Sarah HertzkeSTART 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
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/
https://armor-games-studios.itch.io/in-stars-and-time
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677310/In_Stars_And_Time/
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/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1872680/The_Knight_Witch/
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/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1531490/Harmonys_Odyssey/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/harmonys-odyssey-switch/
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
https://store.steampowered.com/app/471810/Death_Squared/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP3490-CUSA07764_00-1111212111112112
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1701330/Sokobond_Express/
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/
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…
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
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
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
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
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/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1002000/SPITLINGS/
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/
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.
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/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1734230/WHATEVER/
And that will be it for now. Tomorrow, I will tell you about more games.
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/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2113120/Verlet_Ascend/
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
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
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/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1016180/Terror_of_Hemasaurus/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/terror-of-hemasaurus-switch/
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/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1734680/INCISION/
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/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1345860/Grapple_Dog/
Koala Kids is a charming, straightforward puzzle-platformer. Rescue your fellow koalas with a variety of interesting tools. Includes a level editor. Very cheap.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/381870/Koala_Kids
https://store.steampowered.com/app/381870/Koala_Kids
By the way, you should check out Koala Kids Golf, the upcoming follow-up. Golf, but your ball is a Koala, and your goal is not a hole, but treasure spread out across a big course. Simple, but playful and fun. Demo available.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1803220/Koala_Kids_Golf/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1803220/Koala_Kids_Golf/
Clash Force is a very solid run-and-gun action platformer. 8-bit and 80s inspired. Nothing new, but fun and challenging.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/703620/Clash_Force/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/703620/Clash_Force/
Panic Porcupine, from the same developer, is a seriously hardcore Sonic-style platformer, where everything can kill you in one hit. And there are collectables and timers for extra challenge.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1820570/Panic_Porcupine/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1820570/Panic_Porcupine/
Bleep Bloop is neat co-op tilt maze puzzle game. Making this classic puzzle genre co-operative adds something interesting, and there are some other neat mechanics. Fun and charming.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/bleep-bloop-switch
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP4480-CUSA16341_00-0000000000000000
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/bleep-bloop-switch
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP4480-CUSA16341_00-0000000000000000
Bleep Bloop for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Meet Bleep and Bloop as they help each other overcome all the challenges that stand in their way. A light-hearted and playful puzzle game about working together. Play alone controlling both characters or share the experience with a friend. Bleep Bloop is…
Mail Mole is an incredibly charming 3D platformer. It's just slightly different from other games in the genre, but that's enough to be fresh, and the level design and graphics are great.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/mail-mole-plus-xpress-deliveries-switch/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/mail-mole-plus-xpress-deliveries-switch/
Mail Mole + 'Xpress Deliveries for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Running through the underground, climbing walls and soaring the skies, there's no place our hero can't reach! Traveling with Cannon Lines, Molty will take on the most demanding and varied platforming challenges to reach Carrotland's furthest and oldest M…
Room to Grow is a charming and challenging puzzle game about a cactus pushing plants around. The mechanics are very unique and the puzzles are interesting, and the visuals are nice and complement the gameplay well.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1471960/Room_to_Grow/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1471960/Room_to_Grow/
Sqroma is a clever and challenging dodging-only action puzzle game of fine movement, color matching, and strategic death. Become immune to the colored hazards or disrupt and destroy enemies by dying. Pay careful attention to how things interact.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1730000/Sqroma
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1730000/Sqroma
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Your destruction isn't the end you think; if it's a projectile, it is removed from the puzzle and you are instantly respawned. Consequence? It disrupts the level's balance! Exploit this to defeat enemies and open new paths! Playing the disruptive kamikaze is the key to your success!
Figment is an amazing, gorgeous, surreal, action-adventure in the mind. This game shines with fantastic art and music and writing. Fight the nightmares, who will sing in battle. Free on Steam, cheap in the eShop.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/493540/Figment/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/figment-switch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/493540/Figment/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/figment-switch/
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Figment is an action-adventure game that invites you to explore a unique surreal universe filled with music, humor and multi layered narrative. Join Dusty and his ever-optimistic friend, Piper, on an adventure through the different sides of the mind seeking to restore the courage that's been lost.
Figment 2: Creed Valley is out in four days! A stunning sequel with a brand new adventure, with new puzzles and songs and enemies, and greatly improved combat. There's a free prologue you can play now.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1085220/Figment_2_Creed_Valley/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1502260/Figment_2_Creed_Valley__Prologue/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1085220/Figment_2_Creed_Valley/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1502260/Figment_2_Creed_Valley__Prologue/
Tinykin is a delightful Pikmin-inspired 3D platformer where you're shrunk and must explore a house with the help of littler creatures. Despite the inspiration, it plays more like Mario so even if you don't like Pikmin you should still give this a chance, it's a great game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1599020/Tinykin/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/tinykin-switch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1599020/Tinykin/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/tinykin-switch/
Moo Lander is an incredibly bizarre twin-stick shooter metroidvania. You're an alien in search of your civilization's greatest resource: milk. But these cows are not coming quietly. Interesting and challenging gameplay. Sometimes frustrating. Still good.
https://www.gog.com/en/game/moo_lander
https://www.gog.com/en/game/moo_lander
What Lies in the Multiverse is a fun, reality-shifting puzzle platformer. The mechanics aren't unique, but the puzzles are inventive & interesting. Also has an engaging story that can be both silly & serious.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/what-lies-in-the-multiverse-switch/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP6963-CUSA30765_00-WLIM0000000PS4US
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/what-lies-in-the-multiverse-f604fa
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/what-lies-in-the-multiverse-switch/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP6963-CUSA30765_00-WLIM0000000PS4US
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/what-lies-in-the-multiverse-f604fa
What Lies in the Multiverse for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
What Lies in the Multiverse is a story-driven 2D adventure that one could call a dramatic comedy. Filled to the brim with hilarious, cartoonish hijinks, the narrative also presents the player with mature and deep themes like death, envy, and obsession. …
Knightin'+ is a very unserious, fun, dungeon-only Zelda-esque action-adventure. Retro graphics, solid gameplay, gets quite challenging.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knightin-plus-switch/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knightin-plus-switch/
Knightin'+ for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Join brave Sir Lootalot on his epic quest in this little adventure. Explore and fight your way through the four dangerous dungeons filled with dangerous traps, devious puzzles and magical artifacts. Survive all four dungeons by unlocking new abilities an…
Naught is a challenging, twisty-turny, gravity-shifting platformer. Everything this game does has been done before, and yet it still feels very unique. An amazing game.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/naught-switch/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP4035-CUSA20090_00-NAUGHTBASEGAME00
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/naught-switch/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP4035-CUSA20090_00-NAUGHTBASEGAME00
Naught for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Naught is a platform videogame with a unique control where you rotate the environment to change gravity and guide the main character, Naught, through labyrinth levels full of challenges, hidden places and secrets. Featuring varied, dynamic gameplay, Nau…
Steamroll is a creative, mini-golf-inspired puzzle adventure. Exploration, danger, and different tools add interesting depth to a classic game genre. And the steampunk aesthetic and humor are nice touches.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/steamroll-rustless-edition-switch/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP3876-CUSA23815_00-9584021902306448
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/steamroll-rustless-edition-switch/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP3876-CUSA23815_00-9584021902306448
Steamroll: Rustless Edition for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
In this steampunk setting, you will play as a young engineer on his first day of work. A young man finding a job? As you can see, everything is possible in video games! The problem is that the mine you work on is about to collapse. Luckily, this budding …
SOLAS 128 is an engaging path direction puzzle. Redirect pulses of light to repair a grand machine. Solving one puzzle activates the next puzzle, making the whole game one giant puzzle. Fun, with dazzling visuals.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/solas-128
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/solas-128
Buy SOLAS 128 from the Humble Store
At its heart, SOLAS is a beam deflection game. Rotate and reposition mirrors to connect light sources and unlock adjacent puzzles. Every pulse is moving to the beat at all times, and each puzzle is connected to the next. Explore this strange interconnected space, learn its rules, and discover the surprises that dwell within. Rather than ordinary light beams, however, these pulses can and will collide with each other. Create new colours, deflect them in new directions, and pay attention to the...
Mezmeratu is an incredibly bizarre platformer with Roguelite elements. There are checkpoints, but every time you die, the world changes just a little bit, and if you game over, you'll have to start over. A strange and surreal assault on the senses.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1325520/Mezmeratu/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1325520/Mezmeratu/
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A Platform-Hell adventure but with some ROGUE stuff!Discover a new world from the creator of Baobabs Mausoleum, full of surrealistic horror villages, stinky talking characters, impossible rogue platforms and...and a giant fish kidnapped inside an owl's beak. WELCOME TO PROSCIUTTO MISA!
Yin Yang is a minimalist tilt maze puzzle game. Bring Yin and Yang together in interesting puzzles. Multiple pieces and teleportation adds a little to conventional mechanics, but this game is mostly straightforward. Still good, interesting puzzles.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1501090/Yin_Yang
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1501090/Yin_Yang
Gravity Den is a hardcore platformer with no jumping, but gravity manipulation. You can freely switch gravity in mid-air, meaning you can practically fly, but momentum makes it tough to maneuver around a variety of obstacles. Exhilarating and fun.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/454970/Gravity_Den/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/454970/Gravity_Den/
Hole in the Clouds is a neat, challenging 2D golf game with some unique features. You have to pop the clouds before entering the hole, and there are a variety of obstacles. But also you have special powers and mid-air shots.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1821340/Hole_in_the_Clouds
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1821340/Hole_in_the_Clouds
JUSTICE SUCKS is an incredibly unique, violent and silly stealth game. A robot vacuum will go on an epic quest of revenge and rescue it's family. Hack devices, tackle enemies, and vacuum up blood to power special attacks. Crazy fun.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/856890/JUSTICE_SUCKS_Tactical_Vacuum_Action/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/justice-sucks-switch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/856890/JUSTICE_SUCKS_Tactical_Vacuum_Action/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/justice-sucks-switch/
Chook & Sosig: Walk the Plank is a delightfully silly point-and-click adventure about a group of weird friends playing a pirate TTRPG. The interplay between the pirate game world and the "real" world is really fun and clever.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/chook-sosig-walk-the-plank
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/chook-sosig-walk-the-plank
Buy Chook & Sosig: Walk the Plank from the Humble Store
Chook & Sosig: Walk the Plank is a mischievous, charming and character-driven adventure.Along with a few friends, Chook & Sosig get creative while roleplaying as pirates. When you need to hunt for fabled treasure, you need some weird pals to join your quest! Join a ghostly chicken and a wobbly spaghetti cat as they seek fabled treasures, solve puzzles, wear dashing hats, and who knows what else!Through point and click gameplay and hilarious dialogue with oddball characters, the world of Chook...
Recursed is amazing, ingenious, and challenging. Incredibly unique mechanics built around recursion. This game broke my brain. Visuals are only serviceable, but who cares with puzzles this good.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/497780/Recursed/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/497780/Recursed/
Severed Steel is an exhilarating hardcore FPS. Jump, slide, dive, wall-run all over to avoid a storm of bullets and take down enemies in a number of ways. Amazing game with tons of options.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227690/Severed_Steel/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/severed-steel-switch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227690/Severed_Steel/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/severed-steel-switch/
Patrick's Parabox is a delightful and mind-bending Sokoban-like where you can go inside some blocks, even recursively. Has a nice difficulty curve, so you'll have plenty of fun before the game breaks your brain. Brilliant!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1260520/Patricks_Parabox/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1260520/Patricks_Parabox/
Moncage is a creative puzzle game where lining up panoramas viewed on the sides of a cube can change things. Puzzles are challenging, but it has a good hint system. There's also a story, told slowly and obtusely. Very interesting and engaging.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1195290/Moncage/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1195290/Moncage/
Captain Backwater is a tilt block puzzle game where you must crash matching items together to collect the treasure. Unusual mechanics, if not completely unique. Lots of puzzles. (btw, it's free on PC)
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/captain-backwater-switch/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/captain-backwater-switch/
Captain Backwater for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Play Captain Backwater today and get ready for one of the greatest pirate puzzle adventures of all time. Meet Captain Backwater, the 'scariest' pirate in the Caribbean, and help him plunder 100 treasure caves. Each cave is a puzzle that demands everythin…
Trash Quest is a nice, small, fun Metroidvania with no checkpoints or save points, just a central hub and shortcuts. Good, challenging gameplay and cute presentation. And you're a raccoon with a gun, that's neat.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/trash-quest-switch/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/trash-quest-switch/
Trash Quest for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
SPACE VOYAGE Trash Quest is set on the space station Deliverance. The crew has just begun preparations for the long voyage to Tau Ceti. The AI has been activated, and it's performing a quick system check. FEARLESS RACCOON You play as a raccoon that has n…
Mekabolt is a nifty and fun pixel art puzzle-platformer. The puzzles are easy, but the platforming is tricky, and the variety of robots and the way they are used is very interesting.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/mekabolt-switch/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/mekabolt-switch/
Mekabolt for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Players take the role of a theme park technician that needs to collect batteries to repair the haywire robots. With your handy Mekabolt, use the out of control robots to your advantage to overcome obstacles and obtain the batteries across 100 puzzle plat…
Islets is a charming, quirky metroidvania with wonderful visuals, solid combat, challenging platforming, and some neat mechanics. Bring the fragmented sky islands back together, and help out wherever you can. Fantastic game.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/islets
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/islets
Buy Islets from the Humble Store
Iko is an aspiring yet hopeful warrior exploring the land and sky to reunite a series of floating islands. With his rickety airship, he must travel from island to island in order to reignite each one’s magnetic core while fighting off the many adversaries standing in his way. Islets is a surprisingly wholesome metroidvania about making connections with the people around you. By reuniting the islands and befriending a cast of charming characters, the world expands and reveals new parts of each...
The Spirit and the Mouse is a charming 3D adventure platformer about a mouse tasked with doing good deeds. An accident gives a humble mouse the electric powers of a guardian spirit and she has to do it's work. Adorable and fun.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/the-spirit-and-the-mouse
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/the-spirit-and-the-mouse
Buy The Spirit and the Mouse from the Humble Store
After a shocking thunderstorm brings them together, unlikely allies Lila the mouse and Lumion the Spirit guardian must work in tandem to restore balance to their quaint village. Thankfully, Lila has her big heart and electrifying new powers to aid her on this journey. Guide her through a heartwarming adventure across Sainte-et-Claire to befriend playful electric spirits called Kibblins and illuminate this village once more. The Spirit and the Mouse is a narrative-focused adventure game that h...
Relicta is an engaging first-person puzzle adventure with interesting (if not very original) gameplay and story. Stunning visuals, an incredible level of detail and really good writing.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/941570/Relicta/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2047-CUSA17538_00-ARELICTA00000000/
https://www.gog.com/game/relicta
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/relicta-switch/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/941570/Relicta/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2047-CUSA17538_00-ARELICTA00000000/
https://www.gog.com/game/relicta
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/relicta-switch/
SkateBIRD... really isn't my kind of game. I'm pretty bad at it. But I'm happy it exists, because it's delightful. A wonderful, charming, creative skateboarding game.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/skatebird-switch/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/skatebird-switch/
SkateBIRD for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Grind on bendy straws, kick-flip over staplers, and carve killer lines through cardboard and sticky tape parks, in SKATEBIRD®! You're a lonely lil' bird, and your Big Friend has hung up their board for good. Their job sucks, and lately, they're barely ev…
Papertris is a good but misleadingly named action arcade puzzle game. It's not Tetris, it's Match 3. Kinda like Puyo Puyo, but with a few interesting wrinkles. Not particularly outstanding or groundbreaking, but good and cheap.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1633640/Papertris/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1633640/Papertris/
Icemaze Cave: Skate Escape is a very straightforward tilt maze puzzle game. Slide on the ice, reach the goal, pick up gold. There are no new ideas here, mechanics are very basic. But it's fine, and there's lots of puzzles. And they get tough.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1834120/Icemaze_Cave_Skate_Escape/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1834120/Icemaze_Cave_Skate_Escape/
Icemaze Cave: Skate Escape on Steam
Icemaze Cave: Skate Escape is a 2D puzzle game about path planning with exploration and collection elements. Skate through the icy and labyrinthine depths of Icemaze Cave. Explore the increasingly complex cave rooms and find your way across the icy floors to the exit.
Pippu - Bauble Quest is a short, charming, Mario-esque platformer. More challenging than it looks, but not by much. Simple and fun.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1604110/Pippu__Bauble_Quest/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1604110/Pippu__Bauble_Quest/
Revolver and Co is a quirky and silly trivia game where you're given a very weird and wasteful gun to shoot robots with. Answer questions to shoot, the further you are from the answer, the more bullets you waste. Don't run out!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1604100/Revolver_and_Co/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1604100/Revolver_and_Co/
Gyro Boss DX is an exciting, challenging, endless dodge-em-up, bullet-hell arcade game. Face a terrifying space pirate with a bunch of different attacks he uses randomly. Last as long as you can. Includes a multiplayer mode.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/971610/Gyro_Boss_DX
https://store.steampowered.com/app/971610/Gyro_Boss_DX
