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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

So I took a break last week, and that was nice, but this week I'm back on, which is good because there's a bunch of great, new games. So here's this week's Indie Games On Sale Recommendation Thread.
#IndieGames #ShietkaRecommends

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

Unforgettable Voyage is a silly and fun puzzle adventure game somewhat reminiscent of Chip's Challenge. A small pirate crew work together to find treasure, each pirate has a different ability. Interesting puzzles with a variety of traps and obstacles. Also has upgrades (including the gradual recruitment of the crew) encouraging you to return to previous islands to get more treasure. Great puzzles and even bosses.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2149560/Unforgettable_Voyage/

Save 40% on Unforgettable Voyage on Steam

Unforgettable Voyage is a puzzle adventure game full of treasure, traps, and enemies. Play as different members of a dysfunctional pirate crew and harness each of their unique abilities to solve puzzles, avoid enemies, acquire upgrades, defeat the boss, and get the ultimate treasure.

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

Stuffo the Puzzle Bot is a clever puzzle platformer about moving blocks with a variety of behaviors. Really interesting mechanics, especially how things interact, make great puzzles.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1068460/Stuffo_the_Puzzle_Bot/

Stuffo the Puzzle Bot on Steam

A laid-back but smart puzzle game. Stuffo is the last remaining puzzle bot stuck in a world filled with bite-sized brain-teasers. Help Stuffo to solve the mind-bending puzzles by using various blocks to climb, push and teleport your way to the exit.

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

Meg's Monster is a unique and engaging RPG about a monster who's reluctantly helping a little girl lost in the underworld. Roy is a tank, barely anything hurts him, but battles are still dangerous because you can't let Meg cry. It would be bad. Really, really bad. Trust me. Engrossing story, interesting gameplay, wonderful visuals.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/megs-monster-switch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1783360/Megs_Monster/

Meg's Monster for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

Patch Quest is a kooky and fun monster-rangling roguelite twin-stick shooter. Explore the unknown, tame and ride one of the many monsters, maybe keep them as a pet. Lots of different monsters with a variety of powers keep the chaotic combat fresh.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1347970/Patch_Quest/

Patch Quest on Steam

In a labyrinth surrounded by vicious monsters, Explorers must rely on their Lasso to survive! Capture and tame ANY monster to leap, glide, surf, tunnel and websling through a treacherous, patchwork maze. This roguelike/metroidvania seems cute, but it’s a deceptively difficult bullet-hell challenge!

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

Alephant is a beautiful and cryptic Sokoban-like. You will face puzzles that frequently seem impossible until you figure out the nuances of the rules. Mind-bending and brilliant.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1823730/Alephant/
https://le-slo.itch.io/alephant

Save 20% on Alephant on Steam

A word-less abstract puzzle game about language.

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

SokoChess White is a sequel to SokoChess. Similar Sokoban+chess mechanics, but no black pieces. Just push your own pieces into place. But lots of extra obstacles are present. Brilliant puzzle game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2185860/SokoChess_White/

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SokoChess White is a puzzle game about pushing Chess pieces into their destination and overcoming various obstacles. Enjoy 70 different handcrafted levels with a unique twist on the Chess formula.

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

Jim is Moving Out! is a funky and fun physics platformer. Jim wants to move, and he's gonna drag his entire flat to it's new location... from the inside. Silly but challenging, with different modes and mini-games.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/643940/Jim_is_Moving_Out/

Save 70% on Jim is Moving Out! on Steam

A physics-based mix of platformer and puzzle game with classical music tunes included. Family friendly, especially in co-op. Help Jim to move-out and see the world!

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

SokoMelody is a neat, music-themed Sokoban-like. Has a variety of interesting mechanics (some unusual, but none of them are original).
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2132710/SokoMelody/

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Solve puzzles in this old school style Sokoban, and help the composers with their songs.

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

Rytmos is a strange, chill puzzle game about music. Find the paths on a cube to create melody, then learn about the instruments playing. Not too challenging, very interesting.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1634220/Rytmos/

Steam で 50% オフ:Rytmos

迷宮を解きながら音楽を作る癒しのパズルゲーム。惑星から惑星へと旅をして新たな音楽を見つけましょう。アンロック可能な20種類上の音楽アイテムが存在する惑星で最高の音楽を奏でましょう。

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

Kitten Lost Her Box is a neat, challenging precision platformer about a cat who wants to get in the box. Cute, tough, and fun, but a bit unpolished and lacking key features (no save, no level select, not even a proper title screen?).
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1821310/Kitten_Lost_Her_Box/

Steam で 10% オフ:Kitten Lost Her Box

Help tiny Kitten get back her favorite paper box only with her agile actions. In this tight platformer kitten brave hand-crafted challenges, meet cute creatures and finally fight with her old enemy!

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

Catoise is a charming 2D Portal-inspired puzzle platformer. Has a variety of interesting mechanics. Difficulty varies wildly, so be prepared for both the extremely easy and the frustratingly hard. Simple but cute visuals. Silly & fun.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1856130/Catoise/

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Make portals and levitate objects to solve puzzles - help Catoise get back home after a shopping trip in space ends in a crash landing. Collect parts of the damaged ship scattered across this strange planet. Meet friendly and unfriendly animal characters along the way.

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

Heart Chain Kitty, from origamihero, is a very weird 3D platformer. Perhaps a bit obtuse, but fun, interesting and surreal. Clearly inspired by the classics but with it's own distinct identity.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/933210/Heart_Chain_Kitty/

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Help Kittey save his parents in Heart Chain Kitty, a surreal 3D platformer adventure that will blow your mind with fantastic locations, a heartfelt story, and unique abilities – like the screw ray!

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

Starlight Alliance, also from origamihero, is an epic cyberpunk action RPG where an ex-cop and spunky mechanic team up against an oppressive and increasingly erratic system. Weird, ambitious, a bit clunky, but amazing.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1544530/Starlight_Alliance/

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In the future, Earth as we know it is shrouded in darkness. All seems lost – until the fates of Cyris and Lea intertwine! Join our two heroes on their journey to save our dying planet in this sci-fi action RPG.

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

Unstrong: Space Calamity is a surreal space-faring 3D platformer from origamihero in the vein of Mario Galaxy. Glasses the mad scientist grudgingly goes on an epic quest to make the recently exploded planet whole again. A bit janky, but amazing.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1781720/Unstrong_Space_Calamity/

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Sure, the world exploded and you're just drifting through space now, but you WILL find a way to make your planet whole again. Nothing can stop mad scientist ladies like Glasses! Soar through space and explore planets, moons and asteroids in this action-packed 3d platformer.

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

Treasure Hunter Man 2? More like Treasure Hunter MOM 👈👈😎ayyyyy.... anyway, it's a fun, challenging retro metroidvania from origamihero. A bit silly, interesting and visually distinctive. Perhaps a bit obtuse, but still very good.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/870140/Treasure_Hunter_Man_2/

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With the help of the many treasures on a mysterious island, Dorothy might just be able to save her son and dispel a terrible curse.

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

Orcen Axe is a fantastic action/adventure-platformer from origamihero. Drak the orc has been resurrected by a necromancer to do his bidding. But screw that, Drak's gonna find his lover. His magic axe has a variety of powers and upgrades to help. Very polished, challenging, and fun.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2139800/Orcen_Axe/

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Necromancy, wizards, dragons and a lost love? Better grab that magical axe of yours and get your life back on track!

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

Lunistice is a charming low-poly retro 3D platformer. Gameplay is simple and fast-paced, but there is room to breathe, and occasionally slowing down makes things easier. Friendly yet challenging, with a fun and playful style.
https://www.gog.com/game/lunistice/

Lunistice

Lunistice DEMO is available here Lunistice is a linear 3D platformer that is heavily

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 4, 2023

In the Shadows is an interesting puzzle platformer with monsters that fear the light because it turns them back into ordinary things. Really neat mechanics create unique levels.
https://www.gog.com/game/in_the_shadows/

In the Shadows

Dive into a childhood fantasy world where secrets and memories are waiting to be uncovere

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

START AGAIN: a prologue is an incredible, enthralling, unique time loop RPG. You're stuck, dying over and over. You can't let your friends know. You can't burden them with your endless failure. A tragicomedy with superb writing and wonderful characters; emotional and poignant. Also features a unique battle system. A masterpiece.
https://insertdisc5.itch.io/start-again-prologue

START AGAIN: a prologue by insertdisc5

timeloop depression station

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Sarah Hertzke

And be sure to wishlist In Stars and Time, the sequel/remake. I tried the demo and it's fantastic, greatly expands the original idea in many interesting ways.
https://armor-games-studios.itch.io/in-stars-and-time
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677310/In_Stars_And_Time/

In Stars and Time by Armor Games Studios, insertdisc5

Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG.

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

The Knight Witch is AWESOME. A twin-stick shooter epic fantasy adventure. Gorgeous visuals, an engaging story, and lots cool game mechanics: auto-aim, deck-building, exploration and more. Simply amazing.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1872680/The_Knight_Witch/

Steamで90% OFF：The Knight Witch

『The Knight Witch』は美しい手描きの世界を舞台に、ハイテンポなシューティングバトルを繰り広げるメトロイドヴァニア・アドベンチャーゲームだ。故郷を襲うウォーゴーレムの黒幕を暴くために、カードによる強力なスペルを駆使しながら、人々と深い絆を築き上げ、モラルに関わる決断を下そう。

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

Harmony's Odyssey is an adorable puzzle game of a young witch and her troublesome cat. Has several different puzzle types for variety and delightful visuals. Sometimes obtuse, but still enjoyable.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1531490/Harmonys_Odyssey/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/harmonys-odyssey-switch/

Steamで75% OFF：Harmony's Odyssey

神話上の伝説と現代世界の危機に瀕している 3D アドベンチャーパズルゲーム。Harmony's Odyssey は、古典的なジグソーのアイデアに基づいた魅力的で思慮深いタイルベースのなぞなぞを提供し、強力な生き物とその予測できない展開が伴い、新たな次元に昇華しています。

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

Death Squared is a delightful and devilish co-op puzzle game for 2 or 4 players. Communication is key, and you'll have no hand-holding; this game expects you to wander obliviously, die a lot, and learn along the way.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/471810/Death_Squared/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP3490-CUSA07764_00-1111212111112112

Steam で 60% オフ:Death Squared

Death Squaredは、協力、コミュニケーション、ロボット爆発を特長とする、マルチプレイヤーパズルゲームです。

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

A Good Snowman Is Hard to Build from Draknek and Co is a friendly sokoban-like, that gets surprisingly challenging, but stays fun. You can hug the snowmen, it's adorable.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/316610/A_Good_Snowman_Is_Hard_To_Build/
https://draknek.itch.io/a-good-snowman
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/a-good-snowman-is-hard-to-build
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/a-good-snowman-is-hard-to-build-switch/

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An adorable puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen.

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

The same team made Cosmic Express, a sci-fi train puzzle game that riffs on some familiar mechanics very well. It's very cute and very challenging.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/583270/Cosmic_Express/
https://draknek.itch.io/cosmic-express
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/cosmic-express/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/cosmic-express-switch/

Steamで75% OFF：Cosmic Express

Cosmic Expressは、世界一おかしな宇宙のコロニーに線路を引くパズルゲームです。

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

And another Draknek game! Sokobond is a simple, elegant, minimalist Sokobon-like about Chemistry. No knowledge needed! The game will actually teach you. Neat and fun.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/290260/Sokobond/
https://draknek.itch.io/sokobond
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/sokobond/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/sokobond-switch/

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Sokobond is an elegantly designed puzzle game about chemistry. It's logical, minimalist, and beautiful - crafted with love and science.

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

A Monster's Expedition is an absolutely delightful masterpiece from Draknek and Friends. A creative puzzle game with a wonderful world to explore, things to discover, and puzzles of a range of difficulty.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1052990/A_Monsters_Expedition/
https://draknek.itch.io/a-monsters-expedition
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP7111-PPSA04981_00-AMONSTEREXPPS5NA
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/a-monsters-expedition/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/a-monsters-expedition-switch/

Steamで65% OFF：A Monster's Expedition

An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

Oh and check out Sokobond Express, the synthesis/sequel to Cosmic Express & Sokobond being published by Draknek. Incredibly clever puzzles building on the ideas and rules of the previous games. Do not miss this fun mashup.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1701330/Sokobond_Express/

Steam：Sokobond Express

Sokobond Expressは、化学結合と経路発見パズルを新たな形で組み合わせた、美しくミニマルなパズルゲームです。

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

Pipe Push Paradise is a brilliant Sokoban-like with very unique mechanics and a chill atmosphere that belies its intense difficulty. Really good.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/pipe-push-paradise-switch/

Pipe Push Paradise for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Pipe Push Paradise is a challenging, plumbing-based puzzle game. You've arrived on a lonely island faced with a hero's calling. Rise to the occasion (push pipes around) and restore this paradise to its former glory. Features: • Pipes • Tile-based gamepla…

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

Bonfire Peaks, (from the developer of Pipe Push Paradise, published by Draknek), is fantastic. Wonderful, unique, challenging puzzles built around a fascinating theme. Poignant, atmospheric, beautiful. DLC coming soon!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147890/Bonfire_Peaks/
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/bonfire-peaks
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP7111-PPSA03827_00-BONFIREPEAKSP5NA (PS Plus Discount Only)
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/bonfire-peaks-switch/
https://coreymartin.itch.io/bonfire-peaks

Steamで65% OFF：Bonfire Peaks

美しいボクセルアートのパズルの島で、持ち物を燃やそう。

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

It's not on sale, but the 1st part of a 3 part DLC just released. Buying this will get you the next 2 when they come out.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2008250/Bonfire_Peaks__Lost_Memories/
https://coreymartin.itch.io/bonfire-peaks-lost-memories
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/bonfire-peaks-lost-memories-70050000038820-switch/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP7111-PPSA03827_00-BPLOSTMEMORIES5U

Bonfire Peaks - Lost Memories on Steam

A 3-part DLC series for the critically beloved puzzle game, each with new mechanics and new puzzles.

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

SPITLINGS is a wild, challenging, multiplayer arcade game. Somewhat inspired by Pang, but really unique, with limited ammo and lots of weird mechanics. Lots of levels and unlockables and more. Crazy fun.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1002000/SPITLINGS/

Steam で 94% オフ:SPITLINGS

やりだしたら、やめられない面白さ！ Spitlings は、1〜4 人のプレイヤー向けのカオス的アクションアーケードゲームです

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

Stereo Boy is an interesting and engaging no-jumping, dimension-shifting, isometric puzzle-platformer. While all the elements involved are pretty common on their own, blending all these mechanics together creates something unusual and cool.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2073530/Stereo_Boy/

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A chill, innovative sci-fi adventure where you explore two isometric worlds at the same time. Teleport between worlds to navigate impossible terrain and solve mind-bending puzzles. Along the way, you'll fend off hostile creatures and uncover the story of a lost civilization.

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

WHATEVER is a painfully slow but brutally hard racing game where you must maneuver a giant cargo ship though tight and hazardous waterways. A playful and funny parody of real life and movies. Can be very frustrating, not for everyone.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1734230/WHATEVER/

WHATEVER on Steam

Inspired by true events. Drifting the giant cargo ship through a tiny, winding canal... What could go wrong?

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

And that will be it for now. Tomorrow, I will tell you about more games.

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

Verlet Ascend is a challenging roguelike action-platformer. Leap, run, swing, climb, ascend, survive as long as you can. Rope physics, fully destructable terrain, upgrades, and enemies. Visuals aren't great, but they are interesting and distinctive.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2113120/Verlet_Ascend/

Steamで75% OFF：Verlet Ascend

Verlet Ascend is a physics based, action platformer with roguelike mechanics, a fully destructable procedurally generated environment, and rope swing physics. Fight creatures, loot enemies, upgrade your character, and climb your way up in an endless parkour.

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

Meet me at NooN is a mind-bending puzzle game of time-loops. Control two spirits and synchronize their movements to reach the goals. Brilliant and challenging, with neat visual style.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1880490/Meet_me_at_NooN/
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/meet-me-at-noon
https://pandaroointeractive.itch.io/meet-me-at-noon

Steamで50% OFF：Meet me at NooN

Meet me at NooN はタイムループのギミックが特徴で、心地よくもやり甲斐のがある難しさのパズルゲームです。タイムループを作る2つの精霊を操作し、プレイの中でキャラクター間の行動や性質の違いを理解し、互いのタイムループにどう影響するのかをマスターします。

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

Terror of Hemasaurus is fun, retro action-arcade game in the vein of the classic Rampage. But this game surpasses it's inspiration; it's bigger, better, with lots of new stuff, and a silly satirical story.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1016180/Terror_of_Hemasaurus/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/terror-of-hemasaurus-switch/

Terror of Hemasaurus on Steam

A retro city smash 'em up with satisfying destruction physics. Play as a Giant Monster unleashing terror upon mankind in this modern arcade experience with the action turned up to eleven.

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

INCISION is just a really good old-school FPS, nothing more, nothing less. A pretty standard selection of weapons, a variety of monsters, lots of blood and gore. Challenging and intense. Early Access
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1734680/INCISION/

INCISION on Steam

All old-school FPS action. No Bullshit. Lots of blood & gore. Slaughter your way through nightmarish industrial mazes, transformed cityscapes and surreal alien structures to cut down the Growth in this ultraviolent, fast-paced, and merciless retro-styled first person shooter.

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Sarah Hertzke Mar 5, 2023

Grapple Dog is a pure delight. Some of the smoothest platforming ever, incredible polish, fantastic level design, charming visuals. Friendly and challenging. Wonderful.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1345860/Grapple_Dog/

Steamで75% OFF：Grapple Dog

Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world!