[Review] Time Loader – Nintendo Switch
In Time Loader, players assume the role of a plucky robot, tasked with finding and averting the events that led to its creator’s paralysis.
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In Time Loader, players assume the role of a plucky robot, tasked with finding and averting the events that led to its creator’s paralysis.
Continue readingDeveloped By: ARTillery Published By: Blowfish Studios Categories: Point and Click, Puzzle Release Date: 04.28.22 Catie in Meowmeowland is by far one of the strangest games I’ve ever played. The inspiration “Alice in Wonderland” is pretty weird, but wow. This…
Continue readingIf you’re ready for Monkey Island in space, you’re ready for Dexter Stardust: Adventures in Outer Space.
Continue readingHeaven Dust 2 is one of the most pleasant surprises I’ve had in some time. My initial – and erroneous – impressions of the game faded away in only a few minutes.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Arrowiz Published By: Giiku Games Categories: Adventure, Puzzle, Visual Novel Release Date: 10.26.21 The bookstore Hermitage is home to some interesting secrets. It’s strange, but then again, it’s patrons are equally as strange. The first thing I thought…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Chemical Pudding Published By: Phoenixx Categories: Puzzle, Platformer Release Date: 12.15.21 I like puzzle platformers. The ones that really make you think. Maybe even overthink a simple solution. Filmechanism is one of those games. And would you know…
Continue readingWhen I first saw the screenshots for today’s game, Kathy Rain Director’s Cut, they showed me a pixel art point-and-click adventure heavily featuring motorcycles. Could this be a game paying homage to of one of my favorite Lucasarts adventures, Full Throttle, I asked myself?
Continue readingDeveloped By: Stonewheat & Sons Published By: Sold-Out Software Categories: Puzzle, Co-Op Release Date: 08.31.21 What kind of madman makes birds do their work for them? Well, the ones inside of the game KeyWe. See, you control Jeff and Debra,…
Continue readingThe Sundew is the initial release from one-person game studio 2054. On the surface, I’m definitely the target audience for this game.
Continue readingI love a good detective story, but I’m not especially hooked on any of the big crime procedural dramas that populate network TV. Perhaps that is why Murder Mystery Machine for the Nintendo Switch left me feeling a little cold.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Corey Martin Published By: Draknek and Friends Categories: Puzzle Release Date: 09.30.21 Go off to this island to escape. Burn all of your stuff. Really, burn it. BURN IT ALL. For real, that’s what you gotta do in…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Cafundo Estudio Criativo Published By: Buka Entertainment Categories: Platformer, Puzzle Release Date: 08.12.21 I’m always open to different kinds of puzzle games, especially puzzle platformers. To me at least, Tetragon is a different kind of puzzle game. Tetragon’s…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Red Koi Box Published By: Deck13 Categories: First Person, Puzzle Release Date: 08.12.21 Why did I, an action game, retro shooter, nostalgia junkie decide to play a game like Faraday Protocol? A first person, slow, puzzle based “walking…
Continue readingWith simple controls and a higher level of understanding, this is a game that could be considered enjoyable, albeit niche.
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Flightless Categories: Puzzle Release Date: 08.05.21 Doomsday Vault is nice, probably the best change of pace I could ask for right now. A relaxing, calm adventure game. In Doomsday Vault, you’re tasked with collecting seeds of…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Dolores Entertainment Categories: Puzzle, Party Release Date: 07.08.21 Indigo 7 is an interesting case. It’s a music themed, party puzzle game, all about taking over as much of the playing field as you can. Green, Red,…
Continue readingOut of Line – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: Nerd MonkeysPublished By: Hathinh InteractiveCategory: Puzzle Platform, AdventureRelease Date: August 18, 2021 The power of the latest consoles has allowed developers to create beautiful and detailed 2D worlds which were previously thought impossible….
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: inkle Studios Categories: Visual Novel, Puzzle, Murder Mystery Release Date: 06.02.21 Overboard! Your husband that is. You tossed him right over and now…you’ll just need to convince everyone you didn’t. A woman in her prime, an…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Krams Design, Daedalic Entertainment Published By: Daedalic Entertainment Categories: Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 06.30.21 Anna’s Quest immediately pulled me in once I saw who was involved with it. Daedalic Entertainment, the developers of the Deponia series, a more…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Godbey Games/Jason Godbey Categories: Puzzle Release Date: 07.01.21 A dull, lifeless world. Discolored rather. It’s time to fill it back up with color. The three primary colors. Red, Blue, and Green. Discolored is a short, first…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Light Brick Studio Published By: LEGO System Categories: Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 06.22.21 Leave it to a Lego game of all things to have an emotional journey with a father and son. But here we are with Lego…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Hidden Fields Published By: MWM Interactive Categories: First Person Horror, Puzzle, Adventure Release Date: 05.27.21 Mundaun is a different kind of game. It’s almost hard to really review it, or in my opinion give it a proper score….
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: YeTa Games Categories: Puzzle Release Date: 06.03.21 Motif: A Decorative Design or Pattern. Ever recognize a certain patter of shapes together enough to decipher what it is? That’s a motif. Motif the game is a puzzle…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: GrimTalin Categories: Puzzle Release Date: 05.28.21 I can’t say that mixing a fantasy novel with a puzzle game is a crossover I would think of, but that’s what we’re handed with Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale….
Continue readingVaporum: Lockdown is the prequel to indie dungeon-crawler hit Vaporum, which originally released in 2017. It hit the Switch about two years later, and we were pretty impressed with it. The sequel doesn’t do anything to besmirch that legacy, but I did have one minor gameplay quibble and the game does suffer from one personal pet peeve.
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Mc2Games Categories: Escape Room, Puzzle Release Date: 05.12.21 Notice: The game would not allow for screen capture, so I could not take images of the game. I also could not find a proper web page for…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Mc2Games Categories: Puzzle, Escape Room Release Date: 04.21.21 Note: The game would not allow me to take screenshots, so every image is from the game’s website. They may not accurately depict the Switch release. First person…
Continue readingDeveloped By: NeoBird Published By: BUMBLE3EE Categories: Puzzle, Platformer Release Date: 04.21.21 World Splitter is the kind of game that leaves me really conflicted about how I feel about it. There’s an amazing premise for the game, but that’s blanketed…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Emil Markiewicz Published By: No Gravity Games Categories: Puzzle Release Date: 04.08.21 They took your cat, they’re missing in the deep, dark depth of space. They left you parts of a map to the galaxy though. Get those…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Hermanos Magia, LEAP Game Studios Published By: indienova Categories: Puzzle, Narrative Release Date: 11.26.20 It’s really hard to put down my feelings for Arrog. There are things I really did love about the game. But then it’s hampered…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Polytron Corporation, Blitworks (Switch port) Published By: Polytron Corporation Categories: Platformer, Puzzle, Indie Release Date: 04.14.21 Fez on the surface is definitely the kind of game I’m sure people will think of when you think of early 2010’s…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Unfold Games Published By: Feardemic Categories: Horror, Puzzle Release Date: 03.18.21 Darq is the latest in games that were happy surprises for me. I came in expecting just a simple Little Nightmares clones. While yes, Darq is a…
Continue readingToday’s game, Knight’s Retreat, integrates parts of the basic chess formula to build a unique, engaging, strategic puzzle game.
Continue readingDeveloped By: The Socially Awkward Studio Categories: Puzzle Release Date: 03.12.21 Sokodice is a relaxing kind of puzzle game that you just sit down, think, and take your time to solve the riddles. It also will probably make you feel…
Continue readingIt’s pretty hard to check off more boxes on my genre preference checklist than Dry Drowning. It’s a hard-boiled detective cyberpunk dystopian adventure visual novel.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Tarsier Studios Published By: Bandai Namco Entertainment Categories: Platformer, Puzzle, Horror Release Date: 02.11.21 Following up to critically acclaimed games, especially the surprise new IPs that come from smaller developers can be hard. Little Nightmares was one of…
Continue readingPlay a meta-chess game with death by choosing a team of reapers, where dying is not merely game over but also a strategy to grow stronger.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Studio Gauntlet Published By: Crunching Koalas Categories: Co-Op, Puzzle Release Date: 01.29.20 Is it really fair to judge a game that prides itself on being a cooperative experience for having a poor single player experience? When it outright…
Continue readingWork with Raposa as “the Creator” using the character you design to discover what mysterious constructs are causing two worlds so much trouble.
Continue readingThe best formula for an addictive game is to take a concept that is easy to understand and marry it to a steadily increasing level of difficulty. Today’s game, Kolumno for the Nintendo Switch, nails the first part of the formula, but maybe gets a bit too finicky with its controls to be as consistently enjoyable as it could be.
Continue readingI have a definite soft spot for the point and click adventure games of eras past. That’s something I have in common with Stuck In Attic, the developers of today’s game, Gibbous: A Cthulhu Adventure.
Continue readingCircuit DudeNintendo Switch Developed By : Jonathan HolmesPublished By : Sickhead GamesCategory : Puzzle, StrategyRelease Date : Sep 07, 2020 Puzzle games can be some of the simplest or the most complex games to hit any console, and that’s speaking…
Continue readingHere Be Dragons for the Nintendo Switch is a game I’m desperate to love for its charming visual style, original premise, and genuinely witty writing – but its gameplay keeps getting in the way.
Continue readingSpinchNintendo Switch Developed By : Queen Bee GamesPublished By : Akupara GamesCategory : Platformer, Action, ArcadeRelease Date : Sep 03, 2020 All our lives we’re told to avoid judging books by their covers. But, as gamers, I’m pretty sure this…
Continue readingStrugglingNintendo Switch Developed By : Chasing Rats GamesPublished By : Frontier FoundryCategory : Puzzle, Platforming, PhysicsRelease Date : Aug 27, 2020 Puzzle games are just about everywhere nowadays. And with so many off-shooting sub-genres, it’s still surprising that there aren’t…
Continue readingManifold GardenNintendo Switch Developed By : William Chyr StudioPublished By : William Chyr StudioCategory : Adventure, PuzzleRelease Date : Aug 18, 2020 There are many different elements to all the games that we play. Many of these elements can draw…
Continue readingRadical Rabbit Stew is a perfect fit for the Switch. Its short levels are perfect for when you only have a few minutes to play, and the crisp 2D sprites look fantastic in docked mode. This isn’t a game that you’ll be playing for a particularly long time, but it’s a fun time while it lasts.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Moving Pieces Interactive Published By: Screenwave Media Categories: Arcade, Puzzle Release Date: 07.31.20 Do you remember QBert? Dodo Peak is somewhat of a modern effort in a QBert like game, only with a much cuter, less foul mouthed…
Continue readingREZ PLZNintendo Switch Developed By: Long Neck GamesPublished By: Graffiti GamesCategory: Platformer, Puzzle, Action, MultiplayerRelease Date: 07.15.20 REZ PLZ for the Nintendo Switch is a cooperative puzzle platformer that features an intriguing character switching gameplay mechanic and wonderful graphics that…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Deqaf Studio Published By: No Gravity Games Categories: Horror, puzzle platformer Release Date: 07.10.2020 You know those goth kids that would always fill highschool halls? The Hot Topic shopping crowd that would always fawn over quirky edgy, but…
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