Not my usual style of game, it is based on match 3, but I have been intrigued by Tiny Civilization on Steam:
Plays quickly and would be a good lunch hour game. Game plays in English. For 1.99 I have already got a fair amount of amusement out of it.
This looks pretty neat. Unlike Triple Town, you move things after they are placed and you can even swap tiles, so it is more of a match-3 than many games that refer to themselves that way.
This could be good. Roller Drama: A visual novel and sports management game about roller derby!
Matt_W
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I’ve been playing Card Survival: Tropical Island and it’s really pretty good. It’s your basic open-world survival game, but with cards.
It plays really well on the Steam Deck using the touch screen. And apparently there’s a mobile version as well.
There is a person on itch.io who made a couple of interesting tweaks to Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man. He created versions that have random mazes. I think they are both “pay what you want” games on itch. But it’s really amazing how much fun those two games are again when the mazes are different each time. (40 years of the same mazes is a lot!) I’ve been playing more Pac than ever with these.
Pac-Man link and Lady Pac link.
Digital version of the Steve Jackson card game (and it’s not even Early Access).
The theme is right my alley but I’m on the fence because the biggest reason for the mixed reviews seems to be the lack of documentation and/or tutorial. Having never played the physical game I’m going to snoop around for some “how to play” videos and try to see just how bad the learning curve is going to be.
Love the art style.
Hopefully that’s something that will be added in time.
I downloaded the manual for the physical game and skimmed through it. I think I can get past the learning curve.
What I can’t get past is it doesn’t appear to be possible to save mid-game. I haven’t gotten that confirmed one way or another, but if true that’s a deal breaker.
That’s generally not a good thing.
Annnddd…confirmed in the Steam forum that you can’t. Too bad. I probably would have enjoyed it.
Thanks for the info. Too bad.
Wanna explore a big procedurally generated world without any survival requirements or combat? Just, you know, roam around the wilderness? Well then, that’s what Wilderless is! On mobile as well as Steam:
(I must admit, I found the anime protagonist a bit jarring. Seems like it would be a great first-person game, a bit like Eastshade. But whatever!)
I just ran across this game called Ravenbound, that’s a rogue-lite. The combat looks a bit janky but it’s got a big open world and you can fly around as a bird, so it seems pretty neat to me.
They have been seeding YouTubers with preview copies so stuff is popping up now. Here’s a short preview from IGN:
No specific release date as far as I can tell, other than “soon.”
Sharpe
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Here’s another of those little games that occasionally interest me:
Played it briefly. It is enjoyable, in a very lightweight kind of way. I wouldn’t even call it “Beer N Pretzels” - Perhaps “Lite Beer N Pretzels.”
I believe this is of interest to some of you folks.
WW2 Rebuilder has finally launched. It was originally supposed to come out last October but was delayed. I talked about it here.
Along the same lines, this releases in Early Access tomorrow, based on the print & play game. I played the demo during the last Steamfest and it drew me in enough to almost be a certain purchase.
That one was actually mentioned a week ago by @Don60420
Sharpe
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My impressions end up being similar to Don - pretty fun little lightweight “lunch break/coffee break” kind of game. Once you figure out a good path through the techs I’m not sure how much replay value it has, but hey, it’s two bucks.
I am still playing it and having fun. My wife has played it a few times and she has a select few games like Alpha Centauri that she plays over and over again. When she decides to take up a new strategy game that usually means she sees a lot of potential in it. We shall see.
Yeah, I am looking forward to Pocket Civ too. A surprising amount of good games beginning to come out in January which is often a slow month for new releases.
