Raccoon Arrival

Raccoon Arrival

Raccoon Arrival is a walking simulator by a single developer. For his first game, this is a sterling effort.

My interpretation is that the raccoon is going back to his past searching for his friend. The story is quite sparse and is shown by brief flashbacks when the raccoon reaches certain spots of the environment.

The main gameplay is running along picking up crystals on each level and reading glowing notes and chomping on food. The latter are usually colourful donuts or slices of pizza which are very hard to miss. The glowing notes flesh out the story more. Gameplay is very easy and relaxing, so suitable for children. Very easy to 100% achievement!

Real player with 2.5 hrs in game


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Interesting game. Nice visual. Has potential to be something more in the future if the devs want to.

P.S. This review comes from a fellow raccoon.

Real player with 0.7 hrs in game

Raccoon Arrival on Steam

Lost Sector

Lost Sector

Survive

Equip gear and venture out into an unsettling, destroyed research facility in the far future. Fight your way through the ever increasing difficulties of a changing environment, overrun by hostile creatures to clear the path through the sector.

Upgrade

Collect new modules and abilities, either by taking a risky route, advancing deeper into the facility and gathering rare items, or by taking a much slower, less rewarding, but safer approach. Upgrade your gear in the saveroom before venturing back outside and become powerful enough to defeat the final boss before the sector becomes too overwhelming.

Return

Lost Sector is a dangerous place which will lead to various deaths. Master the combat and learn more about how to overcome the hostile environment and the weak points of its mutated dangers. Unlock new weapons and items each run and slowly discover what happened.


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Lost Sector on Steam

Pencil Fantastic

Pencil Fantastic

Pencil Fantastic is the perfect amalgamation of unbridled creativity and structured imagination. Akin to incessant hammer-strikes against red-hot steel, the developers bellow the flames of improvement day in and day out, heating their homes with strained GPU’s (and the drive of their passion) as they forge the new standard of cerebral application. The force behind the single line drawing mechanic rides in parallel to the vision of this wonderful, evolving paragon; forward unto dawn upon a river of endless possibility. You will hear the clarion call of inspiration as Mr. Fantastic glides across the screen (whilst subverting his own desires) to channel your pure emotion into a work of art. How you answer that call will determine any & all fortune within this realm of innovation.

Real player with 15.9 hrs in game


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This game is more like music creation software. It is not meant to be a game apparently and should not be on the Steam platform. Don’t bother

Real player with 12.2 hrs in game

Pencil Fantastic on Steam

AWAY: The Survival Series

AWAY: The Survival Series

I played through the whole story mode, and lemme tell ya it was something. It started off fairly decent, I liked the first few minutes of the game. Then you get to this part with a horde of “black widow spiders” that attack your little squirrel family and you have to fend them off and escort your mom as she just keeps strolling leisurely towards your next destination. This part was a little irritating but you could look past it. Then the bird shows up. A vulture takes your mother and sister and you spend the rest of the game chasing after it.

Real player with 8.1 hrs in game

UPDATE: Happy to say the latest patch has fixed the performance issues. I am now able to play on Ultra high and the FPS is locked at 62FPS. There is the very odd dip to 60FPS that is noticeable (but that could be the camera).

Now I can play it, I LOVE the ambience, and feel it now showcases what the devs were trying to achieve.

I personally love how Alan (as I have named him) is controlled, and the way he gliders though the air seems very realistic (based on not much experience of sugar gliders and their gliding) and very relaxing.

Real player with 4.7 hrs in game

AWAY: The Survival Series on Steam

COSMOSAPIENS

COSMOSAPIENS

COSMOSAPIENS - Explore a galaxy. Discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the of your reach Interact with diverse alien races. Through customization and custom generation, you will encounter infinitely varied game. Choose positive or negative traits your characters. Fight and trade. Another title that makes great use of Unreal Engine from indie single developer.

  • FEATURES:

  • Freedom and Liberty!

  • Many playable characters

  • Over 100 weapon models

  • Maximum characters level 999

  • Control flying and ground vehicles

  • Building system

  • Quests system

COSMOSAPIENS on Steam

Theseus - Mythological Hero

Theseus - Mythological Hero

Broken mechanics, invisible walls, and a terribly designed maze with awful lighting plague this asset reliant mess of a game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Q54oaAaAo

It’s just BAD. Nothing more needs to be said. Watch part of my first impressions review video if you need more about it.

NOT RECOMMENDED, even if it were free, I’d tell you to stay far away.

Real player with 0.2 hrs in game

It runs terribly and looks awful.

For a solo development, it is pretty cool but as a game that I paid $$ for, it is a failure.

Take this over to itch.io for some help and feedback.

https://youtu.be/B8JjsHXlYyg

Real player with 0.2 hrs in game

Theseus - Mythological Hero on Steam

Broken Pieces

Broken Pieces

The game is still in early development and feature a placeholders (such as animations), Please wishlist the game to stay up to date!.

When Elise and her fiancé decided to leave urban life and settle near the French coast, she could not imagine that she would end up completely alone.

Now, surrounded by strange phenomena in a dark, post-Cold War climate, Elise will have to investigate and unravel the mysteries surrounding the region of Saint-Exil, its ritualistic cult, and its lighthouse overlooking the coast.

Broken Pieces is an action-packed investigative and adventure video game set in France. The game immerses you in the shoes of Elise, a woman in her thirties who finds herself in the village of Saint-Exil in an imaginary region reminiscent of Brittany. Following an unexplained paranormal phenomenon, Elise is stuck, completely alone and out of time. Your investigation begins here…

Broken Pieces is set in a visually stunning and rich game world.

  • Enjoy a completely revised version of the camera system that accompanies legendary gaming sagas, aimed at providing flexibility and player agency

  • Choose from first person or third person cameras as well as more panoramic sequences while exploring and travelling

  • Absorb the inspiring original soundtrack and custom EP

Broken Pieces engages you with a multi-layered narrative.

  • Immerse yourself in a deep, thrilling post-Cold War atmosphere

  • Learn about the village of Saint-Exil and its mysterious cult

  • Get to know Elise as you explore the world through her eyes

Broken Pieces challenges you to use the clues around you to solve the riddle which surrounds Elise.

  • Discover the Saint-Exil region through a deep environmental narrative and easy-to-listen audio cassettes

  • Solve environmental puzzles by changing the weather and finally understand what happened to the village

  • Play with the weather and revisit the region with a new perspective

Broken Pieces brings a fresh perspective to the action-adventure game genre.

  • Face challenging enemies thanks to a unique combat system

  • Challenge yourself in pseudo-real time combat and evade the AI trying to catch you.

  • Master a combat system based on timing and positioning skills, tailored for the fixed angle camera system

Broken Pieces on Steam

Eden: New Dawn Free Edition

Eden: New Dawn Free Edition

I KEPT DIGGING STRAIGHT DOWN TO FIND SOMETHING CREEPY CAW CAW

MAYBE LIKE CHINESE PEOPLE CAPTURED IN A GHOST WORLD OR SOMETHING

THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU WHEN YOU DIG STRAIGHT DOWN CAW CAW

Real player with 0.7 hrs in game

Absolute waste of my time lol

Game is really broken

Tried to start in creative welcomed by black screen and sound of me moving and environment

Tried the other survival mode takes me to steam page and basically looks like an attempt to get you to buy the game.

No thank you

Fix it and maybe i may invest in the future.

Real player with 0.3 hrs in game

Eden: New Dawn Free Edition on Steam

First Racer

First Racer

First Racer is a racing game with convenient arcade control in which you can get a lot of good emotions.

  • The game has the ability to select a car and configure it, both the appearance (body parts, color) and technical specifications (engine, transmission, suspension, tires).

  • The game has different game regimes:

    • Racing.

    • Drift.Tune your favorite car for the modes that you like and go to new records.

  • Compete with the ghost of other players to improve your experience and set new records on each track.

  • “First Racer” has visual and technical damage, you need to drive more carefully in order to get to the finish line with a good time.

  • Play with your partner on the same PC, this makes the passage of the game much more fun.

  • Enjoy beautiful, stylized graphics.

First Racer on Steam

Gothic Playable Teaser

Gothic Playable Teaser

TL;DR

! Gothic is a timeless classic that managed to be serious competition for Morrowind, the Elder Scrolls game of its time. Offering a compelling and vastly branching storyline that encourages multiple replays, interesting characters, intricate crafting systems, multiple specialized classes and a semi-open world, it captivated millions for many years. Sadly the graphics and the controls didn’t age all that well, so THQ Nordic, who now own the rights and apparently dearly love the franchise, are trying to revive the game.

Real player with 11.4 hrs in game

This isn’t the Gothic you remember, and it’s not the Gothic you deserve.

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This is a tech demo asking for player feedback so they can decide whether to bother making a full game. Neat idea? Somewhat, but it feels half hearted.

Rather than trying to be like the original Gothic, instead it’s a blend of Witcher with Skyrim and fails at being any of the three. You’ll find poorly implemented ideas from all of them borrowed openly and then draped over with janky combat and long drawn out unskippable cutscenes.

Real player with 7.9 hrs in game

Gothic Playable Teaser on Steam