customize your character, challenge yourself and face huge bosses.
Key features
*** Story mode**
Play solo or with up-to 2 of your friends on the same screen and explore 7 regions through 35 handcrafted levels each one with their own setting, challenges, special rewards and unique items.
*** Enjoyable for all**
Choose between different levels of difficulty ranging from Easy to Hard or define your own experience. Want to be invincible or be revived when you die? That’s done !
*** Replayability**
From the leader to the oldest and youngest knights enjoy 3 different characters, each with their own personality, abilities, moves and unique unlockable items.
*** Elemental powers**
Enemies and environmental puzzles like gates or roots will only react to certain elemental skills. Switch between 3 elemental powers or ask your friends to help you!
*** Fully customizable characters**
Unlock new skins for each character with over 50 cosmetics items to personalize your knight.
*** Awesome boss battles**
Face epic, huge bosses that compel you to find unique ways to defeat them. Fly away and slay these bosses to continue your quest!
*** You can PET your elemental guardian!**
Fly, shoot, slash, but do it with style!
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Couplinked
This game is a refreshing take on simple and engaging arcade style controls and game play. Just when you think you are getting the hang of things each level and tier challenges you and makes you rethink how to play the game. The music is super chill and a great track to listen to at the end of a stressful day. Six hours into the game, currently the only feedback I have is I wish they would allow changes to the colors of the nodes and the electricity.
– Real player with 5.9 hrs in game
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Couplinked is a simple game, and for the cost of entry, the replay-ability is high.
Goal is simple, you control two circles simultaneously while matching them by colour as well as avoiding obstacles. Controls at first will definitely be confusing, but with a bit of practice there is a certain satisfaction in matching nodes consistently at a real quick rate.
Definitely not for the faint of heart, as it does get increasingly difficult. My experience with puzzle games come from things like Catherine and Puyo Puyo Tetris, and they can be very frustrating to those uninitiated.
– Real player with 1.9 hrs in game
Niko and the Cubic Curse
A fun little platformer. Has some cool ideas, and some awesome music.
– Real player with 2.1 hrs in game
Niko and the Cubic Curse
– Real player with 1.7 hrs in game
Pentaquin: Deeds Of Twilight
Pentaquin: Deeds Of Twilight is an action-packed 2D platformer that lovingly combines hand-drawn graphics with an epic soundtrack and a deep story.
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Enjoy a captivating Gameplay experience that takes you through three acts with a total of 15 levels
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Action-packed fights against challenging opponents
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Face 15 Level-Bosses that pose unique and tactically demanding challenges.
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Enhance your Abilities by finding hidden upgrades
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A thrilling, dark story
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Lovingly hand painted graphics
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Breathtaking background music
Save your broken family in a war-torn world. A gaming experience that will put you and all your gaming skills to the test.
Pentaquin - a new world awaits you
Explore the world of Pentaquin: Deeds Of Twilight via an interactive world map and get to know different areas of the Pentaquin universe: a mystical world that suffers under the division of its Creator.
The planet Pentaquin, which is orbited by five moons, holds many secrets and dangerous enemies. From the mystical forest elementals, to the dragons guarding the Mana River, to the former guardians of creation, the mighty four-armed and five-headed “Tero’zar”, you will encounter ever new challenges.
Travel through areas and cities scarred by civil wars, such as the former world metropolis “Terovania”. Follow the traces, left behind by your missing sister, through devastated landscapes in order to at least restore the peace of your own family in a world sinking into chaos.
The world is coming apart at the seams
After the Shaper split his soul into five new “Aspect Gods” belonging to the elements of the Pentaquin moons, not much remains of the former creator. The result of a last desperate attempt to save the world of Pentaquin, from the own madness of his increasingly ambivalent soul, presents the inhabitants with new challenges.
His once faithful servants, the “Tero’zar” guardians, weakened without the energy of their Creator, are on the brink of a bloody civil war that is sprouting in the midst of the spiritual centre of the old world order. What role will the former world capital “Terovania” play from now on in the world of Pentaquin?
Meanwhile, all over the planet, completely new Mage circles are forming around the five Aspect Gods and are trying to seize the supremacy in a shattered world. With no other aim than to assert their own values and ideals. No matter what it takes.
As a convinced follower of the light-god-magic-circle your father already had to give his life. Will your sister continue his attempt to free the world from the supposed tyranny of the other circles - or can you bring her to her senses in time and save her from an early demise?
A captivating adventure between the abysses of light and shadow awaits you.
Master your skills
In the demoralised world of Pentaquin, you will discover new secrets and hidden places through the skilful use of five learnable abilities.
As the son of a light mage, you have inherited his talent for magic. With a light blade and magical light projectiles, you will defend yourself in exciting battles against numerous opponents in close and long-range combat.
The abilities are enhanced by finding collectable upgrades and can be configured to fit your playstyle. However, you will only be able to choose a maximum of two abilities for each level: So choose wisely and adjust your strategy!
Clever combinations of abilities and enhancements can give you a clear advantage in discovering secret areas and fighting against tactically challenging bosses.
Running Water
Fun little game for passing the time. chapter 2 things got more intense
– Real player with 21.3 hrs in game
Useful Cat
Useful Cat is another GameMaker Studio asset flip from serial copy+paste infringers, HotFoodGames. All these guys do is rip off game templates and projects from the Yoyogames/GameMaker Studio store and try to scam people into paying for someone else’s work on Steam. They have run asset flip scams dozens of times, and this is no exception. It’s nothing but a cash grab.
This time they’ve ripped off a basic template for a 2D retro pixel infinite/endless one button jumper. Asset flips and other “Fake games” (as Valve calls them) are harmful to the industry, because they pollute the marketplace and reduce the visibility and exposure needed by genuine indie developers.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Deadswitch 3
ENG
Alright, so you found this game in the Free Games section or maybe you came knowing it’s a new game by mighty XWILKINX. As a person who played the game since its very launch, first on the Web-version, then on the itch.io version, and then here, I’m here to reroute your journey elsewhere, as you most likely won’t find what you’re looking for - a game you can play and enjoy. This review is focused on multiplayer, as IMHO singleplayer is extremely boring.
Let’s start with the positives tho, as game actually sports a couple of them:
– Real player with 420.5 hrs in game
–-What you are initially reading was written before 1st prestige, further down (indicated by obvious line) are things added after the initial review and will likely be updated as my play time goes up—
Having played BRAIN/OUT, another 2D shooter very similar to this for countless hours, honestly I think this game is way better than B/O in a lot of ways. This game is what B/O could’ve been had it not been neglected and tried to be every single popular trend in the gaming industry to stay relevant. It really is a shame how B/O ended up in its current and most likely unrecoverable state. But enough of B/O’s current state. Lets look at the positives of WHY this game is B/O but IMO better.
– Real player with 67.2 hrs in game
The Light of the Darkness
THE LIGHT OF THE DARKNESS is a Metroidvania game inspired by the beloved classics. Explore the Lands of Oblivion, a cursed place between the worlds of Light and Darkness. Play as the first and unique hybrid, a creature of both worlds, yet bound to neither. Survive the hatred of the Pales and the Darks. Delve into a world filled with rich storytelling and an intriguing, original history.
Setting
“Ophelos: the world of Light, Zigardth: the world of Darkness and the Lands of Oblivion."
Long ago, a world divided between Light and Darkness emerged. Pales and Darks blinked into existence. Despite their world split in two by a cataclysmic event, it did not take long for the two societies to discover each other. War followed, fueled by the prejudice between them.
In a dark pit in a cursed land, a strange creature rises from a pile of corpses with no memories or knowledge about himself or the world around him. He is the first and only of his kind; a hybrid, with essences of Light and Dark. As soon he appears, the Pales and the Darks reject him for his nature, forcing him to face alone the dangers of those lands.
Follow this hybrid’s journey through the madness of war. Discover with him the strange nature of the world and its inhabitants. Help him on his journey to unite two clashing cultures, and learn the intriguing truth of his origin.
Caracteristics
- Episodic Metroidvania: Elaborate level design that encourages exploration and evolution of skills in an engaging manner.
- Essence Absorption: Absorb essences from other beings, allowing the player to gain strength, abilities. Discover a diverse combination of elements, natures, and personas that can be merged into a multitude of spell variants.
- Equipment, weapons, and more!: Access an arsenal of equipment and weapons, each with their own attributes, abilities and attack patterns.
- Immersive visuals: Cutting-edge 3D graphics with a dark, realistic style, different environments, and dynamic lighting. Encounter beautifully detailed models and environments with a fine tuned, intuitive interface.
- An epic tale: Immerse yourself in The Lands of Oblivion and unearth a mysterious world of mystical elements. Learn the rich history of the Pales and the Darks and what has led to their violent conflict. Play as the amnesic hybrid and collect clues and memories through flashbacks. Discover his mysterious past and what awaits him in his legendary saga.
!AnyWay!
An achievement spam game, everything’s obtainable by idling for some hours in the main menu (but not during gameplay).
The game itself consists of a very simplified platformer with crappy, non-rebindable controls (so forget WASD keys to move, which should be a must from Windows 95).
The whole game is graphically conceived in a “television” shape and with extremely retro-styled characters and overall graphics; you can push the keys from 1 to 4 in order just to reduce the screen size which is something I sincerely don’t understand - if you aren’t playing in 1, full screen, you’ll likely see barely anything given how crappy the graphics are in a general way.
– Real player with 20.5 hrs in game
If I could put a neutral review I would… but I cant so I will just thumbs up this
This game has so much potential but it just does a few things wrong;
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The grab onto a rope button and jump button at the same… its just annoying
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To grab a rope you have to be at the bottom… this usually means you just miss the rope
… thats as far as I got, I couldnt cross the water on the first level but im sure if you spent sometime you could easily get used to the controls
But lets be honest, you are not here for the gameplay, you are here for the 4997 achievements! If thats ll you care about then you can just get these by idling the game for 1.5 hours on the main menu and never touch this game again! But in terms of gameplay there is none
– Real player with 5.6 hrs in game