Category: Games
Standalone games.
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Ato
Ninja cat metroidvania where you just want to find your kidnapped child and wife. With a whole story told without a single word in a large connected world of stunningly beautiful pixel art, this is definitely up there on the list of very good metroidvanias.
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NERTS! Online
All Aces, No Spaces! So you know klondike solitaire, the one that came bundled with your Windows XP computer? The guys at Zachtronics made it a competitive multiplayer game and it’s incredible.
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Melatonin
Cozy Rhythm Paradise for sleepy people. A very pretty game I’m love.
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Bombe
Minesweeper automation game. Mix up a couple good genres and you end up with a good game, a game where with a bit of setup, you can clear 4000 levels in less than a minute. Im frankly surprised rn that I only have 3 different minesweeper reviews, and not more. Bombe is a game where…
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VIVID/STASIS
From the casual rhythm game to a more intensive one, VIVID/STASIS looks like it’d play like Sound Voltex, but instead of being 6 key, it’s described by the developers as a “4 over 2 key game”. There is also a surprisingly compelling story with some particularly unique ARG elements and mysteries that have had my…
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Rhythm Doctor
Yī Èr Sān Sì Wǔ Liù Qī Push button on beat 7, save lives, though the nurse speaks Chinese, so you’re gonna have to listen out for that (“Qī” sounds like “chi”). No matter what, you push the button on beat 7, except for SVT stuff, but eh, the game can explain that. Follow the…
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Talos Principle II
So this dropped out of nowhere, like, I saw Icely Puzzles post a video about there being a (apparently temporary?) Demo for this game, and immediately went and played it before watching, and I’ll just say, I’m impressed they managed to create a sequel to this game after the ending of the first. Either way…
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The Bart Bonte Collection
A lil box of nostalgia chocolates, Not to steal a joke from Power Pak, but ooh, a fudge. Bart Bonte is a flash game developer from the early days of the internet, and was an absolute master of his craft back on Armor Games and Miniclip, that sort of place, and this is a collection…
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Islets
A super cute metroidvania with a modest level of diffficulty. Explore through 5 disconnected maps with the goal of trying to reconnect them by activating the island’s cores, then explore new areas of each island through the new connections that are made by bringing the islands together again.
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The Talos Principle
So when I tell you that the team behind Serious Sam made another game, what genre are you thinking? Because personally, “philosophical puzzle game” is quite low on the list. So this is a philosophical puzzler with an overarching story. Like Portal but slightly more biblical.
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Chants of Sennaar
A (mostly) puzzle game about language. Specifically languages you don’t know. And if you’re thinking “oh this sounds like Trunic,” then you’re a little mistaken because the main goal of the game here is to learn and understand the languages. The game helps with this.
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Islands of Insight (First Look)
So this game has not been released yet, but I am so incredibly hype for it! It’s the brainchild of some of the industry’s best puzzle creators, and the closest comparison I can make is to The Witness, but it’s so much more than just that! You can jump in this one. Explore a stunningly…