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16 Options Considered	Price	Steam Rating	Genre
-- Limbo	-	Very Positive	Very Positive
-- Machinarium	$4.99	Very Positive	Puzzle (point-and-click)
-- Botanicula	-	–	–
-- Thomas Was Alone	-	Very Positive	Puzzle, Platformer
-- Leo's Fortune	-	–	Platformer / Adventure

Limbo

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Touching story

Manages to tell a touching story in spite of it's complete lack of dialogue. See More

Top Con

May be too dark for children

The game, by design has the main character dying quite a bit, often very gruesomely and so may not be appropriate for younger players. See More

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Intricate puzzles

Limbo uses a wide range of puzzles in game that range from simply moving a box to puzzles that have multiple parts and normally do not reveal their secrets until the player has died while trying to solve it. See More

Top Pro

Black and white art style

There has been many imitators since but Limbo is the original game that used a black and white art style for a stylish and creepy effect. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Machinarium

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Hand drawn steam punk graphics are visually stunning

Machinarium's graphics are quite exquisite to look at and definitely give the game a fantastic steam punk vibe. See More

Top Con

Difficult to play on a small screen device

Machinarium can be difficult to play on small screen devices such as phones. See More

Top Pro

Machinarium has included hint system to help on the harder puzzles

For the harder puzzles in the game all players have the option to use an included hint system to help figure them out. See More

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Machinarium includes immersive mode

Immersive mode is a full screen feature that hides navigation and notification bars on Android 4.4 and up and is thankfully included in Machinarium See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:Puzzle (point-and-click)

Botanicula

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Immersive mode

Botanicula utilizes immersive mode which is available on all Android devices that are on 4.4+. See More

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Buggy and crashes

There are quite a few graphical bugs in the game as well as a lack of stability. See More

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Intuitive puzzles

Unlike this studios previous work (Machinarium) the puzzles are intuitive and difficulty ramps up fairly. See More

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Graphics border on being art

The fantastic visual in the game is remiss of art one would see in a pop art gallery. See More

Thomas Was Alone

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Ethereal soundtrack

Haunting guitar strums mixed with beautiful piano chords and bits of chiptune creates a very fitting soundtrack. See More

Top Con

Short

The gameplay only lasts about 3 or 4 hours. See More

Top Pro

Great story

For what is a pretty simplistic looking game, Thomas Was Alone offers a truly great story that actually gets the player to care about what are basically squares and rectangles. See More

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Professional narration

What really drives the well crafted story home is the wonderful narration done by British filmmaker, comedian, writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television, Danny Wallace. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:Puzzle, Platformer

Platforms:PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Android, Xbox One, Wii U, iOS, macOS, Linux

Leo's Fortune

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Immersive mode

Leo's Fortune includes immersive mode for Android devices on 4.4+. See More

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Short game

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Smooth well crafted levels with great puzzles

It even has a nice storyline to go along with it. See More

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Easy

Leo's Fortune does not offer a lot of challenge. See More

Top Pro

Charming narration

The story of Leopold is completely narrated, which gives the game a nice sense of polish as well as helps give some life to the story. See More

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Excellent platforming gameplay and touch screen controls

Leo's Fortune offers some solid platforming which is pulled off not just by some good level design but greatly programmed touch screen controls. See More

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Genre:Platformer / Adventure

Controller Support:HID

Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery

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Puzzles are a part of the world

Puzzles in this game are not too difficult and usually can be quickly figured out by being attentive of your surroundings. But they are not supposed to be hard, they are meant to bring you further into the world. See More

Top Con

Subpar gameplay

The gameplay often times feels convoluted or just too high concept. See More

Top Pro

Excellent atmosphere

A detailed aesthetic, a great score and an intriguing narrative together create a world that engrosses you from the very beginning. See More

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Genre:Puzzle / Adventure

Controller Support:No

Terraria

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Risk of loosing data

Many users have reported that they have lost save games as well as cloud save files. Whether it is caused by the game updating or just random bugginess is still unknown as the devs have not responded to these issues. See More

Top Pro

Survival-horror elements give a sense of urgency

Instead of building a deliberate feeling of suspense, Terraria uses bright palettes and arcade action to provide a fun experience outside of the survival elements. When those elements gradually appear one by one, each is all the more shocking from the contrast which makes for an ever growing sense of urgency in the game to craft a safe space as well as weapons to protect oneself. See More

Top Con

Cloud saving is broken

Currently cloud saving is broken so that means you can build your world but it sits in your phone. You cannot back it up, you cannot sync it with other devices, nor even manually backup unless your device is rooted. See More

Top Pro

Always a new experience

Upon start of the game a world is randomly generated which allows the user to get a new experience any time they start a new world making for unlimited replayability. See More

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Immersive mode on Android 4.4+

Terraria features immersive mode on any Android device with Android version 4.4+. See More

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Free demo for easy testing

A trial version of the game can be downloaded on Google Play. A feature of the trial version is that it does have a full game unlock through in app purchase, for those that don't want to lose their games progress by downloading a different version of the game. See More

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Allows for great freedom of expression

The game has all kinds of tools and materials that you can acquire and use to build whatever you can imagine. See More

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Local multiplayer

You can play with up to 4 players over local Wi-Fi. See More

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There is lots to explore and find

Terraria has a randomly generated world with all kinds different areas to explore, items to find and craft, and secrets to unearth. There is a basic introduction to the game, but mostly everything revolves around experimenting and exploring. See More

Specs

Genre:2D platformer / Minecraft-like

Co-Op:8 Player Online / 8 Player LAN

Controller Support:Android (MOGA / HID), Steam (Full)

Platforms:Windows, Mac, Xbox 360/One, Playstation 3/4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android

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Grim Fandango Remastered

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New commentary track

The current remastered developers have added a new commentary track from the original key developers to the game. See More

Top Con

No tutorial

A missed opportunity with this remake is the chance to finally add a tutorial. See More

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Inspired by the Day of the Dead holiday, Mexican folklore and film Noire

Grim Fandango is self admittedly inspired by the Day of the Dead Mexican holiday as well as Noir style films. See More

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New repainted characters

The character models are newly painted for HD. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Broken Age

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Polished art design

The graphics, music and voice acting are all top notch. Considering the amount of money this game made through its Kickstarter, they very well should be. See More

Top Con

Puzzles in second act too convoluted

In comparison of the first act, which had simple puzzles that moved the story forward, the puzzles in the second act are extremely difficult with no easy or obvious answers. Having to resort to a guide to even finish the game because of the imbalance is really no fun at all. See More

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Full game

For 15 months only the first part of the game was available on a few platforms. With the mobile releases the full game is what is on sale both part one and part two. See More

Top Con

Poor story in second act

The second act of the game has an increasingly incoherent story that explains very little of what is going on. Considering the first act ends with a cliffhanger and many questions to be asked, to see the second half explain almost none of it makes for a frustrating story. See More

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Steam Rating:Mixed

The Cave

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Good story

Throughout the game you unravel your chosen characters sinful pasts. See More

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There is lag and stutter on some devices

On lower end devices there may be significant lag and dropped frames. See More

Top Pro

Clever, sin-based puzzles

You control 3 out of 7 characters representing deadly sins. They have to use their special abilities and work together to solve logic puzzles. The puzzles are also thematic and change based on characters you've chosen. See More

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Humorous narrator

The main character of the game is The Cave itself. The Cave has a tendency for ironic, deep-voiced remarks regarding his new inhabitants, their past and the events currently taking place. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:2D platformer / Adventure

Co-Op:3 Player Couch

Controller Support:Full

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Another World

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Controller support

Another World features controller support for MOGA devices as well as the Xperia Play. See More

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Some issues with the control scheme

Touch controls for movements such as jump can be hard to pull off as the swipe gesture needs to be very exact. See More

Top Pro

Challenging and fun

For what is a 20 year old game to still hold in gameplay, story and presentation is quite a feat and an enjoyable one at that. See More

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Great remake

The newly added HD graphics show that much time was spent creating a fantastic remake of what was a very iconic game. See More

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Genre:Adventure

Lethal Lance

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nVidia Shield support

The game can be played with either on screen virtual buttons or a nVidia Shield gaming device. See More

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Oldschool gameplay may have trouble holding attention of player

Lethal Lance holds so tight to the design of old school platforming of yore that in this day in age some may consider the gameplay boring. See More

Top Pro

No in-app purchases

Although it says there are In-App Purchases on the Play Store page of the game, in reality there are none. Once you buy the game, you get the full experience without additional costs. See More

Ittle Dew

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HID gamepad support

Ittle Dew supports HID gamepads. See More

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Touch screen controls are not the best

The touch screen controls do not lend themselves well to the action gameplay of Ittle Dew, luckily the majority of the game is puzzle oriented. See More

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Fun boss puzzles

The boss levels in the game are puzzles that are aggressive towards the player, making for a nice change from the normal puzzles to be found as well as add a bit more challenge to the gameplay overall. See More

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Block moving puzzle oriented

Ittle Dew is comprised of mainly block moving puzzles to progress room to room in the games dungeons. While there are a few other puzzles throughout the game, mainly block moving is what the player will be doing. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

The 7th Guest: Remastered

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Android OS exclusive

The 7th Guest: Remastered is an Android OS exclusive, meaning iOS and the Windows Phone platforms will not receive the game for sometime. Seeing as how a lot of high quality releases on release on iOS at first, it is refreshing to see Android the preferred platform for a release. See More

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Large file size

The new HD graphics, included full soundtrack and in game full-motion videos take up quite a bit of room on the device, just short of 1GB. See More

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Newly redesigned touch controls

The controls have been completely redesigned for the touch platform, making for an easily controlled and intuitive experience. See More

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Classic graphics game mode

There is an optional classic graphics setting that can be used that makes the game appear as it originally did with a mouse pointer as the input and all. See More

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Nastalgia

For those that played the original title, it will be a fun trip down memory lane to play the game again after so many years. See More

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HD graphics that upscale

The graphics have all been redone for HD and have been created with up-scaling in mind to allow for proper representation on the assortment of device resolutions and screen sizes on the Android platform. See More

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Classic point and click puzzling adventure with high replayability

The player will try to make their way through 22 different point and click stages that each contain a puzzle that must be solved to progress. A classic point and click formula that does not stray from the genres roots. See More

The Great Fusion

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Strange story with hand drawn graphics

The story is a bit crazy and a little all over the place, which is fitting with the look of the hand drawn character and backgrounds. See More

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Poor translation

There are grammatical errors in almost every line of dialogue. See More

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Good story

The Great Fusion has many moments of satire and is even charmingly cynical, giving the story a lot of character and making it a joy to play through. See More

Peppy's Adventure

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Walkthroughs available for every level

For when a player gets stuck there are walkthrough videos available to watch after 25 tries. See More

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Odd controls

The use of two control pads may be odd to some players. See More

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Advertisements can be removed for free

The developer of Peppy's Adventure has provided a way to remove advertisements for free. See More

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Replay value

With 4 different stars that can be found per stage, there is quite a lot of challenge and replayability. See More

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Plenty of levels and stages

With 165 stages scattered across 11 different levels there is quite a lot of content to be had. See More

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