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Candle: The power of the flame Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Teku Studios Publisher: Merge Games Category: Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 07.26.2018 Candle in the wind An example of how fractured this title is takes place in the very beginning moments. A…
Continue readingYuso Nintendo Switch Developed By: Vertical Reach Published By: Vertical Reach Category: Puzzle Release Date: 7.5.18 Portuguese studio Vertical Reach brings us Yuso for the Nintendo Switch, a bright and cheery puzzle game about exterminating adorable vermin at the behest…
Continue readingInside Nintendo Switch Reviewed by Brett Publisher – Playdead Developer – Playdead Music – Martin Stig Andersen Category – Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer Release Date – June 28, 2018 Beautiful on the Inside as well as the out Inside from Playdead is the follow up to…
Continue readingLimbo Nintendo Switch Reviewed by Brett Publisher – Playdead Developer – Playdead Music – Martin Stig Andersen Category – Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer Release Date – June 21, 2018 A Modern Masterpiece Eight years since its original release on Xbox live arcade and following…
Continue readingGrave Danger Nintendo Switch What do you do when everyone in the world wants you dead and alive? You clear your name of course! That’s what you’ll find yourself doing in Grave Danger on the Nintendo Switch. Dante is a…
Continue readingHollow Knight Nintendo Switch Typically, in the world of gaming, getting lost in a game can either mean something very good, or very bad. The game can be so incredible that you’ll just absorb every pixel before you and feel…
Continue readingThe Journey Down: Chapter One Reviewed by Kieran Developer: SkyGoblin Publisher: BlitWorks Category: Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 06.21.2018 The flames went higher The Journey Down is a point and click adventure with a Caribbean twist. As is the norm with this type…
Continue readingGrab the Bottle Nintendo Switch Developed By: Sometimes You Published By: Sometimes You Category: Puzzle Release Date: 6.20.18 Sometimes I have no idea how to introduce a game for review. Grab the Bottle for Nintendo Switch is a great example…
Continue readingInk Nintendo Switch Developed By: kittehface/Spaceboy Published By: Digerati Category: Platformer, Arcade, Action, Puzzle Release Date: 6.19.18 From kittehface and Spaceboy Games comes Ink for the Nintendo Switch. It’s a well-designed puzzle-platformer with some interesting gameplay ideas but not enough…
Continue readingHexologic Nintendo Switch Developed By: MythicOwl Published By: MythicOwl Category: Puzzle, Logic Release Date: 6.12.18 Sometimes all you want out of a game is a brain teaser to play around with. Hexologic for Nintendo Switch aims to be that game….
Continue readingShift Quantum Nintendo Switch Reviewed by Brett Publisher – Red Panda Interactive Developer – Fishing Cactus Category – Puzzle, Platformer Music – Volkor X and Simon Felix Release Date – May 29 , 2018 A message From Axiom Vertigo Axon Vertigo, the world’s…
Continue readingFairune Collection Nintendo Switch Reviewed by Brett Publisher – Flyhigh Works Developer – Skipmore, Esquadra Music – Y. Kimura Category – Adventure, Role-Playing, Action, Puzzle Release Date – May 17, 2018 A collection of great memories Fairune Collection contains four games, Fairune,…
Continue readingYoku’s Island Express Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Villa Gorilla Publisher: Team 17 Digital Ltd Category: Puzzle, Adventure, Music Release Date: 05.29.2018 Yoku’s Island Express I recently cleared out some of my old toys from the attic of my parents house. Amongst…
Continue readingWhite Night Nintendo Switch Developed By: Osome Studio Published By: Plug In Digital Music By: Zachary Miskin (composer), Elsa Quignard (assistant composer) Category: Adventure, Puzzle, Survival Horror Release Date: 5.17.18 I remember the first time I booted up the Resident…
Continue readingBinaries Nintendo Switch Reviewed by Ricky Publisher – Ant Workshop Developer – Ant Workshop Category – Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade Release Date – Sept 28, 2017 Binaries for Nintendo Switch takes an interesting approach on the new subgenre of puzzle platformer where you control two…
Continue readingInvisiballs Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Digital Kingdom Publisher: Digital Kingdom Category: Arcade, Party, Action, Puzzle Release Date: 05.17.2018 Local co-op has provided me with some of my most cherished gaming memories. I’ve had some diverse experiences too. From playing Super…
Continue readingThe Fall Nintendo Switch Developed By: Over the Moon Published By: Over the Moon Category: Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle Release Date: 5.10.18 High-concept sidescrolling sci-fi point’n’click adventure? Where do I sign up? Like something straight out of Philip K. Dick…
Continue readingSuper Chariot Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Microïds Publisher: Microïds Category: Physics Platformer Release Date: 05.10.2018 The King Is Dead, Long Live The King Never have I seen such an example of video game schizophrenia than as what I experienced with this…
Continue readingNihilumbra Reviewed by Kieran Developer: BeautiFun Games Publisher: BeautiFun Games Composer: Alvaro Lafuente Category: Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle Release Date: 05.03.2018 Often, as a reviewer, you get to play a game that you wouldn’t normally play. In practice, this may seem like a…
Continue readingMetropolis: Lux Obscura Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Sometimes You Publisher: Sometimes You Category: Puzzle, Other Release Date: 04.04.2018 On a cool spring evening, in a dimly lit forest, a light flickered in a dank cabin. As the flames of the fire petered out…
Continue readingFear Effect Sedna Nintendo Switch Reviewed by Brett Publisher – Square Enix, Forever Entertainment Developer – Sushee Category – Adventure, Action, Strategy, Puzzle Release Date – Mar 06, 2018 Fear Effect Sedna for those of you who don’t know, is the revival of…
Continue readingSave the Ninja Clan Nintendo Switch Developed By: Sometimes You Published By: Sometimes You Category: Puzzle Platformer Action Release Date: 4.27.2018 Save the Ninja Clan for Nintendo Switch is the story of one ninja’s unforgiving journey to save his clan….
Continue readingThe Adventure Pals Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Massive Monster Publisher: Armour Games Category: Platformer, Puzzle, Adventure, RPG Release Date: 04.03.2018 I knew that I loved this game the moment that Mr. Rock was jamming with his friend Cinnamon. Sorry, that’s Mr. Roll to you….
Continue readingWarp Shift Nintendo Switch Developed By: Isbit Games Published By: Isbit Games Category: Puzzle Release Date: 3.27.2018 Swedish developer Isbit Games’ first foray onto console gaming brings us Warp Shift for the Nintendo Switch. The primarily mobile game developer produced…
Continue readingWhere Are My Friends? Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Sometimes You Publisher: Sometimes You Category: Jack of all trades Release Date: 04.25.2018 After playing through Where Are My Friends? I found myself asking, where are my friends? Seriously, I really wanted to have a proper conversation with…
Continue readingAlteric Nintendo Switch Developed By: Sometimes You Published By: Sometimes You Category: Puzzle Platformer Release Date: 3.30.2018 Indie puzzle platformer Alteric for Nintendo Switch is a stylish but fairly standard example of its genre. The object of the game is…
Continue readingShadow Bug Nintendo Switch Developed By: Muro Studios Published By: Muro Studios Category: Action Platformer Puzzle Release Date: 3.30.2018 Shadow Bug for Nintendo Switch is a charming puzzle platformer which allows the player to choose between touch- and motion-based controls….
Continue readingToki Tori Nintendo Switch Developed By: Two Tribes Published By: Two Tribes Publishing Category: Puzzle Platformer Release Date: 3.30.18 Toki Tori for the Nintendo Switch is a puzzle platformer from Two Tribes. The object of the game is to help…
Continue readingSpiral Splatter Sometimes You Developed By: Sometimes You Published By: Sometimes You Category: Puzzle Release Date: 3.13.2018 Spiral Splatter for Nintendo Switch is a cross between the classic ball maze and the board game Operation. The object of the game…
Continue readingMidnight Deluxe Nintendo Switch Developed By: Petite Games/Ratalaika Games Published By: Ratalaika Games Category: Casual Physics-Based Puzzle Release Date: 03.08.18 Video games are a copycat industry; first there was Doom (OK, first there was Wolfenstein 3D, but stick with me),…
Continue readingToki Tori 2+ Nintendo Switch Developer: Two Tribes Publisher: Two Tribes Category: Puzzle, Platformer Release Date: 02.28.2018 Toki Tori 2+ from Two Tribes is one of the latest additions to the growing library of puzzle platformers that have come over to the Nintendo Switch…
Continue readingTurtle Pop: Journey to Freedom Nintendo Switch Developed By : Zengami Published By : Digipen Game Studios Category : Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle Release Date : March 9, 2018 Rookie studio Zengami, out of SIngapore, looks to make a bit splash…
Continue readingTwin Robots: Ultimate Edition Nintendo Switch Developed By : Thinice Games Published By : Ratalaika Games Category : Puzzle, Platformer Release Date : Feb 23, 2018 Initially released a few years ago on the Playstation 4/Vita, Steam and the…
Continue readingAre you a fan of (n)indies titles on the Nintendo Switch? Do you wish some of those digital-only titles made their way to the physical format? Well are you in luck as a new player has entered the market to…
Continue readingTypoman Nintendo Switch Developed By : Brainseed Factory Published By : Wales Interactive Ltd. Category : Puzzle/Platformer Release Date : Feb 22, 2018 When the world needs hope, and is surrounded by a seemingly endless battle between good and evil,…
Continue readingPuzzle Puppers Nintendo Switch Developed By : Cardboard Keep Published By : Cardboard Keep Category : Puzzle / Strategy Release Date : Feb 20, 2018 No matter what’s going on, stop what you’re doing right now. No I mean it,…
Continue readingOld Man’s Journey Nintendo Switch Developer: Broken Rules Publisher: Broken Rules Category: Puzzle Release Date: 02.20.2018 Old Man’s Journey for Nintendo Switch is best described as an interactive storybook. It isn’t really a visual novel, as there is no reading. A beautifully illustrated world…
Continue readingSubsurface Circular Nintendo Switch A Mike Bithell Short Developer: Bithell Games Publisher: Ant Workshop Category: Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 03.01.2018 DeTektive Driven Story Telling Subsuface Circular is a game that doesn’t require you to do a whole lot of gaming, its a text adventure…
Continue readingSteamworld Dig Nintendo Switch Developer: Image and Form Publisher: Image and Form Category: Platformer, Action, Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 02.01.2018 Steamworld Dig started to become a household name when it first released in 2013. When Steamworld Dig 2 came out, it solidified its…
Continue readingBridge Constructor Portal Nintendo Switch Developer: Clockstone Publisher: Headup Games Category: Simulation, Puzzle Release Date: 02.28.2018 The Bridge is a Lie! Portal found its beginning in popularity in 2007 when it released the first Portal game in its series. A fun puzzle game, chalk…
Continue readingDarkside Detective Nintendo Switch Developer: Spooky Doorway Publisher: Isometric Dreams Category: Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 02.07.2018 Darkside Detective for Nintendo Switch is another great entry in the point and click adventure genre that seems to have found new life on the Nintendo Switch. It…
Continue readingEnergy Invasion Nintendo Switch Developed By : Sometimes You Published By : Evgeniy Kolpakov Category : Arcade, Puzzle, Music, Other Release Date : 01.11.2018 When is a game not a game? Why, when its already been a game before, of course,…
Continue readingGunhouse Nintendo Switch Developer: Necrosoft Games Publisher: Other Ocean Interactive Category: Puzzle, Strategy Release Date: 01.15.2018 “Oh great, another Tower Defense game,” you may be saying to yourself. Well stop it! Stop that right now! This isn’t just another Tower Defense game. No, Gunhouse is quirky…
Continue readingEnergy Balance Nintendo Switch Developed By : Sometimes You Published By : Evgeniy Kolpakov Category : Puzzle, Board Game Release Date : Jan 16, 2018 How often can a video game make you feel like you’re back in school? I…
Continue readingShiftlings – Enhanced Edition Nintendo Switch Developed By : Rock Pocket Games Published By : Rock Pocket Games Category : Puzzle, Platformer, Multiplayer Release Date : Feb 1, 2018 I can’t remember the last time, before I even started playing…
Continue readingToday on Industry Interviews, The Switch Effect is joined by Aaron Dintino, Lead Game Designer from Rock Pocket Games, a Norway-based indie game studio. Formed in 2008, Rock Pocket Games not only develops its own titles, but also helps game…
Continue readingSling Ming Nintendo Switch Good Night Brave Warrior is excited to announce that on-rails puzzle adventure Sling Ming is coming to Nintendo Switch™! This brand new game will launch digitally on Nintendo eShop in spring 2018. We have prepared a…
Continue readingSteamworld Dig 2 Nintendo Switch Developer: Image and Form International AB Publisher: Image and Form International AB Category: Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzles Release Date: 09.21.2018 What began as a DSiWare tower defense game (Steamworld Tower Defense) quickly grew in popularity when they released Steamworld Dig for…
Continue readingJoining The Switch Effect on today’s Industry Interviews is SMG Studio, an indie video game company founded in July 2013 and based in Sydney, Australia. With a plethora of incredibly fun and creative games over multiple platforms, it seemed only…
Continue readingPiczle Lines DX Developer: Score Studios Publisher: Rainy Frog Category: Puzzles, Board Games, Action Release Date: 08.24.2017 Piczle Lines DX is a game in a long line of Pixel Puzzle games, a series of games that has become almost necessary on consoles now-a-days. There’s…
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