Overall a pretty average Sudoku game. The cat twist is fun but honestly made my brain hurt a bit, but fortunately, there is an option to set it to all numbers instead!… so basically I just played regular Sudoku. There's some QOL in here that I think could be added that other Sudoku games I've played had, but overall, very chill and simple.

Another super cute game by DevCats! Very similar to A Building Full of Cats 1, wherein you mostly hunt for cats but have other objects to hunt down as well. The 'story' was quite barren but honestly, that wasn't what I was here for. A few achievements can be a little buggy and require you to go into already completed rooms to get the achievement, but an easy fix. A few of the mini games can be a little hard to notice as well, but overall, very fun!

The Last Campfire is a beautiful game with a heartwarming story. You play as a lost ember, searching for meaning and trying to find a way home. Along the way, you encounter wanderers - other embers - and forgotten - those who have lost their way, their very meaning.
I was drawn to this game by the art style and the promise of puzzles, but the story - though parts may be vague - was what stayed with me after. The puzzles were, for the most part, very simplistic, but not to the point of being boring. Just nothing that left me absolutely stumped, though some did take some trial and error.

The achievements can all be gained fairly easily - you don't actually need to 100% the game. I only found about half of the Wanderer's Journal. All you need to do to get all the achievements is to help all of the lost souls find their way to the campfires.
While I can understand maybe not wanting to get this game at full price (though the devs deserve the support, in my opinion, as this was an amazing game), it frequently drops on sale for only $1.50 and is MORE than worth that price.

Just help her get the milk, man, don't be mean :c

This game is. An experience. Man, the name makes you think it's gonna be such a goof, but o o f those 13 minutes are gonna stick with me. There's really not much to be said about the game, because you really need to just see it for yourself.
I am not sure what I just experienced but I sure did Experience It.

I don't know why I sat on this game for so long. I heard amazing things, it sounded up my alley, but in my library it sat. The release of the second game finally brought it back to my attention, and oh boy am I glad it did.

Of course, the main pro of this game is the music. Even people I know who didn't love this game, had nice things to say about the music. It really set an excellent mood for the game and battles, and was the perfect beat for combat.

The gameplay is pretty unique. Without spoiling much, especially the first half is unique, and honestly, probably my preferred half. We'll just say it's music-based combat with bits of an undertale spin on it.

The story was… whack. In a good way. Parts were a bit hard to follow, and you partially don't know what's going on until the end, but I still really enjoyed it. I only did a single playthrough and did miss some of the secrets, so perhaps that would add to it even more. Overall, it was really enjoyable and whack.

Please make sure to head the HUUUUUUGE flashing lights warning. As someone never bothered by that, man, did this game hurt my eyes and brain at some points. I loved every second of it, though.

A beautiful puzzle game with a touching story.

I'll admit, the gameplay to this is pretty minimal. It's just solving puzzles of getting from point A to point B. Very simple platforming puzzles. And to top it off, they are all entirely skippable, and I believe doing so only makes you miss one line of dialogue or something like that. But still, as someone who enjoys puzzles, they were pretty relaxing and chill. A few I needed to think about but nothing really hard.

The art is beautiful. I'm a big fan of pixel graphics, and this game nails them, especially with the backgrounds. The animations are smooth and flow naturally. The atmospheres really suit what is going on.

The story is… it's something. Very convoluted and confusing at times, but it all wrapped up pretty well in the end. It's hard to touch on without spoilers, but I can see how some people may not like it. While aspects left me frustrated, overall, it was a really enjoyable story!

This game is pretty easy to 100%, with only one achievement really having been needed to be looked up, and pretty easy to get back and get considering you can skip puzzles.

A very simple auto-battler with cute mechanics and enemies.

With luck of the draw when it comes to what dice you roll (meaning how strong they are), you want to be able to roll as many dice as you can. Your dice can have multiple powers that you can unlock with the skill tree system. Certain enemies drop certain currency which allows for you to upgrade certain aspects. Reach new enemies using the prestige system. Honestly, it's quite simple.

While parts can feel a little grindy, especially at the start, overall the flow was nice and the game takes under two hours to beat. The gameplay is pretty minimal, as it is an auto battler, but rounds are short enough you're not really left just sitting there, bored. The upgrades can overall be obtained very fast, but there is definitely an advantage to selecting the right upgrades first.

The graphics are quite basic pixel graphics, but honestly, really fit the game. The character designs are very simple but pleasant, and I actually really love the designs of the simple dice people.

There's really no story to speak of in this game. Just play through 8 levels of prestige with new enemies, and then take down the final boss. Boom, that's it.

Overall, a pretty fun way to kill time!

A short and simple puzzle game about messing with your mind via optical illusions.

This game is nothing short of beautiful. Each stage uses new colors and designs, as well as introducing new illusions that hurt your brain to the perfect degree. Nothing too challenging, but it definitely leaves your brain feeling uncomfortable at what you're able to accomplish.

The story is pretty minimal. Its there, with a little bit added each level, but its very much not the focus of the game. Usually, I prefer something more story-oriented than this, but I feel like I was given just enough to keep me interested in what was going on. The ending to the story was absolutely my favorite part, I will say. It tied it together quite nicely.

The gameplay is very simple. As the game was originally a mobile game, it's basically done just by clicking. Fortunately, it does have controller support now and functioned seamlessly on my steamdeck.

Overall a very relaxing and beautiful game.

I was worried that playing this so soon after the first game would leave me bored. However, this game had a more clear story than the first, and added more mechanics. While it's still a point and click game, as expected from a game originating as a mobile game, there's different ways of solving the puzzles.

The art continues to stun and amaze me, despite the simplicity. You get more character designs in this game, which despite their similarities manage to be unique. The colors are always an astounding choice that can easily captivate.

As I said, this game has more story, as well as a moment where the path splits between both characters and you can play both sides. I found it really interesting and it did draw me in more than the first.

Just like the first game, the mechanics are incredibly simple, due to its origins. With the new controller support, the game ran seamlessly on my steam deck, though I imagine it may be a little faster on a PC.

I absolutely loved this and am so glad they published a third, I eagerly await it's drop on steam.

hahahaha here's where all of my time goes oops. This game is stupidly addicting for essentially being a bunch of fetch quests. It's very similar to animal crossing, especially in the way you can basically get lost doing absolutely nothing for hours.

While the game is definitely a money grab in some ways, overall I've more than gotten my moneys worth between the base game and the two current DLCs. With around 260 hours, it more than beats my ideal price of a dollar per hour of gameplay. The base game already includes so much to do, and the DLC just adds more characters, quests, areas, and items.

Getting to hang out with Disney characters is way more entertaining than it should be. They interact with each other as well as you, and are just… very goofy and fun. Stitch picking on Donald is always a highlight of my day.

The game itself is very basic. You can farm, cook, decorate, and hang out with villagers. Hanging out with them while you do things helps them level up, which unlocks more quests. Quests can advance the story, though even beating the story there's plenty to do. Each character can level up to level 10, and you can level up to level 40. At this point, I have almost every available character up to level 10, and yet I don't want to stop playing. Fortunately, new characters are added constantly, meaning you can always look forward to more content.

For the DLCs:

A Rift in Time:
I disagree with a lot of the hate on this DLC. I think some parts were updated since the original hate, but overall, I found it really fun! Gaston is… so goofy, and Eve alone makes it worth it. Plus, Oswald, ohmygod unlocking him was actually the best part I think. I really liked the areas and items that it added, plus capybara!! My beloved. I do think the pricetag is steep, but I definitely got a lot of gameplay out of it, so I don't mind.

Storybook Vale:
I do agree that this DLC is probably the stronger of the two. Bug catching is usually my favorite part in games, but I have to admit, it got old a little fast here. Especially with the way the demon sprites just… teleport and you have to get them AGAIN within a certain time frame, but they can pass through walls and you can't sooo…
Flynn and Merida's interactions were hilarious.
I got a lot of gameplay out of this one, and there's still half of it to come out some time this summer. Can't wait to see the rest of it :)

I don't think I'd classify this as a game. It's more of an interactive learning tool. Personally, I found the shop page to be deceiving in this factor - it looks a lot more involved than it is. It's got some cute, fun facts, but traversing can be a bit easy to miss things, and honestly more annoying than cute. I also cannot personally speak to the accuracy of the facts, but they seemed accurate to the bit that I do know :) It was very interesting! Just, not a game.

The art style was very cute, and I enjoyed the art and animation of the stars.

Honestly, there's not much else to say about this. Maybe cute for a kid or someone really into space, but honestly, felt kind of like a waste of time and money.

I'm so glad I finally got to play this one! Thank you to my friend Shiro for the gift!

This was very cute. Overall, it could definitely be considered a bit grindy, especially at certain times, but considering the whole game only took about 3 hours, not to any degree that made it feel like too much. Basically, you fish to make money to unlock different aspects of the island and help out the little guys around. You can also eventually get a few other resources as well, but overall, it's very minimal. I wouldn't call this an idler in a classic aspect, as you can idle certain parts, but there's definitely a lot of active gameplay.

The story is pretty minimal, but I really enjoyed it! Essentially you are cleaning up and opening up the islands for the spirits of the islands after a big storm. You help them out, upgrade your boat, and unlock new areas and meet new spirits, slowly learning a bit more as you go. The ending was very sweet, and I really enjoyed it.

If you're a fan of pixel art, you'll find this game's art very charming. It is both simplistic and detailed, the character really taking shape, and the colors helping everything to pop. A very beautiful peaceful game.

A pretty cute and simple puzzle game, where you can grow and shrink items to 'solve puzzles' and find orbs (and also turtles). It's overall pretty simple and not too challenging, though I did need help on some of the hidden extras.

The art is simple and cute. The lack of detail in the art makes the puzzles a little bit simpler, I believe, as things don't get lost to textures or blending in. I think it'd be a turn off for the game to be heavily detailed, honestly.

I think, full priced, I wouldn't go for this game considering how long it takes to beat. However, on sale, it was a fun afternoon :)

Honestly, a pretty basic simple picross game trying to mix with an RPG story. But realistically, it's just some picross puzzles you have to do in a specific order with some minor 'challenge' ones you can optionally do.

The story is. Practically nonexistent. It's very easy to ignore every aspect of it, and it is immensely generic 'oh no baddies stole our stuff we gotta save it and beat them up'. It's mostly done to notate 'boss' puzzles which aren't. Especially more challenging.

The biggest twist to this game vs regular picross games is the timer aspect. If you take too long, enemies can 'hit' you. Lose all your health, you lose. I was nervous for this, because I like to take my time on these puzzles but… I never once lost a round on this game until after I beat it and intentionally lost for the achievement. It's very simple and if you're worried, there's potion items you can use to freeze the enemies for time or reveal pieces to help you go faster.

The achievements were very simple. Most done by story progression or just playing the game - use all the items, get more money, buy certain things. The only ones I really went out of my way for were getting 0 money, because you have to think about what you buy to hit exactly 0, and losing 10 times because, as I said, I did not naturally in the game.

Overall, not bad, especially for the sale price I got it at (79 cents). Don't think I'd get it full price, but, definitely not bad!

Not much to say, as this game is almost exactly like all of Devcat's other 'full of cats' games. Very simple find cat games with a little bit of story elements thrown in. This game had a little more emphasis on disabled cats and helping them be adopted, which was a very nice touch!

The game play is incredibly simple - click cats, click arrows to go to new areas. Not much to it, really, but I kind of prefer it that way.

The story is cute, but minimal. Help a new little shelter out of someone's barn house, find some non-cats in the way of completing quests. Then a little bonus story when you finish about a cranky lady who doesn't like cats (a true crime, really).

I think my only complaint is I wish the game better told you you'd unlocked bonus content at the end. There's just a new icon you can click that doesn't say 'new' or anything. Maybe very obvious to some people, but I did not notice and was confused.

Overall, very fun and do recommend!

A Juggler's Tale is a simple platformer about making your own fate, and breaking free of your puppet strings.

The story is pretty simplistic and straight forward, but I thought it was very well down. It is about a young girl named Abby, who is a juggler in a circus. It also seems she may perform other feats, such as stealing a hat from a bear? But none of that is important, as it is Abby's goal to leave the circus, where she is tormented and trapped in a cage while offstage, and be free. While I cannot discuss my favorite part of the story, as it is a spoiler, I will say it relates to how the narration is done and I thought it was very well executed.

The art in this story is simple, yet well done. I enjoyed the theme of puppetry and being on stage, all of it an act. Your life is just a show for others. It was all very well fitting to the story.

The achievements are overall simple. There is a chapter select, in which you can even select spaces mid-chapter, making going back for missing achievements fairly simple. The only achievement I missed was more a skill issue on my level, and due to the fact that making one little mistake makes you need to replay the entire chapter to achieve it. It just wasn't worth more than a few attempts to me.

The full price cost of this game seems a lot to me. It might be worth getting at a steep enough sale, but as my full playthrough with almost every achievement clocked in to under 3 hours (and honestly, there were a few times I paused and ran to do something else, so not even an active 2.7 hours), $18 felt steep. But, I'm also kind of cheap. But if you already have it, definitely worth a play :)

SG Win DOWN!… and a reminder that just because something is about cats and in a wholesome game train, doesn't mean you shouldn't look at it before entering lol

Oh boy this game was an ADVENTURE.

I mean, you should know if you checked out even five seconds of the trailer. The first thing you see is you getting pooped out of a cat's anus. So really, I should have known, but it just kept getting WORSE (or… is it better? I'm still not sure, in my case). You play as Catie, who fell down a hole under a tree in her yard, to a land of mystery. Instead of a white rabbit with a pocket watch, you're chasing after a white CAT with a pocket watch. But honestly, that's about where the story ends in Catie in Meowmeowland. The rest is just silly point and click, dialogueless shenanigans. Pretty typical to the games of this genre.

I thought it was pretty average for what it was. Nothing super innovative to add to the genre, but nothing done especially bad, either. I got a little stuck a few times, but rapid clicking across the whole screen got me to victory in the end.

The art was creative and goofy, and definitely matched the vibe the devs were going for.

I did not even aim to 100% this game. I think, with a walkthrough, it might be pretty simple - most of what I'm missing is collectables, and then, the speed run achievement (winning in under 90 mins). But games like this for me are more fun to just go through and discover things myself, and I didn't really want to do a replay with a walkthrough. When I was done, I was good. I had fun, but was ready to wrap up at that point.

Not sure I'd grab this one at full price, but a good sale (80% or higher), it could def be a fun time if you like the genre and either don't mind or actively enjoy the incredibly weird vibe of this one.

Glad to have picked up this long-awaited DLC to one of my all-time favorite games!! This review will be short, as it doesn't really add much to the game.

What do you get from this DLC? Some beautiful, colorful lights hanging aside your Little Inferno Fireplace, a new catalogue (which means new COMBOS), a new character (sadly, he does REPLACE Sugar Plums in a playthrough :c ) and the ability to 100% the game, as Steam still refuses to connect achievements with DLC rather than the entire game.

Personally? That was enough to warrant it for me. It was an excuse to replay an already great game, and the new things added were very fun! The end result of the story was the same, and while I still prefer Sugar Plums, 8-Bit Nate was still a cool little character to get to know. I had a great time, and don't regret the purchase in the slightest. I played it on Christmas Eve myself, which just made the day all the more magical.

I did receive a free key for this game to stream on my Twitch channel, but all thoughts and opinions on the game are entirely my own :)

This game… is goofy. Really, you should know that just looking at it. You ride dogs. Your base is a whale. You shoot at weird little creatures in the sky, attempting to get to a festival. What's serious about it? My friend and I were laughing the entire time we played. The story is incredibly minimal - you're gathering these tiny little creatures in procedurally generated… dungeons? areas? in an attempt to bring them to a festival. Depending on your difficulty, you are also trying to free band members to go on the stage - however, we died swiftly on normal, so baby easy mode we meant, meaning no band - for which they rightfully ridicule you on when you reach the end.

You start the game with a bit of a tutorial, but in my opinion… not enough of a tutorial. We were both very lost when we got to the actual game, BUT, despite our singular shared braincell, were able to figure it out and beat the game our second run. It was mostly straight forward and just trial and error. Despite the confusion, we didn't really get frustrated - if anything, our failures had us laughing more.

I will say, this game is buggy. I think the devs are aware, as they have a place in game to populate all teh errors the game has sent itself, and send them along to the devs. Based on the minimal interactions I had with at least one member of the team pre-stream, they seemed very well meaning, and there have already been multiple updates to fix bugs. Despite what at the beginning felt like a GAME BREAKING bug of my friend and I seeming to generate entirely different dungeons (we saw different things on our screens), we still managed to fly our whale to victory and honestly have a great time!

One absolute plus to this game is that owning the game allows for a friend to play with you. They simple need to download the friend pass version of the game from the story, and they can join you. Which is great, as I think this game would not be nearly as fun solo. Each key owned allows for one friend to join, so if 4 friends own the game, you can get a full squad of 8! I can only imagine the chaos of that many people - it seems like a great time.

I think that the price point of this game is pretty fair. You can keep playing over and over thanks to the procedural generation, and with friends this game is so GOOFY and FUN. I'm very grateful for the chance to have played this game, and definitely plan to again :)

A very cute game about helping others deal with your loss, and maybe yourself as well.

You begin as a ghost with no memory. You take a journey in helping others find out why they are in the forest (Hint: It's always to deal with a loss they've recently endured).

The mechanics of the game are very simple. You go around and find the items related to the character. You need at least 2, but all 3 is ideal. You then guess on how the item is associated to their lost one. If you get 2 wrong, you'll have to gather the items again and try again, but it only takes a minute so not a huge loss. I only had to redo one, they were all (in my opinion) simple to figure out with context clues!

I found the 'powerups' you get from the ghosts you collect to be pretty useless to be honest, but it didn't hinder the game in any way. I tried each one out once and none really stuck out to me as one I should keep trying, but they're not really at all required to finish the game, anyway. I didn't find the difficulty to amp up with each person we help, so a powerup wasn't really needed.

The art is absolutely adorable. It's simple but sets a wonderful vibe for the game, and I found the color palette to mesh really nicely. The character designs were really cute and seemed to match nicely for the kind of personality they were intended to give off (though obviously we don't get too much, as we're not with each character long).

The story is simple, but can definitely be emotional, especially if you relate to any of the stories. The one that hit me most was definitely your own story, which is, of course, the last one you figure out, though you get a few hints along the way.

It's a pretty short game, so $6 may feel a little steep, but honestly, I'm happy to support the devs with that. I believe it is there first game (on steam, at least) and it felt really well done :)

While I do recommend this game, I will preface with - Go for the remeowstered version. It was much better balanced and overall a better time, while still being essentially the same content. I think I would have enjoyed this more had I not played the remastered first, but alas. The remaster I was willing to 100% whereas I'm good calling this one at 27/34 achievements.

A goofy game where you play as a cat and wreck havoc upon your human's household! Smack items onto the ground to get points, knock down cat paintings to unlock new cats, find keys to unlock new levels. Pretty simple and a goofy way to waste time!

There's a lot of aspects in this game that don't feel well balanced but ARE fixed in the remeowster! Sometimes I can feel like I've swatted down almost every item in the stage, but it's not enough to complete it. Some achievements feel really painful and obnoxious and not worth trying. There's no level select, it's luck of the draw and finding keys for the special levels. No permanent upgrades, just ones you find within levels. Some of the special events are just ANNOYING, like the disco, which I don't think even does anything but give flashing lights.

It is still a good time, though! I had more fun when I accepted I wasn't going to be 100%ing it and just played to chill. The cat designs are fun and who doesn't love to embrace their inner cat and knock everything off the desk?

So overall, if you have it, play it, but if not, go for the remeowster :)

Really just an adorable little application that has little creatures walk around on your task bar!

It's nice because since they're locked to your task bar, they are WAY less distracting than other applications of this sort! I did grab this game when it was free, but now that it's paid, it comes with far more animals (that were once paid DLC). You can have multiple animals out at once, adjust their sizes (to a degree), how far across your task bar they can walk (so that they don't walk over any pinned programs or anything).

Overall, it's incredibly simple. Pixel graphics, you can either have them be friendly or run from your cursor. There's a few settings to make things work nicely for whatever your display is. I really enjoy the fact that it still works when you're playing full screen games.

It is important to note that now that the game is paid, the dev will no longer be updating it. They are instead working on a brand new version that'll be a new steam release. However, I've never encountered a single bug or reason for them to need an update. Just don't expect any new animals in the future.

Ahh, my new addiction.

I am NOT one for battle royales. The few times I've played any was because friends wanted to, and all the fun came from hanging out with them, not the actual game. THIS ONE, however, I love. While I do still pretty much only play with friends, and that definitely makes it more fun, I am absolutely loving the actual gameplay as well. Despite the fact that I definitely suck and will never 100% it because a solo win is out of the question.

I think part of the appeal to me is that the graphics are MUCH simpler. I prefer the 2D aspect, it makes me get much less lost and distracted. However, despite the simpler graphics, the polish in the game is great! Shadows work to hide you from enemies, but you can always see your allies, which is something I really appreciate. The game is clearly well loved by the devs and they're always open to suggestions.

There are SO MANY animals you can play as, and I am super super grateful they have a ferret because I rarely ever see them in games. The more you level up, the more animals you can unlock, which you can then unlock more skins for each animal. All of that? Free content. There's a few paid skins but honestly I'm more than satisfied with the free ones (Although I did buy the super edition so I could get more achievements because they're fun :) ). Everything paid is fully cosmetic, nothing gives you any form of advantage in the game, which is always a plus to me. It all comes down to skill, which I unfortunately lack.

While the game does have a lot of bots, they're pretty well balanced in my opinion. They're in place so you never have to wait too long for a lobby to fill, and they're both not absolutely terrible or too OP. I've never seen one win, but I've definitely been killed by them before.

The community itself has overall been really great? I don't see much smack talk or rudeness (obviously some, but waaaay less than other online games). My friends and I find ourselves playing almost every day - the 40 hours I have is in just over a week, oops. While there's not a ton of game modes, I really haven't gotten tired of it yet, which for me, is a feat.

Considering it's free, I'd definitely recommend trying to pick it up! Went into it with low expectations and man have I had a blast.

Oh boy do I want to recommend this game, but at the moment, I can't. And I don't really see it getting fixed.

The idea is cute - you have to combine 2 objects to make the hidden object needed. However, the snapping to get those items to combine is HORRIBLE. You can try connecting the correct items in every way possible and it feels like you need to be pixel perfect to do it. And considering you're not always 100% sure you have the right combo, this can lead to a LOT of wasted time.

When it comes to the story aspect it was… hard to follow. While all the stories do seem to connect, the fact I need to jump between all of them left me confused and unable to really follow ANY of them. The story is pretty miniscule anyway, but I'm still kind of annoyed I couldn't follow it. But maybe that's just me and the fact I'm easily confused.

Honestly, I really did want to quit this game. Mostly due to the snapping issue. It just left me feeling annoyed with a genre I usually love. And unfortunately, finishing it didn't give me any sort of satisfaction, just relief that I could uninstall.

A simple little game about a little guy who has… 'a day'.

It's pretty relatable. Despite nothing actually going wrong, and doing your best to do things that are MEANT to help, sometimes you still have… a day.

The game itself is incredibly simple. My 30 minute play time is due to 3 playthroughs (the 3rd because of a small bug where I couldn't talk to the sheep to complete the journal in the second playthrough). You basically only need WASD, E, and J to play the game. Explore a very small area, talk to maybe 3 or 4 people, that's really it. It didn't really need to be any more complex, though. I think it accomplished what it was going for.

The art is simplistic but nice. A little goofy, but I think any kind of heavy graphics really wouldn't match the vibe of the game.

Like I said before, the story is pretty relatable. not much of a 'story', really, but you can see Little Man's inner thoughts via his journal and man did I relate.

Sometimes we just have 'a day', but you can always hope tomorrow will be better :)

I was a little nervous getting this game. It seemed heavily inspired by the mobile game, Neko Akatsumi, in which there is… a lot of waiting. Fortunately, they seemed to have cut that aspect out of this game!
In fact, I found the frogs loading in too fast. Fortunately, they did add settings to allow frogs to stay longer while I was playing! So kudos to the devs for listening to their playerbase!
Essentially, you have left a busy life to come back home and start up a frog refuge with a childhood friend. You do so by placing furniture, gathering bugs and items by placing plants and ponds, and photographing the frogs that appear! You can then feed the frogs the bugs you gather in order to breed them for new color combinations!
The story was simple, but cute. You can help out a few different areas across the world to develop frog refuges and help with other conservations in the process! The new areas also give new frogs and new items to decorate with!
The achievements were mostly pretty simple and obtainable just by playing. I have heard that the sleeping one is the most grindy, but found it pretty simple by just making sure to sleep every night. Once I unlocked the firefly catching, I'd usually go to sleep around midnight and it'd still count :) That way I could catch some fireflies as well! I finished that achievement about when I finished the story. For that reason, I think the most grindy achievement is the one I didn't even try to go for - getting every single frog. I just didn't care enough about breeding to do it, to be honest. It's partially luck based and I got bored pretty fast.
The art is absolutely adorable, and a big draw point for the game. It's very soft and even though the frogs were all very similar, it was fun to see the different colors!
I think the price point is a little steep for what it is, but overall I did have a great time playing.

A very cute, free, 3D find the difference game.
There's essentially 3 different themes for stages, and considering the amount of stages, that means… a lot of repetition. A lot of the differences are the same between rounds, and you kind of learn what exactly to look for. This leads to it feeling very grindy, which is the only reason I haven't finished 100%ing the game yet. I did finish the 'main' part but am slowly working toward the 500 endless mode levels. You can do them pretty fast, but I just reached the point where I'd rather play other things.
The achievements are pretty simple and straight forward to get. Play all the rounds, and you'll likely get them all, plus 500 endless mode levels.
The art is pretty basic. It's definitely not bad, but nothing to write home about either.
Overall, straight forward and a pretty good time, but does reach a level of grindiness if you aim to 100% it.

It has been a really, really long time since I played a Borderlands game, so honestly I don't remember what is special to this game, and what's usual for those, so please keep that in mind.
I overall, really loved this game. It was by no means flawless, but the characters were fun, the gameplay entertaining, and it overall kept me engaged the whole time, which can be hard for me. I've always loved the art style for Borderlands, and Tiny Tina definitely kept it up nicely with fun character designs and even more fun characters themselves.
The story was pretty basic, but I didn't find it boring to be honest. It was full of tropes, but it seemed intentional and fun, where I usually find them annoying.
The Voice Acting really stepped the game up, in my opinion. It was really well done, and suited each character really well. While the dialogue itself may not have made me laugh at times, the way it was done by the VAs did. Especially Valentine and Frette.
My biggest issues with the game absolutely come from the overworld. Overworld combat is… lame. It takes forever for the enemies to spawn some times in the encounters, so I'd just be running around waiting for them to come. And the encounter maps were kind of large, meaning the 1 or 2 enemies that spawn could be on the other end of the map as me and considering you need to kill a certain amount to END the encounter, it was just. Annoying. Plus, overworld movement speed is slowed down and just. A pain. You don't spend too much time in the overworld though, and most encounters are just for side quests, not main story, so not too bad.
To 100% the game, there's definitely a lot of grinding. I had fun doing the story and all the side quests, but then I felt done. My copy came with all the DLC, but based on reviews, I felt no need to play it, as they don't seem like they really add much aside from an achievement checked off and maybe a small, tiny story.
I really did have a great time with this game, and it's made me want to go back and finally play more Borderlands 2 for the first time in 10 years.

This game is a quick, adorable Halloween game focused around Lilpup who just wants to get her human (who is for some reason not allowed out for Halloween) her most desired candy. In order to do so, you must dress up in multiple costumes, help other humans (and some not-so-humans) with some quests, and knock on all the house doors!
It's a very simplistic game. Mostly just run around, collect candy, and do some pretty simple quests. 100%ing this game is overall pretty easy, done by doing all the quests and finding all the candy.
The graphics are very cute and simple. There were fun character designs, and of course, a wonderful Halloween aesthetic! The costumes for Lilpup were cute and fun as well.
The story was incredibly simple, but very cute, especially the ending! I really had a great time. I'm not sure I'd buy the game at full price, just due to how quick the game is (and this was me taking my time and being stupid about a few things), but on sale it was totally worth it!
Steamdeck specific, it runs pretty well, but you DO have to change the resolution when you start!

Not much to say about this game. Get ducks. Watch ducks. Become duck.

Honestly though, it's a pretty fun little thing to watch or just have up in the background. I have a few friends who like to stream it on discord while we're just chilling in calls, and it's always fun to watch! There's not too much in the way of gameplay, but some achievements do require actions, especially one that everyone I know used a guide for (the safe).

The graphics are basic, but so, so fun at the same time. The duck designs are fun, and despite there being paid DLC for more ducks, it feels worth it in that they're actually fun designs and don't feel like basic, minor recolors of other designs (even though they are technically recolors as most are done on identical bases, but you know what I mean). Plus, most of the DLC gives new maps which are fun!

The achievements are overall pretty simple. There's plenty of guides out there to help you get them. A lot of them are just gained by leaving the game open, and having random events occur, but some do require active actions!

There is nothing in the way of story here, not even hidden story, but despite typically preferring story-based games, this was still great.

So go. Become duck.

I sat on this game for a long while, and I'm glad I went back to it.

I'll admit, I'm quick to quit platformers, because I get lost easy. And I did get lost this playthrough, many, many times. But it was very worth the perseverance. This game is absolutely beautiful, and manages to touch on grief in an amazing way without using words. The benefit of the lack of dialogue means that the player can interpret it in one of many ways, possibly in a way that they can relate to.

The gameplay is honestly pretty average, but not in any way bad. Basic platforming with a few special powers to help in certain areas. In addition to collecting stars to progress the game, you can also do extra platforming puzzles to collect the 'memories', which will get you an extra ending. I very much failed to do this, but it can easily be found on youtube.

I only managed to obtain the story progression achievements, so I can't really speak to how difficult the others are to obtain. Some look simpler than others, though the ones that I find most interesting are the ones that cover the stages of grief.

Absolutely the biggest appeal to this game is the art. While it's beautiful and stunning from the beginning, each chapter will unlock more color to be added back into the world as Gris learns to deal with her grief. That alone is worth the game to me, which was recently on sale for as little as $1.29.

As a side note, the devs also did just drop their newest game, Neva, which looks just as beautiful! I can't afford to pick it up right now but I definitely hope to in the future!

A beautiful game about finding stars that have fallen to the ground and taken on their 'original' form as bugs (and a few other critters).

This game has some real insightful aspects to it. Meaningful messages about looking into yourself and the meaning of things around you. While you might expect all the constellations to give you high-spirited, inspirational messages, some are actually highly relatable about… wanting to give up. Feeling paranoid. Feeling lost. Not what I expected, but I loved it.

The gameplay is very simple - run around and catch bugs in a world that has a limited set of biomes, but they generate around you as you move. It means it can be hard to find the one you're looking for sometimes, but honestly, it's a small enough world that it won't take long. Certain critters spawn in certain territories, and you can also catch some spirits to unlock bigger spirits that'll give you other tools, such as a fishing rod or a radio walkie talkie thing.

Achievements I cannot speak for, as they appear to be broken for steam deck. I know of at least myself and one other user who did not unlock any on their steam deck, so I'm imagining it's a problem with that, though I could be wrong. I did post in the discussions, so hopefully they'll be fixed! Overall, most seemed simple with maybe a few that might take a little bit.

The art is simplistic but beautiful. The music really set the mood, and it just felt like a real nice time playing it. I was able to beat the game in one sitting quite easily, though I did feel a bit bored come the end. It might have felt better to split it into two play sessions. I'm not sure the game would be worth it at full price, but having got it on sale for around $5, it was definitely worth it! Especially considering it was a solo dev. I wish them luck on their future endeavors!

It can be hard to return to a normal life post-war, so Aka decides to do it by gooing to the relaxing island his old war pal grew up on.

I loved the art and character designs in this time. It's very soft and adorable, and while the characters aren't overly detailed, they still felt unique and definitely had character. The different islands you could go to were unique and cool to explore, each having a bit of a different vibe to them.

The gameplay was… eh. I really wanted to like it more than I did. First of all, I wouldn't call it a farming game. Farming is a very miniscule part of this game needed for maybe… 2 or 3 quests. Otherwise, pretty useless. You can make yourself food, but eating it does… nothing. There's not much guidance to the game, so you kind of just have to wander and find things. Which is fine, but some essential parts are intentionally a bit hidden. I was still able to find it all without a walkthrough, but the very start definitely felt a bit… hard to figure out.

A lot of items are limited in gathering, such as iron, but at the same time, you can only use iron for so many items that can only be made once, so I actually just have. A ton of useless iron sitting around. Certain items can only be crafted for quests that would be nice to have as decorations, such as the candle item. The decorations you can get are mostly just the same handful of potted plants obtained by turning in trash, which felt quite pointless after I was just getting repeats.

The game also still has a fair few bugs in it. The ones I encountered were simple, such as after using an action not being able to move forward and needing to sidestep around, but I did see a few game breaking ones in discussions. It sounds like some have been there for a while without being fixed. There were also just a few annoying mechanics, such as moving during an action cancels it. Which can be quite annoying when trying to pick a ton of weeds or harvest all your crops.

The story itself was super sweet. It deals with regret and moving on. How sometimes, even if you are at fault, you need to forgive and continue on living. It also deals with a lot of death, so please be warned that it may be a little upsetting, but I didn't find it to be anything too much. Nothing in detail, just awareness of how someone died.

A few of the quests felt… heavily pointless. No reward, no story progression. Mostly, I'm thinking of the snowman quest. No spoilers but… man, nothing happened. Not even a playing card.

The achievements were overall easy to get, aside from 2 being very grindy - the apple tree and the playing 100 days. I beat the story of the game on day 17. The apple tree takes about 30-ish days to grow. Essentially, I just woke up and went to sleep a lot after finishing the last small quest I had to wrap up post-game. Some of the achievement titles are… misleading, by the way. One says to beat a character in the card game on hard but… a) it was the only way to battle him and b) I think that was the easiest card battle I played in the game. I also got the achievement for making every potion without making the speed potion. The misleading names didn't make it hard, though, just… wasn't expecting to get them when I did.

Overall, it was a pretty good game. I'm glad I played it, but parts definitely felt a bit boring. I can't imagine actually playing 100 days without sleeping them away because there's just… not much to do once you beat the story and finish the quests - of which there's not a lot, by the way. So as much as I wanted to love it, this probably gets more of a neutral rating from me.

This game sure does HURT.

I played this game on stream at request of a friend who purchased it for me. I'm real glad I did, so others could feel my pain with me as I slowly watched half of my children starve to death. Essentially, you are playing as a mother fox in an end-of-the-world type scenario. Animals are going extinct left and right and humans are hunting down the few that are left. Your job is to protect your four cubs - one of whom gets kidnapped pretty quick into the game. You spend the rest of the game hunting it down to rescue it, while trying to keep your other three cubs fed and avoiding predators (most of which are humans).

The art is amazing. The tone of the world is really well done, with trash littering the areas, and the 'bad' humans definitely having a good villain vibe, post-apocalyptical gas masks and all. The further you delve into the world, the more destroyed it feels by humanity. It was… very interesting, and a very terrifying look at how our world may be. So much trash.

The story is heartbreaking but so well done. I don't want to spoil a single thing for it, but just go into it knowing no matter how well you play, it's gonna hurt. But be so incredibly worth it.

The gameplay was pretty simple, but engaging. You're constantly hunting down food for your starving children, avoiding traps and predators. You have to be careful not to lose your cubs by going places they can't reach, but they can also develop new skills to help hunt for the skulk. It's pretty interesting and keeps you engaged for the 30 days of gameplay. It was terrible, though, I could be doing real well for a bit and then suddenly we are all starving to death.

One mechanic I really appreciate is that all your cubs will not starve at once. You only have one hunger bar, and once one cub dies, the bar does go back up about 1/4th. And no, it's not because you eat the cub. It's just nice and made it so I did not immediately lose the game, which I appreciate.

The achievements vary in difficulty. One of them is to finish with all 4 cubs alive which… I do not foresee myself doing to be quite honest. There's a few for story progression, a few silly ones like barking in the rain 3 times, and a few sort of secret ones.

I had a great time, but I don't think I'll go back to 100% it. It was kind of intense, but in a good way. I just feel like trying to grind out missing achievements would ruin it for me - it's not the kind of game I want to use a walkthrough on, I just want to. Vibe and do my best. And I did, and I had a great time with it!

Does this game need an explanation?

I loved this game way more than the original, which already gets a pretty good score from me. There was a little more guidance in what to do to accomplish goals, without being handholdy. Still incredibly sandbox-ish, can go and do whatever you want at any time, but there is progression and technically, a 'story'. Which I found to be really fun and goofy.

While it still has the fun bugs everyone loves in Goat Sim, there were a lot less of the bugs that made me so frustrated I wanted to close the game, such as being unable to do things with certain skins/items on, which in the original, you needed to return to the main menu to remove. While it's less of an issue in the first place, you can also now freely change items on the go! And the items are WAY MORE FUN.

Honestly, there's not too much to say on this - it's fun, it's goofy, I feel like I more than got my money's worth already and I'm not done. While the story is complete, plenty left to discover and destroy! I haven't even touched the DLC yet.

This game was just as great as I was expecting, though in my experience some of the controls were a little… eh.

Overall, the game was super fun and aesthetically pleasing. The 'story' was sweet and I loved getting to know all the animals around town - especially the little ducks! It was fun to run around and wreck havoc and just have a good time as a little kitty.

For the controls… the jumping was a little, eh. Sometimes it would say I couldn't reach something when I could. If you're jumping onto something white, your indicator for where you will land is ALSO white so you can't really. Tell. There's also no way to CANCEL a jump, which can be annoying when platforming and realizing you can't make something yet. Nothing game breaking, just minor annoyances. Slapping items also felt a little, eh, as they wouldn't move no matter how much I hit them sometimes, or they'd just easily get stuck. And the jars you can break for more shinies just sometimes wouldn't BREAK.

Some of the achievements are little… grindy. While you only need to sit in 5 boxes, there's no indication of which ones you have sat in before, which is a bit annoying. The recycling achievement I feel like I found everything lose around the city and from hitting vending machines, and would just need to trip people holding cans which is… boring. I had gone into this game planning to 100% it because I really liked it, but seeing what I had left to do… nah.

Overall though, it really was a great game that I had a blast playing! While you can get through the 'main' story and task pretty fast if you're determined, it was way more fun to just take my time and explore the city and do all the little side tasks.

This game was absolutely adorable.

It's a pretty simple game - you're a young girl visiting your grandparents on an island off of Spain, as it seems you do every summer. However, this summer you've received word that the wildlife sanctuary is being shut down! On a mission to save it, and any animal you find in the process, Alba learns a lot of lessons along the way about just how much one girl can accomplish, especially when she's able to unite a whole island in the progress.

The graphics were really cute, and I loved seeing the animals. The main mechanic in the game is photographing every animal on the island, most of which are birds. As time progresses, you can also fix birdhouses and tables, pick up trash, and heal injured animals. The gameplay itself is very simple, making it a perfect game to play with your kid! Personally, I still found it engaging enough to keep me entertained, though the movement speed did bother me at times.

The story is very sweet and inspiring, especially to a younger audience. Even one little girl can make a difference if she just keeps trying. Never give up. Those general messages a lot of kids shows push, but still, I found it very well done here. I really had a great time.

All the achievements in this game are done via story progression, though there are extra side tasks that can be done. I believe I managed to 100% everything, though there's no way of knowing if you actually picked UP every side quest. Overall, 100%ing was very simple.

Man this game was… a lot more than I was expecting. In a very, very good way.

This game deals a lot with anxiety and overcoming trauma, though in a vague enough way that I don't think it'd really trigger anyone. The messages in the game were highly relatable and either painful or touching, depending on the message.

The gameplay itself felt very creative. You play as two characters - a young girl, and her shadow. Each character can do things to help the other progress - while the shadow is stuck to a 2D world and can only exist in the light, the girl can move in a 3D space and must stick to the shadows. Very creative and made for some fun puzzles! Most of them I was able to figure out pretty easily but I did wind up having to look up 2 near the end.

I feel like this story is vague enough that there's a lot of ways to interpret it, but overall, it's a story about finally facing some childhood trauma, accepting that it is part of you, but still realizing you need to move on. For what can be such a sensitive subject, I feel like it was really well done. The vagueness will allow people to relate in ways that a more direct story might not, and I feel like it wasn't really pushing that there is one 'correct' way to heal, which I think a lot of games/media do. It also wasn't a quick 'I've recovered, I'm better' story. The ending, while positive, doesn't say the main character is healed. Just. Working on it. Which is far more realistic than a lot of media handles things.

While I loved the game, 100%ing it seems like it might be tedious without a walkthrough. And I was unable to find a text walkthrough, only video, which I personally find far more annoying as it's harder to find the exact parts I need. In order to 100% the game, you need to find all the origami birds, which give motivational phrases upon finding them, and sometimes unique character dialogue. For that reason, I did go for all the ones I could, but there were a few I just never saw and a few I couldn't figure out the puzzles to collect. I did collect over 70 of the 96, though, so pretty good considering my skill level at platformers (very low)!

I loved this game a lot more than expected. I'm really glad I decided to pick it up and play it after having had it for a while.