I adored Asfalia: Fear. It was fun, funny, and heartwarming. It felt like playing a higher-quality cartoon with excellent voice acting, fun dialogue, and even more fun sound design. There were a whole bunch of characters to meet, and each of them were interesting and unique. The world, the backgrounds, the flora and fauna of Asfalia made it feel like a real world. I didn’t really have any issues while playing, and I had a lot of fun with the puzzles, though there wasn’t much challenge for an adult. I think I will gift this little game to my niblings next time I get the chance; I think they will love Asfalia: Fear as much as I do!
If you are looking for a Solitaire-like game that is fun and relaxing, Cozy Solitaire is a great choice. It’s cute, fun to play, and very chill. If you are looking for a difficult challenge with timers and obstacles to make it more challenging, this one is one you will want to skip
If you like hidden object puzzle games, you will probably find Sweet Home 3: Look and Find Collector’s Edition fine. I liked it okay, but I do think it could use some improvements. You might also want to load your own music before starting it up.
I don’t like games that use AI; I don’t think that there are many use cases for AI in a space where you are charging people for the final product. Coupled with the fact that I was a little bored by Jixo overall, I think that I just don’t like it. It’s not original in any way, and the artwork, which is the main point of the game, is both AI and kind of lacklustre. Not ugly per se, but it that kind of fuzzy weirdness that comes with AI generation. Jixo: The Season of Joy Collector’s Edition has many different puzzles, but I wasn’t super impressed by the combination of art I don’t like, a $10 price tag, and generic games inside. If you don’t mind the AI art, you might find Jixo a lot more fun than I did, however, which is why I rated this title with an “I’m not sure.”
Overall, CatMelon – Suika Game is a good Suika game. If you like the genre, I think you’ll like this one as well. It’s not as good as Suika or Watermelon Challenge, but it has its own charms. The cats are cute, the assistance is a fun addition, and the fact that it has difficulty levels at all is great. There’s accessibility here, and good physics. A good pick for any Watermelon game lover.
Overall, I had tons of fun with Stars in the Trash. If you like things like the Aristocats or The Fox and the Hound, I think you will love this game. There are so many details, such as beautiful art and loving care and taking in every detail, that I think anyone who loves animals will dig this game. As I said in my preview of the Stars in the Trash demo, it feels like playing a Disney movie. Now that I’ve played the whole thing, it feels even more like that. I love this game a lot, and I think most of you will love it too.
There is so much to love in Cards of Heart and little to dislike. It’s free; it has great art, good sound design, and a great message. My number one critique is that therapy was never once mentioned. Although it is expensive and not accessible to everyone, therapy is good to mention to help tear down the weird stigmas we have about such things (in the USA, especially).
Overall, Home Domes just wasn’t very fun, wasn’t intuitive, and it feels like it needs a UI overhaul. I think there are some interesting ideas there, but none of them were done particularly well. I don’t think I can recommend Home Domes, even to someone who loves the sim genre.
Overall, Debut Project, Cooking Cafe, was fine. It’s a cute game with a great aesthetic. The sound design is okay, the gameplay is fine, but things move along very slowly. There isn’t much to do outside of cooking, and the cooking mini-games are all kind of mid. It’s pretty cute and fun, but I think it’s a little boring. A little vanilla, if you will. It’s fun, it’s cute, and it’s a great idea for a game. I just wish there was a little more. I would have been much happier if there had been a designer element to Debut Project: Cooking Cafe, like hanging up pictures, choosing paint colors, or picking out the decor. I think this would have elevated this title a lot. But my overall opinion of it is that it’s just fine.
Bits at Work is a simple concept with simple art that is just done very, very well. I love it, and it’s one of the more fun little games I’ve gotten to play lately. If you adore fun little idle clicker-type games or decorating a little pixel office, I can’t recommend Bits at Work enough. For what it is, you can’t get another better than this!
The Protagonish is so cute, fun, and funny and is really well put together. I love everything about it, but it is so very short that I feel like I don’t really get to settle into the story before it is over. This could be such a gorgeous visual novel with one of the most unique and interesting premises, but it falls short of being perfect by feeling cut off.
Gridlink is a fun, relaxing puzzle game that is free-to-play and a ton of fun. There’s literally no reason not to play it. It’s a perfect way to wind down. I think the only thing I really want from Gridlink is a mobile version. I didn’t see one, so I don’t think one exists, but that would be a super fun way to play it. I really like how intuitive and easy it is to get started. Even the hardest of the puzzles don’t feel impossible; they are just challenging. My biggest complaint is how long it took me to notice there actually was a Dark Mode in the menu, which is not the dev’s fault at all, trust me. I can’t recommend this simple puzzle game enough; if you like puzzles, go and download Gridlink right now.
Overall, Hidden Cats Invade Venice is a simple, fun, and very well-made addition to the hidden animal genre of games I have seen a ton of over the last few years. It’s pleasant, cute, and challenging, but it has a great hint system to get you out of trouble if you can’t finish a level. In other words, it’s everything I want from this type of game. Hidden Cats Invade Venice is basically perfect, and I had trouble coming up with even one thing I didn’t like about it. If you enjoy hidden-cat games, it’s the perfect addition to your collection
Even for a single dollar, I don’t think 100 Hidden Cats: Pirates is worth it. It’s just kind of boring; if you do have some little ones at home that like pirates and cats, they might be horrified by the fact that every single cat is obviously in danger. I can’t really recommend this to anyone.
Fruitbus is a lot of fun. It has fun characters, great animations, funny moments, and an overall heartwarming tale. The first two islands, which I have traipsed from one end to the other, are filled with characters, interesting things, and weird new fruit salad combinations. If you like simulation titles with heart, I cannot recommend Fruitbus enough. It’s got a few bugs, but it seems like the developers are really on point with trying to make the game as good as it can be. It’s fun; the gameplay does get a little repetitive after a while, but overall, Fruitbus is the most I’ve ever had with a blender and a bunch of veggies.
Alchemist: The Potion Monger is a big game with an innovative potion-making system that is very challenging to figure out. It’s colorful, has decent sound design, has a lot of NPCs, and has a whole bunch of quests. The world is huge, and you have to fight stuff out in the wild with a combat system that doesn’t feel great. Overall, Alchemist: The Potion Monger is pretty fun. The world is huge but kind of empty. There is a lot that is good about it, but some things I think will not sit well with some people. However, I do think that Alchemist: The Potion Monger is worth the price. It’s cute, it’s colorful, it’s fun, it’s cozy, but it is a little bit of a pain to figure out. If you like sprawling games with a lot to do and fun little quests that are pretty chill, there are far worse games you could pick up than Alchemist: The Potion Monger.
The one downside I noticed while playing One S’more was not enough to keep me from falling in love with this weird little title. I love the little marshmallow man, I love the puzzles, the music, the look of the maps, the little train you get to ride back and forth between map sections, and the sound design. This game is so spot on for what it is trying to do, that I couldn’t give it anything but two thumbs up. If you enjoy these kinds of puzzle games and you like cute things, you have to get One S‘more. If the pun in the title doesn’t sell you after this review, I don’t know what will! Developers, you did an excellent job on this bug-free experience. I hope to see a lot more from you in the future!
I couldn’t get very far in Lunara: Planet IX. I have several hours in the game, and I haven’t really gotten anywhere. I was pretty disappointed with everything but the way it looks. It was so hard to get anywhere or do anything, and I couldn’t seem to get very far.
Overall, I liked my time with The Crimson Diamond. I think it feels like a complete game with no bugs that I ran across. The story is interesting, and the puzzles are fun. However, some of the music and visual choices were not to my taste. If you like old-school text adventures, The Crimson Diamond may be just the thing for you. However, if you don’t like all the eccentricities of text adventures, I would avoid this one.
It’s hard for me to formulate a real opinion on this game. It was okay; I didn’t find the gameplay interesting or different from a million similar games. The love story felt tacked on instead of integrated; I didn’t really get to know the characters or care about what they had to say. I did like some of the art and that I got to decorate the store, but the actual gameplay of the Solitaire stuff in Solitaire Quest: Love Blossoms wasn’t the best. With repetitive music and a lack of coins, I’m not even sure this is a good Solitaire-like game. Overall, I just don’t know how to rate it.