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The overhead view allows the player to see much of the level in order to plan how to attack each situation, in violent and gory aplomb. See More

Hotline Miami

Top Pro

Excellent, ultraviolent close combat

Top Con

Hot & heavy was pretty hard actually but it was still fun

albo3's Experience

One of the greatest games ever made, hands down. The graphics, while at first glance may look bad, fit with the style of the game perfectly. The instant-death, instant-restart gameplay is addicting, and almost every level requires carefully planned out strategies to beat them. The game isn't as hard as people say (but it's definitely not easy), and each level can be beaten with enough trial-and-error. The fast-paced 80's synthwave soundtrack is amazing, much better than the soundtracks of other indie games like Undertale. The story is overwhelming (although interesting), but it isn't so much you get confused. Overall, Hotline Miami is fast-paced, bloody good fun (and I mean the bloody literally). See More

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Hotline Miami contains retrowave/synthwave music from various artists. The soundtrack has a very 80s electro flare to it that helps flesh out the feel of the game and its violent story. See More

Top Pro

Great, tense soundtrack

Top Con

Game is hard

It's a game where you die with a single bullet, so don't play it if you have anger issues. Trial and error can work for most things, but sometimes you need to use strategies. See More

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Interesting story

Very good way of storytelling. See More

Top Con

Light on story and can be difficult

There is really no reason given as to why the player is doing what they are doing and the game itself has a fluctuating difficulty level that can be frustrating. See More

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Beautiful pixel art

Beautiful 16-bit 80s themed game with a lot of VHS and palm trees. See More

Top Con

Buggy

Even after all the updates, AI in the game is still very buggy. See More

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Unique, neon-soaked art style and surrealist, gritty story

Playing off of themes seen in movies like Scarface, Hotline Miami features a crazy violent story that exudes a very 80s feel. See More

The game has all kinds of tools and materials that you can acquire and use to build whatever you can imagine. From housing, furniture, weapons, to any type of structure, the possibilities are almost endless. Which is great for children who enjoy building and problem solving – and for adults who enjoy the same. It also makes for a great objective-less game, where you can do just about anything you want at your own pace. See More

Terraria

Top Pro

Allows for freedom of expression for all ages, all at your own pacing

Top Con

No tutorial and unintuitive menus

There is no tutorial to speak of and the menu system can be a bit cumbersome and confusing. See More

Thomas's Experience

So yeah, I've got 400 hours into this game I feel obliged to leave somewhat of a recommendation. RED the developer has supported this game with free updates for many years, and another one is in the works yet again - show me any other game company that does this (beside GGG). Terraria, especially when it's on sale - is well worth it's money, and (imo) beats Minecraft by a long shot. The overview (map) ensures you can't ever really get lost, and the mad amount of weapons, armor and perks ensure your character has a lot of growth ahead. Multiple bosses, enemies and game modes (3 tiers worth) ensure that even as an adventurer instead of a builder you will have plenty to do. Terraria really is a game well on it's own. See More

Specs

Genre:2D platformer / Minecraft-like

Co-Op:8 Player Online / 8 Player LAN

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

Up to 8 players can join a shared Terraria world, including the worlds that are used in single-player mode. This allows for large co-op or PvP games. Build something big together, or destroy the other guy’s base. The scenarios are endless. See More

Top Pro

Playing with groups of friends allows for endless scenarios of building and destruction

Top Con

Gameplay can feel slow

There is little to show progress in the game other than gaining items and building structures. Progress can seem to take a long time because you have to collect every item needed to craft the necessary tools, equipment, and materials to advance. See More

CoolJatasur's Experience

JUST THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See More

Top Pro

Lots of items, weapons, and blocks

Top Con

Low replay value for those who play it as an adventure game

Terraria is a sandbox platform-adventure game, so it partly hinges on beating various bosses. If you play it purely for the sake of defeating all the bosses, you might have little else to do afterwards. Restarting the game won't be as enjoyable either because you'll already know what to expect, causing continued play without a new goal feel mundane or boring. See More

PoisedSigyn's Experience

i played it since 2015 and i even now it is still one of my favorite games, even if it doesn't get another update it will be flooding with mods made by the comunity real soon See More

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Intriguing world

Terraria uses a bright color palette and an upbeat chiptune soundtrack to ease you into its world. However, once you start exploring and spend time in it you'll notice it's not as cozy as it first seemed to be. Blood Moons that rouse the dead from their graves. Goblin armies trying to destroy everything in their wake. Vast and dark cave systems, filled with odd creatures and various dangers. Ancient ruins, teeming with the restless dead and evil spirits. Pockets of decaying land, thriving with misshapen monstrosities. It's really fun to explore and discover something new about the world of Terraria. See More

Ashlynn Barnes's Experience

AWESOME!!!!!!!! make more of these games please See More

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No hand-holding, but it doesn't really need it

Terraria doesn't tell you what to do - not really. It just plops you in and lets you learn by playing. As you go, more lore gets unlocked and you discover more and more mechanics and such. It's not complicated at first, so learning through experimentation is fun and effective. See More

UnbiasedYacatecuhtli's Experience

Over 100 hours still great with lots to do! See More

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Vanity

You can put on items of vanity over your armour, so you don't have to choose between looks and specs. See More

ReasonableHuitzilopochtli's Experience

:) See More

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Contrasting bright and happy graphics against the suspenseful survival gameplay makes for a game creates a feeling 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, This contrast makes for an ever growing sense of urgency in the game, in order to craft a safe space as well as weapons to protect oneself. See More

ExpertNannaNepsdottir's Experience

Great 200+ hours See More

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Rewarding progression system that hinges on your own collecting and crafting abilities

The vast majority of items in Terraria can be used to create other items, often requiring specific crafting stations (which themselves must be crafted). This is the core of character advancement, since gear defines nearly everything about your character. The better ones gear is, the longer they can survive, thus rewarding the players who work the hardest at it. See More

ghoul reaper's Experience

awesome See More

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Find servers, tutorials, and streams within minutes online

Terraria has a very large community of players on just about every platform including mobile, desktop, and console. With many players come many servers to play on, as well as tutorials and Let's Plays. Finding content or help getting started will be quite easy. See More

julesrowland's Experience

Cool game :) See More

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Fun combat

It starts out simple, with you whacking away at slow moving zombies and flying eyes, gradually shifting to more fierce and fearsome enemies such as flying demons, agile lizardmen, and many more. To survive you'll have to be always on the move, dodge enemy attacks, and be accurate when you retaliate. There are also plenty of weapons to choose from. Melee weapons such as swords, hammers, lances, and flails. Ranged weapons such as bows, crossbows, rifles, and miniguns. And various items that allow you to cast spells. Whatever you choose, it feels great to destroy hordes of enemies. See More

LoyalZelus's Experience

this a very good game because See More

Top Pro

Lots of community servers, tutorials, and streams

Terraria has a large community of players on every platform including mobile, desktop, and console. Because of this, there are many servers to play on, as well as tutorials and Let's Plays. Finding content or help getting started is quite easy. See More

ConfidentAidos's Experience

Amazing. Respectively one of the greatest games ever made. See More

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Playing with friends allows for endless scenarios

Up to 8 players can join any Terraria world. You can progress through the game normally, build a race course and compete in it, or split into factions and wage war against each other. The scenarios are endless, you just have to let loose your creativity. See More

OpinionatedManat's Experience

I love this game because this game has a lot of Items, Blocks, Npcs, Enemies, And Bosses. And then, this game also has a good building experience. And for mining experience,... Dude this game has wonderful mining experience. And for the best one on this game, Fighting experience, it is felt like fighting a real enemies. I played on my tablet and it is a little complicated. But it is awesome for a pretty cheap game. GO AND BUY THIS GAME!!! IT IS WORTH IT TO BUY IT!! See More

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It being a God send

ExceptionalMefitis's Experience

Isa good game and a God send See More

FunnyWurugag's Experience

this is just awesome See More

Eric Waters's Experience

I could never get in to Minecraft, and it's probably because I played this first. I still go back to it occasionally all these years later. The apparent abandonment of Terraria 2 and cancellation of Terraria: Otherworld are disappointing, but the Re-Logic team keep cranking out additional content with every major update, with no end in site. See More

CromulentRohe's Experience

Fantastic and addicting, you will lose sleep! See More

Choices have lasting consequences. See More

Undertale

Top Pro

True choices

Top Con

Replaying can be a chore

The first time going through the game it's a nice experience, especially when we know nothing about the game. A different story is when we try going the same route and try changing one thing. Not only all the jokes and plot points have already been experienced, it can take a while to get to the point when we decide to do something different. See More

MightyAphroditus's Experience

This game is one of the best games ever made. In my opinion there are only one better game ever made. The characters are the best in any game, the story is incredible and the game fills you with emotions. A person you meet behind a door for 5 seconds can have more character put into it than some games have put into them. Every little bit of the game has character put into it. A game that makes you feel so emotinal about even small characters, does something very right. I love this game so much. The pacifist route is my favorite by far. Just buy it, you'll not regret it. This game is so amazing! See More

Specs

Genre:Role-Playing

The characters in the game are written well, each with their own personality. One may be too nice, and will lower their hit points when you attack, just to not offend you. Another may have personal goals of validation from their friends and family. This well fleshed out world works thanks to the characters contained within, making for an enjoyable story filled with humor. See More

Top Pro

Amazing characters

Top Con

Community

The community is not very mature. That's all. See More

VigorousWerethekau's Experience

So many different choices and answers, all for you to decide! See More

Top Pro

Full of interesting easter eggs

There are many secret mechanics to be discovered in the game. It may take a couple of playthroughs to discover them all, but when found it will make for a mind bending discovery. How the game appears is not how the game is actually being played. See More

Top Con

Story is bland

The true ending requires about three plays of the game to get through to, with a very similar story each time you play it. See More

RespectableGenann's Experience

AMAZING See More

Top Pro

Unpredictable gameplay

3 ways to tackle the game that depends solely on the choices you make. There are slight changes for each smaller choice you make, giving it some replay value. See More

Top Con

Punishes you for playing an RPG game like you would normally do

Remember when you accidentally killed that monster? Well, we're going to make you hate yourself for it. See More

ChattyAmaethon's Experience

Amazing game with a great plot. Lots of secrets with an amazing ending that immerses you into it. Even I feel graphic aren't the best they can get better, especially in battles. Would recommend you to get this. See More

Top Pro

Graphics suit the game

The graphics are made in a very simple style, which makes the game better, as it suits it more. See More

Top Con

Art could be better

Much of the game is plain looking with simple 8-bit graphics, and is defined by the limitations of the art style. While it can be appreciated this was all created by one person, the graphics could use some more polish in order to really make the game shine. See More

MightyAchlys's Experience

wellllll verry fun See More

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The Game is better than what you see in the fandoms

Some of the fandoms is bad but the game is not as bad as you think it is. See More

VivaciousTartarus's Experience

one of the best games ive ever played it's amazing See More

Top Pro

Your choices lead you down different story paths

Depending on your choices, your playthrough can change in drastic ways. If you don't want to kill enemies in battle, you can choose to have a dialog with them instead. Doing this consistently is basically a pacifist playthrough where you don't kill anyone, and characters respond to you in certain ways based on that. Or you can go for a genocide playthrough, which is basically what it sounds like, where you kill everyone you come across whenever you get the chance. This can have serious consequences, since the game does its best to make you feel bad about this approach, by having certain characters hate you. It's an interesting way to get to see the world and story from different angles. See More

TactfulAuahituroa's Experience

Just play it and you know why is it good. (except if u don't like games like pokemon or earthbound then this game is not for u) See More

Top Pro

Many interesting secrets to find

There are many secrets to discover in the game, like hidden mechanics that might take you by surprise. It may take a couple of playthroughs to find them all, but once you do, it may completely change how you see the story, the characters, and a lot more. There's a lot more to Undertale beneath its simple-looking surface. See More

SupportiveNingikuga's Experience

goood game cn i ply See More

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Alot of ways to play

You can play pacifist, genocide, and even Neutral but different endings. See More

CredibleRaijin's Experience

SUPER FUN. See More

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Well made music

A powerful, emotional 8-bit soundtrack which gives goosebumps each time you hear it See More

albo3's Experience

extremely overrated See More

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Incredible soundtrack

Just like the simple but pleasant graphics in the game, the music matches this with a lo-fi score that is very fitting. See More

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Unforgettable characters and story

A game that is very immersive. The characters are so good and you learn to know them so well, you get emotional when something either good or bad happens to them. See More

The game can get difficult, causing a good deal of frustration due to the difficulty of enemies in the game. While not impossible, many may feel it is too tough in the later portion of the game. See More

Hyper Light Drifter

Top Pro

The gameplay is phenomenal

Top Con

Gameplay can be tough

DecentCoatlicue's Experience

It sucked me in at the first moment, and kept the momentum going all the way to the end. I've had 9 whole playtroughs, and not a single one has felt repetitive and jarring. It can be difficult at times, but it's never unfair. See More

Specs

While pixel graphics have seen a revival of late being that they are cheap to make, which lends itself well to the indie scene, Hyper Light Drifter is a step above any of the best offered in this style before. Everything is hand drawn and beautifully detailed. The color pallets used stand out on just their own, as the backgrounds are all quite detailed, with different color choices being used in order to differentiate each area. All the animations in the game are pretty detailed too, even for pixel graphics. See More

Top Pro

Fantastic pixel graphics

Top Con

It is not as good without the controller

MightyInuus's Experience

Very good game. Love the art style and visual storytelling. Very little direction at the beginning but not a bad thing. Does have some very difficult enemies, even on normal mode. See More

Top Pro

It is beautiful and captivating

Everything is hand drawn and beautifully detailed. The color pallets used stand out on just their own, as the backgrounds are all quite detailed, with different color choices being used in order to differentiate each area. All the animations in the game are pretty detailed too. See More

GenerousGonggong's Experience

My favourite game of all time. One of the most atmospheric games I've yet played, with one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard, incredibly satisfying combat that is a joy to master, stunningly beautiful art direction and world design, and a well-told albeit obfuscated story that captivated me throughout the whole experience so much so that I've beaten it over twenty times and 100%ed it on three platforms. However, there is no hand-holding or spoken/written dialogue, with any tutorials being about basic mechanics and not progression - and while to me this is immersive, when coupled with the somewhat difficult combat this may make the gameplay less approachable for some. In short, this is a game that truly feels like a place, and the experiences I've had existing in that place are close to my heart. See More

Top Pro

Tells the story through pictures

With no dialog in the game (including text), the game is told through the use of pictures. When talking to an NPC, they will tell their story through a series of pictures. This goes for all interaction in the game. Which is an interesting way to go about telling a story and is pretty unique. Luckily the game tells its story successfully through this method, making for an enjoyable story overall. See More

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Very deep

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Good combat

The combat in the game is action based in real time. Each enemy has a different attack pattern that can be learned, meaning that with time the player knows when and where to hit an enemy. While the combat can be tough at times when multiple enemies are on screen, the challenge can be worth it for the enjoyment of accomplishment. See More

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Great sound

The game actually has no dialog, meaning that the music and sound effects emote what the player should be feeling. Luckily they do their job and then some, the music is easy to listen to and works with the game well, same with the sound effects. Everything feels as though it belongs, which is quite an accomplishments due to how stylized the game is. See More

Top Pro

Immersive world, and favourite game of all time

An immersive and atmospheric experience, achieved by a breathtaking soundtrack, beautiful art direction, weighty combat and fluid movement, and a dystopian world that pulses with life and corruption. See More

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Dynamic dungeons

The layout of each dungeon will change dynamically as you kill enemies contained within. So walls will move or disappear, making for a new path, depending on who you have killed. This makes for an enthralling experience that constantly asks the player to shift their strategy, making for gameplay that does not get stale. See More

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Many collectibles

There are many collectibles and secrets for those who like to find everything. See More

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Level design full of choices

Much like older Zelda games, there are different paths that can be taken in each level, there are hidden areas as well. This allows for a good bit of exploration in the game, giving a sense that you are the one exploring and discovering this world. See More

Many objects in the levels are destructible allowing for large explosions, which keeps the gameplay frantic. This will multiply depending on how many players are playing at the same time making for a very hectic gaming session. See More

Broforce

Top Pro

Tons of level destruction

Top Con

Can be pretty difficult

You can be killed by just one bullet, which creates a trial and error type of gameplay where you have to perfectly memorize all enemy locations and/or movement patterns. This gets multiplied by a hundred during boss battles, so after dying a lot of times you might start feeling frustrated. See More

IntellectualRyujin's Experience

Extremely Manly and Action packed... And Jesus. Its hard. If you want a challenge try Ironbro on hard. See More

Specs

Genre:Action / Indie / Platformer

Co-Op:4 Player Online / 4 Player Couch

Controller Support:Full

Destructible environments, large explosions, dirt and blood flying everywhere, scaling a wall with just your knife, shooting rockets larger than the body of a man, and many more over-the-top gameplay elements. Broforce is just a blast to play. See More

Top Pro

Extremely fun gameplay

Top Con

Poor character balancing

Some characters are obviously better than the others, or are highly situational. For example, the shotgun wielding character has really low range, so sometimes it's really hard to take out the enemies before they rip you to shreds from afar. See More

Eric Waters's Experience

It's just classic arcadey fun, with a hilarious satire of both hyper masculinity and hyper nationalism build right in. It's not subtle with its politics, and it's all just great fun. See More

Top Pro

Things are kept fresh by requiring you to switch up your gameplay style often

The game has 30+ different characters and each character plays differently. You change them every time you die or save a hostage which can be anywhere from every few minutes to seconds. See More

Top Con

Large amount of repetition

Enemies are repeated often and environments do not change up that much either. The majority of time is spent in a jungle with a few urban or tunnel environments thrown in the mix with enemies that look and act the same scattered around too much. There is a level of "sameness" with this game that may tire some people out. See More

HealthyCheimon's Experience

Best of all See More

Top Pro

Everything is over the top

Much like an 80s action movie, the violence, destruction and plot is all overly exaggerated. Players can blow apart their enemies with bullets as well as blow up whole section of the game with explosives. There will be blood everywhere and explosions all around. See More

Top Con

Single player not as fun as multiplayer co-op

The single player mode becomes boring pretty quick making the game more of a puzzle platformer than a multiplayer co-op frag fest. See More

Top Pro

Varied characters keep the gameplay fresh

There are more than 20 different unlockable characters to try out. This keeps otherwise really simple gameplay from going stale as fast by allowing you to enjoy a variety of playstyles. See More

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Excels at co-op

Broforce features 4-player couch and online co-op and it truly shines in that environment. Each additional player will increase the hilariously frantic nature of the game by a significant margin. See More

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Hilarious satire

This game is funny as heck. It's a deliberate send-up of action movies (80s ones especially) , American interventionism, hyper nationalism, and hyper masculinity, and I just can't stop smirking with every run. See More

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Excellent at co-op

Four players can join a single game both locally and online. It just feels really awesome spreading mayhem and destruction with three of your friends as blood, guts, and explosions surround you from all sides. See More

Top Pro

Great references to the 80s action movies

Much like an 80s action movie, the violence, destruction, and plot are all overly exaggerated. The playable characters are the members of an underfunded, under equipped military organization that somehow outguns everyone else. Their bullets seem to have the magical property to explode everything they come in contact with. There's also an insane amount of explosions and blood everywhere. Even their names are references such as Brobocop (Robocop), Bro Lee (Bruce Lee), or Brominator (Terminator). See More

The thing that makes OneShot so unique is the 4th wall breaking. Some pretty incredible stuff is done with this mechanic. See More

OneShot

Top Pro

Great 4th wall breaking

DashingBasamum's Experience

Incredible game with great puzzles and awesome story See More

Specs

Genre:Adventure

The feels in OneShot are amazing. More towards the ending(s) rather than anywhere else. The game presents you with a very hard decision and it's up to you to figure out which one is best. See More

Top Pro

Heartbreaking

PhilosophicalFodla's Experience

Honestly an amazing game with a compelling story and a beautiful art style See More

Top Pro

Compelling story

The story in OneShot along with other game mechanics make you wonder just what is going on and makes you want to play more of the game. See More

Top Pro

Great puzzles

Amazing puzzles that aren't too difficult and are really unique. See More

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Characters

Well-written characters that make you want to get involved in the game. See More

While Shovel Knight captures a lot of SNES era’s good parts, it also brings back some of the bad parts. It's mostly the hidden enemies that attack you as soon as you approach their hiding spots, causing you to take needless damage or even die. This adds a really tedious trial and error aspect that forces you to memorize all enemy placements just so you can beat a stage. In addition to dealing with the enemies, the timing of jumps or using special skills at the right moment adds to the frustration. Press the button too early or too late and you'll end up back at the start of a platforming section or worse, dead. See More

Shovel Knight

Top Con

Can be frustrating

Top Pro

Competent loot system that allows for purchasing upgrades

User can upgrade their armor and weapon through earning loot drops from enemies or digging. The earned cash allows one to purchase upgrades that help the player advance in the increasingly difficult game. See More

Tim Etler's Experience

Very polished and an interesting take on the retro style. See More

Specs

Genre:Action, Platformer

Co-Op:2 Player Local

Some of the more recurring enemies often have just a pallet swap in order to differentiate them, which comes off as a bit lazy and uninspired. See More

Top Con

Enemy design is not always great

Top Pro

Retains an original feel despite clear influences

The art design, music, and writing maintain a very original feel to the game despite its obvious influences, which is what helps the game stand out, which makes it enjoyable in its own right. See More

Top Pro

Nice story telling

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Insanely good retro soundtrack

The music (with few exceptions) is phenominal in this game See More

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A unique experience

Shovel Knight has 2D pixel art, a simple gameplay, and a retro feel. It stands out in an era dominated by 3D titles with super detailed graphics and convoluted gameplay because of its influences from classics like Zelda, Castlevania, Duck Tales, and even Super Mario Bros. It’s not just trying to cash in on the nostalgia of older players because it’s a game that can be enjoyed by anyone thanks to its polish. See More

Top Pro

Combination of the best gameplay elements of retro pixel games of the NES era

Combining elements from Mega Man, Mario 3, Duck Tales, Zelda II, and Castelvania Shovel Knight excels over the rest of the games trying to cash in on the 2D pixel art revival of recent years. See More

Top Pro

Risk reward system

Players can risk destroying checkpoints for loot, which means if one does die after destroying their checkpoints they will have to start from the beginning of the stage. Basically, this is a gambling system that can pay off or cause a crushing blow. See More

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Cross-platform

Encourages fast paced game play with time based rewards, and requires quick reactions. See More

Dead Cells

Top Pro

Fast paced

Top Con

Shallow story

The story feels totally inconsequential. There isn't much going on with the plot, and what little is there is pretty forgettable. You feel motivated by the progression of the game rather than any emotional connection to the story. If you're looking for something with a stronger narrative to go with the good gameplay, this isn't it. See More

ProudUrania's Experience

One of the best metroidmania games ive played in my life Fast paced combat Boss fight Beautifull game design A variety set of weapons and spells But u die once thats it ... See More

Specs

Genre:Roguelike, Metroidvania, Action, Platformer

The game has a good variety of weapons (ranged and melee), skills (spells, traps, turrets), and enemies that all change how the game plays out. Some weapons work best if the enemy is bleeding, some skills hurl enemies at you, some enemies are immune to attacks from the front. Which items you find and decide to keep will change what approach to combat you need to take. See More

Top Pro

Deep, rewarding, and fast paced combat

Top Con

Can be repetitive

Doesn't have an engaging story to push you to keep playing. See More

Coal Blue's Experience

I wish more games in general had combat that feels this fast paced but somehow so completely manageable. Bunches of weapons to choose from, melee, ranged, spells, traps, deployables. All with their own strengths. They randomly get passive abilities (targets hit will bleed for X sort of thing) which make each run an interesting experience. The variety of enemies is vast and fun. Each time you encounter a new foe you're dreading that moment of "what he gonna do to me!?" But once you figure out your enemies, the level quickly becomes a graceful ballet of you slicing through your enemies while seamlessly dodging their spells and attacks all while avoiding pitfalls and traps. The controls are god tier and their responsiveness just as highly rated. Very rarely do I experience a game where I can feel my input smoothness is matched perfectly on screen. This game is one of those moments. I have never died wondering "what did I just get snagged on? didn't I dodge that?" etc. etc. I"m a huge metrovania fan and this topped the charts of my favorites the day it hit early access. It's only gotten better as the updates keep coming. See More

Top Pro

Brilliant game design

All the little details come together to make Dead Cells incredibly rewarding to play with very little frustration. You die a lot, but you're constantly permanently progressing as well. Also every level is procedural generated, so even when you die and have to restart it feels unique and different every time. See More

Top Con

Frustrating to fail

The game gives you one life (except with a certain perk) so if you die then your whole run is over. This would be fine if it wasn't so easy to lose all your health in an instant. At least in Dark Souls you go back to a bonfire so you can fight a boss again, in this game it's back to level 1. This makes it frustrating if you spend a lot of time on a run only for it to all go down the drain from a small mistake. See More

Eric Waters's Experience

Oh, Dead Cells, how many hours have I spent on you... What? Over 300? Not even close to enough. See More

Top Pro

Beautiful pixelart graphics

Detailed and incredibly animated, the visuals are just a joy to look at. See More

StrongHermes's Experience

The best roguelike pixelart action platformer. This is a benchmark game, no game has came close to even after many years. See More

Top Pro

Presents a good challenge

Making one mistake can mean death, which makes the game challenging but also fun as you learn how to take on certain enemies with different sets of weapons and skills. See More

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Replayable

Never gets old, even after you finish the game on the highest difficulty level. See More

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Satisfying combat

The hits are impactful, the controls are super-responsive, and it's overall very fluid. See More

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Controls

Fluid, responsive, and quick controls never leave you wondering "what just happened?" See More

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Supported by developers and community

The creators of the game are consistently updating the game with new features, adding entirely new areas and weapons each time. The game could have honestly been released a while ago and fared decently but they keep making it better. Even more importantly though, the developers have taken player feedback into account many times. The devs love the game and the community and it shows through their work. See More

Top Pro

Beautiful pixel art graphics

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Challenging but fair

The game is hard - very hard in places. But with great controls and careful design, it never feels unfair. Moreover, the difficulty ramps up as you go, so you'll always be challenged. See More

Top Pro

Satisfying combat with a good amount of depth to it

Dead Cells encourages fast-paced gameplay and requires quick reactions. The hits are impactful, the controls are super-responsive, and it's overall very fluid. The game has a good variety of weapons, skills and enemies that all change how the game plays out. Some weapons work best if the enemy is bleeding, some skills hurl enemies at you, some enemies are immune to attacks from the front. Which items you find and decide to keep will change what approach to combat you need to take. See More

Top Pro

The developers put a lot of love and care into the game

Throughout its time in Early Access, the creators of Dead Cells consistently updated the game with new features, adding entirely new areas and weapons each time. The game could have honestly been released a while ago and fared decently, but they kept making it better. Even more importantly though, the developers took player feedback into account many times. The devs love the game and the community and it shows through their work. See More

Top Pro

Brilliant game design that presents a good challenge

All the little details come together to make Dead Cells incredibly rewarding to play. Making one mistake can mean death, which makes the game challenging but also fun as you learn how to take on certain enemies with different sets of weapons and skills. Also, every level is procedurally-generated, so even when you die and have to restart it feels unique and different every time. This keeps the game from ever getting old, even after you finish the game on the highest difficulty level. See More

Top Pro

Two year roadmap, most of it free

The guys responsible for Dead Cell's upkeep claim to have two more years of content planned (as of DEC2019), most of it free. There have already been major updates since it came out of early access, and it just keeps getting better (although I miss the OP Exploding Crossbow). See More

With a litany of mods available, a great number of combinations are possible, allowing you to customize your experience with the game as you wish, be it new biome types, new gameplay systems, animations, music, skins, cosmetic items, props and entirely new crafting and tech trees. If you're looking for a good place to start, I'd recommend Frackin' Universe, RPG Progression, Optimizebound, Avali related mods and Felin related mods. Weapons Assembly Station and Universal Uncrafter are also useful mods to have around. See More

Starbound

Top Pro

Incredible Mod Support

Top Con

Not very optimized

Do not expect to run this game at 60+ fps, a lot of how this game works under the hood is very CPU intensive, and only makes use of half the cores on your CPU. This results in instances where the game outright freezes up for a second, often throwing your jumping and movement off-balance. See More

Thomas's Experience

Compared to Terraria,. Starbound just feels incomplete and unpolished. I've got over 400 hours into terraria, but Starbound just a mere 70. Starbound is a good game - but it's closer to minecraft than Terraria in it's lack of objectives. And with the multiplanet system, you aren't really encouraged to build a base and settle anywhere. See More

Specs

The exploration, crafting and combat are all both very polished and deep in terms of what you can do, especially compared to other games in the genre. This makes the sandbox very fun to play in as you're never really stuck doing the same thing over and over. See More

Genre:Survival

Co-Op:Online Co-Op/PvP

Top Pro

Incredibly deep gameplay

Top Con

Main quest-line is lacking

People who aren't very adventurous aren't going to get very much out of this game, since the main quest is fairly short and can be beaten in a few dozen hours, with a set treadmill of experiences to offer. Meanwhile, the adventurous can mostly ignore the story and get a lot more out of exploring the universe and throwing whatever loose sense of balance it had out of the window. See More

Top Pro

Informative and well paced tutorials

Starbound allows the player to go at their own pace while completing the tutorials. By the end of the tutorials the player will have the skills and equipment to succeed in the game and have fun doing it. See More

Top Con

A little too hand-holdy

One of the great aspects of this type of game is the freedom to discover new crafting recipes, new things you can do and new places to explore at your own pace. The tutorial system in this game, while doing a great job of easing the confusion new players will feel when they're dropped into their first world, it does its job too well, generating tutorial missions almost throughout your entire play-through. See More

Top Pro

Boss levels

For what is a procedurally generated game, Starbound offers boss levels that once beaten unlock new sectors of space to explore. See More

Top Pro

Multiplayer Co-op

Super fun to play with friends. Much like others of it's genre. See More

FEZ goes beyond just being a great puzzle platformer. It also has a very clever storyline and game world with a mysterious bygone civilization that fits perfectly with the mysterious puzzles of the game. See More

FEZ

Top Pro

Mysterious world with lots of depth

Top Con

Pen and paper absolutely required for full completion

There is a lot of backtracking and so, you need to keep a pen and paper near you to take notes, because you might need something very important later on. For some people this might be a fun killer. See More

Madame Écureuil's Experience

If it weren't for the fact that the author of this game is so infmous for his shameful behaviour, this game would have never gotten the attention it never deserved. Bland and mediocre, to say that this game is fairly competently made is the best thing I can say about this boring strudel of a game. See More

Specs

The core mechanic of FEZ is the ability to spin the world around in 3D, and then traverse and interact with the resulting terrain in 2D. See More

Top Pro

Clever 2D rotation game mechanic

Top Con

Slow gameplay

Navigation isn't quick, and each missed jump can make ascending an area feel like a laborious chore. See More

CreativeHlin's Experience

I would come to this game, just to wander around and listen to soundtrack.. but I wouldn't stick too long See More

Top Pro

Great atmospheric soundtrack

Soft synth sounds mixed with chiptunes makes for an enjoyable soundtrack that evokes a feeling of nostalgia while creating a fitting atmosphere that complements the graphics. See More

Top Con

Loads of backtracking

The world is an intertwined maze that rely on specific portals to travel between. Since the entire game revolves around locating cubes -- a minimum of 32 cubes are required to reach the game's ending (64 cubes and "anti-cubes" exist in total). A considerable amount of backtracking is needed to locate the needed cubes; which are intentionally difficult to find and acquire. See More

Top Pro

Charming graphics and world

The characters are interesting and expressive and the world they inhabit varies between vibrant forests and villages, foreboding caves, rainy cityscapes, and more. See More

Top Con

Horrible map

Since the game is,. in essence 3D, and multi dimensional it's incredibly hard to get back into the game after a break. See More

Top Pro

Brilliant puzzles

Fez has some deviously hard puzzles and mysteries that will require gathering clues from around the world to solve them. See More

Top Con

Phil Fish made it

Phil Fish has had a long rap sheet of being incredibly arrogant and toxic in his behaviour, purchasing this game is an implicit endorsement of this kind of behaviour. See More

Top Pro

Wandering around is satisfying

It is pleasant to just wander around this game, enjoying it's graphics and music. If you enjoy slow-paced gameplay, you will love this. See More

Top Con

Guess-and-check instead of intuitive puzzles

Unlike other great puzzle games like Portal or Braid, many of the levels in Fez are unpredictable. You can't just look at the map and predict exactly what to do. You have to guess and check, and not all of the results are intuitive. While guess-and-check puzzles works well for games like The Witness, it's really tedious in a game like Fez. See More

Top Con

Minimal direction

The lack of clear direction + the mysteries of the foreign writing alphabet and numeric systems may overwhelm players who got in expecting a simple & cute platformer game about a white dude with a red hat (a traditional Ottoman hat, which is called a "fez"). See More

Top Con

Too reliant on its one gimmick

Aside from the perspective-shifting mechanic, this game does not have much to offer. See More

Top Con

Slow "real time" puzzles

There are a few (spoiler) clock and other time related puzzles that use your computer's time to be unlocked. This means you are forced to log in to that exact puzzle at 12:00 at a certain point of the week to be able to unlock it See More

Top Con

Very limited depth

The core gameplay loop of "jump until stuck, then rotate" is boring and repetitive within the first hour. Aside from this perspective-shifting mechanic, the game does not have much to offer. See More

Top Con

Limited button mapping support on keyboard

FEZ has a couple of preset control schemes to choose from, but the buttons can't have functions assigned individually. See More

Top Con

Frequent crashes on PC

PC version of the game has stability issues. Luckily, FEZ autosaves often so no much progress is lost when the game crashes. See More

As the story progresses the characters attitudes and emotions change in response to the ever evolving story. This makes fro what is a very well written game that makes the story and characters seem genuinely real. See More

To The Moon

Top Pro

Well written characters

Top Con

Too short

Averaging play at around 4 hours to complete the game is quite short, good thing there are a bunch of free DLCs released that extend the gameplay. See More

Specs

The main story is actually told backwards, ala the movie Memento. While not the most original concept, still a cool way to tell a story. In the end there is quite the happy ending that will result in many tears being shed. See More

Top Pro

Cute story told backwards with an unexpected happy ending

Top Con

Gameplay is lackluster

The actual gameplay of the game consists of tile flipping and a few other mini type games. See More

Celeste

Top Pro

Fantastic soundtrack

One of the best soundtracks in a game in a long time, keeping you engaged despite the highly stressful levels. See More

Top Con

Some players might find it too hard without assist

The game is meant to be incredibly difficult and while the difficulty is made easy with quick recovery from dying, it may still be frustrating for less experienced players. See More

ClassyArash's Experience

Cool Story about anxiety and overcoming fears. + Perfect gameplay mechanics See More

Specs

Genre:Platformer

A compelling story about growing up, dealing with anxiety, and facing difficulties in life. See More

Top Pro

Relatable and touching story

chgd's Experience

The gameplay is fantastic, challenging and engaging. The music and art are also spectacular. See More

Top Pro

Beautiful pixel art

Rich in color, slick animations. See More

Top Pro

Tight controls

Some of the best controls in any 2D platformer, allowing you to adjust your movement down to the pixel. Mastering the controls feels more like mastering an instrument than a game. See More

Top Pro

Assist mode makes it accessible to people who find it hard to play

The game is meant to be really difficult, but the devs include an assist mode that makes it accessible to everyone without babying the player. See More

Top Pro

Tons of content

Even after the main storyline, the game has twice, or even three times as much content by having "B-sides" and "C-sides" which are harder versions of all the levels. See More

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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Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery

Top Pro

Excellent atmosphere that compliments the engrossing story

Top Con

Costs too much money

Specs

Genre:Puzzle / Adventure

Co-Op:None

Controller Support:No

Top Pro

World enveloping puzzles that build upon the last in order to keep the player interested

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. It is through these puzzles that the player will feel more and more connected to the world and story of the game, making for an experience one will remember. See More

Top Con

Subpar gameplay

The gameplay often times feels convoluted or just too high concept. Art in the place of gameplay, which some may enjoy, but those looking for deep game mechanics should look elsewhere. See More

Top Pro

Excellent soundtrack

A true hidden gem: synth, rock, folk and classical sounds, blending together so well that they don't just compliment the feel - they often create it by themselves. Boss track battles are EPIC. See More

Top Pro

An art game

There are 190 guns available in the game that the player can collect through purchasing them in an in-game shop as they progress through the game. Most likely this will take multiple playthroughs with all four of the available characters, which means tons of playtime for those that like to collect everything in a game. See More

Enter The Gungeon

Top Pro

Cool collection aspect

Top Con

Co-op feels tacked on

Co-op in the game is only local (no online co-op at all), which limits who you can pay with. On top of this the way one has to go about starting a co-op game feels a bit unintuitive, which can be frustrating. Stages can also feel cramped when in co-op mode, meaning players bump into walls and objects too much. See More

Specs

Genre:Roguelike

The game can be difficult, especially when first starting out. This may mean a lot of deaths and a feeling of no progressions due to having to start over a lot. While the game is not unmanageable for players who enjoy the games genres, it may be a bit of a turn off for newcomers. See More

Top Pro

Very addictive

Top Con

High difficulty

Top Pro

Easily stay in the action of the game

There are a few small features in the game that add up to making sure the player is never too distracted or pulled out of the action. Things like once a stage is cleared and all coins dropped by your fallen foes will be magnetically pulled to you, just to make sure time is not wasted running around picking up currency. Another is that each map has numerous teleporter nodes, which makes for fast and easy travel. And lastly there is a quick start in the main menu that allows the player to jump right back into the action the next time they start up the game. All these things add up to an ease of use that makes sure the player is never too distracted by the un-fun elements of play. See More

Top Pro

Unique tone

The game is often silly with many humorous elements such as every character is based around being a bullet, that in turn own guns and fire other bullets. There is no mistaking that the game is about shooting, and the game is somewhat 4th wall breaking by taking advantage of this fact and hilariously throwing it into the players face. See More

Top Pro

Satisfying replayability

Thanks to the roguelite aspects of the game, there is randomly generated levels, which means fresh gameplay each time the game is played. There is also 4 different characters available in the game, each of which has a different boss fight at the end of the game as well as different characteristics while being used. This also makes for a good bit of replayability for those that would like to see all the different bosses in the game as well as experience the different type of gameplay for each character. See More

Top Pro

SHMUP like gameplay

A lot of the shooting elements in this game revolve around SHMUP like mechanics. Players will need to doge a juke many bullets on screen at ones. Luckily there is a roll capability that allows the player to doge when in a precarious position. This roll feature though is not just some way to make the game easier but is a tool to be used as the game is specifically designed to need this roll in certain places. See More

Top Pro

Gameplay is balanced well

Often in a roguelite game there can be the chance of getting delt a bum hand on any particular run, luckily Enter the Gungeon does not suffer from this issue as there is a good balance of the gunplay mechanics that sees any death by you as your own fault of not playing to your max ability. Never is it some cheap shot or some item that was not able to be picked up this run, it is just your skill and awareness of wht is being shot at you that matters the most. See More

Its very effective minimalist take on controls makes Kingdom feel so simple to start. Yet the game gives you plenty to do. Expand your walls? Or fortify them? Scout? Siege? Recruit? But be sure to get inside by nightfall because then comes the monsters. See More

Kingdom: New Lands

Top Pro

Easy, but deep gameplay

Coal Blue's Experience

Simple game play and interesting roguelike mechanics make the game very replayable. Only downside is it's simplicity is more suited to portable play rather than a PC. I'd play this sort of thing on my android 100x more than I do on a PC. See More

Top Pro

Great pixel art

The pixel art in this game looks really good. See More

ProfessionalJarilo's Experience

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Top Pro

Originality

Gameplay that is unlike any other game you’ve played before. See More

Minecraft can be played by 4 players locally via splitscreen. This makes it a great way spend time with your friends and family when you don't have access to the internet. See More

Minecraft

Top Pro

Local multiplayer option for when there is no internet

Top Con

Steep and time-consuming learning curve

Learning what items are needed to craft takes quite a bit of knowledge and time. There are guides and videos online that can help with this, but not much in-game that helps the player know exactly how and what to craft. See More

ImmaculateAidos's Experience

MINECRAFT See More

Specs

Genre:Indie / Survival / Sandbox

Co-Op:8 Player Online / 4 Player Couch / 8 Player LAN/ Infinite Player Servers

Controller Support:Yes

If you prefer building, creative mode is the way to go. It immediately gives you unlimited blocks, the ability to fly, and immortality. This allows you to easily build anything you want without worrying about height or enemies. Things like giant castles, villages, roller coasters, and even unique builds such as the Enterprise from Star Trek. You can really let your creativity loose. See More

Top Pro

Great creativity tool

LearnedAmatsuMikaboshi's Experience

quem nunca ja jogou mine :) See More

Top Pro

It's Minecradt

TrustworthyMelpomene's Experience

It is the best selling game of all time and i can see why. The game is fast and arcade. You can explore anything. Like: Desert Temples, Jungle Temples, Underwater temples,Villigies with Pilligies that raid the villige, and so many more See More

Top Pro

Randomly generated worlds and distinct locations keep the gameplay fresh

Each new world is randomly generated, making for a different experience every time. There can be plains, rivers, beaches, ravines, giant mountains, hidden villages, and a lot more. There are also 38 biomes, which includes snow, desert, forest, swamp among others. Each one has its own set of unique blocks, plant life, and creatures. You won't get tired of exploring above ground or underground because every location will seem new and exciting. See More

Top Pro

Amazing extended community

The community surrounding this game is huge due to its popularity. There are lots of servers and projects revolving around it that allow for so many different choices in how one wants to play and who they want to play with. From crafting guides/videos, themed servers and YouTube play sessions, there is enough out there to help one find what they are looking for. See More

Crawl [Early Access]

The levels in Binding of Isaac are randomly generated. They will have different layouts, monster combinations, upgrades, secrets, and bosses each time you start a new playthrough. You can even change characters to mix up the playstyle, swapping to a really fast but fragile character or a very durable but weak character. As a result, no two playthroughs will ever feel the same, allowing you to replay the game countless times without getting tired of it. See More

Controller Support:Yes

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

Top Pro

Great replay value

Top Con

It's creepy

The game to be put nicely is not really scary but just plain creepy. Definitely not a game recommended for children. See More

Specs

Co-Op:2 Player Local

Top Pro

If you like hard games this is the game for you

Top Con

Horrible art direction

Top Pro

Addictive

With an arcade style feel and fairly quick play through the game makes it easy to sit down and play for hours. See More

Top Pro

Insane amounts of bang for your buck

You can potentially spend more hours playing Isaac then many AAA games, thus giving more value to ones money spent, as the game is cheaper, but has the potential for many more hours. See More

Top Pro

Powerups combine in very unique ways

There are tons of unique power ups, and most of them interact with each other to create really interesting combinations. The main attack in the game is shooting a projectile, and modifiers on top of that stack making for really interesting attacks. For example, you can have a homing, multi, laser attack that shoots in both directions by combining multiple treasures. You can build really interesting strategies this way and that keeps the game feeling fresh. See More

Top Pro

Better than the first one

Top Pro

Very creepy themes

Binding of Isaac is a story about insanity, religious fanaticism, ritual sacrifices, and even worship of the devil. Once you start paying attention to the various details, it can be genuinely terrifying and dark. See More

Top Pro

Addictive gameplay that keeps you entertained

Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is very easy to pick up and play with each playthrough lasting about 30 minutes on average. It’s just really fun shooting enemies, collecting treasures, and dropping the occasional bomb, making it really hard to stop playing. One playthrough will turn into ten and many hours will have passed before you know it. See More

Top Pro

Incredible amounts of content for a low price

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth has all the content of the previous releases and even new content. As a result there are tons of unlockable items, secrets, bosses, power-ups, hidden characters, challenges, and item combinations. There’s just so much to do and try out you’ll be entertained for dozens of hours, adding up to more hours you can spend in a lot of fullprice games. See More

Top Pro

Character upgrades are really fun

One of the best parts about Binding of Isaac is collecting upgrades and watching your character evolve. This can be nuances in the physical appearance of your character, adding a cute hat, changing its skin tone to green, or even lodging a rock into its skull. It can also be modifications to the way your tear bullets look and shoot, changing their color, speed, firing arc, or even turning them into a massive laser. It’s just really cool seeing your character turn into something entirely different by the end of a playthrough. See More

Top Pro

Has single-player and local co-op game modes

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth has a single player campaign as well as a 2 player co-op game mode. See More

Top Pro

One of a kind

One of the best roguelikes out there. Difficult to beat completely and oh so very satisfying. Gazillions of unlocks, secrets, bosses, power-ups and item combinations. Limited co-op (BoIR only). The game can be genuinely terrifying and dark, especially if you take a moment to ponder what's really going on with its backstory and characters. See More

Top Pro

Challenges you both in game and out

The game its self is very challenging. Plus its story is cryptic and up for interpretation to give you something to think about when your not playing. See More

Such as farming, fishing, mining, forestry, exploration and meeting people. This allows for many elements to explore in the game that expands the gameplay but also allows for freedom of choice in what to do and when to do it. See More

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Stardew Valley

Top Pro

You have freedom to choose to play one aspect of the game or all of them

Top Con

Can get really repetitive

Living on a farm is a lot of work, so you'll have to repeat the same tasks quite often. This includes tilling land, planting seeds, chopping trees, and many other farm related activities. While it's normally pretty fun and relaxing, it can get incredibly tedious during long play sessions, especially if you're just trying to progress. See More

TruthfulTeshub's Experience

Honestly,the pros outweight the cons. cons itself are more geared to people who hate repetitive gameplay,but this is a farming simulator game,so I believe these shouldn’t even be a con at all. Admittedly,the schedule of the townspeople are a bit annoying for that certain quest,but it’s not like everyone should just stand still in one place,24/7 either. That said,there are mods in which you can use to track said people anyway. I,myself have never had a problem with the control management,so I can’t say anything about that. But as for information...it’s how the game is designed. If a game bombard people with information,how would anyone derive joy from that? Surely,a few hours of tutorial would spoil the fun. The pros? So much freedom,customisation,and diversity! Each and every other player’s farm is unique. The graphics,well not beautiful in other’s eyes,could at least be said to be asthetically pleasing. The rest can be said to be exactly what the pros are saying. :) See More

Specs

Genre:Farming Simulation, Role-Playing

Co-Op:Online and Local, up to 4 players

While Stardew Valley is primarily a farming simulator, it also has social interaction elements and combat elements. The social interaction elements allow you to interact with people around the town. You can befriend them, get quests from them, hang out with them, and even find a significant other to go out with and eventually marry. It can be very addictive to max out your relationship with everyone. The combat elements are introduced when you unlock the dungeon, allowing you to battle creatures such as slimes, golems, and even mummies. While the combat is pretty simple, having you just swing your weapon, it's very satisfying to whack away at enemies. If farming ever starts feeling stale you can try either of these to mix it up, allowing you to keep the game fresh for a longer time. See More

Top Pro

A great mix of genres

Top Con

Townspeople schedule is difficult to keep up with

The game asks the player to meet everyone in town, while there is mini map that shows where townspeople are, certain townsfolk are missing from this map such as shop keepers. This makes it difficult to keep up with who is where. See More

ArtisticAphroditus's Experience

It is way too expensive for being so badly made. There are so many glitches and the game basically has no meaning whatsoever. I think you should go to gameshed because there they have the best free pixel games and sh•t. Bye h•es. See More

Top Pro

There is always more to do

Just like in the real world, operating a farm is a lot of work, especially if one is set on expanding said farm. The game works just like this in that the player is always driven to expand on what they have, be it growing more crops, raising more animals or just improving ones house and equipment. This makes for a game that drives the player to keep playing just a little bit longer to get just one more thing done. See More

Top Con

Large amount of grind

While it is the bread and butter of the gameplay, the amount of work that needs done from the start is quite a lot and so you will be doing the same thing over and over again. The whole farm is dilapidated, meaning everything needs cleaned up, weeds need cleared, rocks need cleared, tress need cleared, the whole house needs rebuilt. this amount of what are basically chores may not appeal to all as it is quite a feat to take on. See More

IndustriousHomonoia's Experience

Absolutely gorgeous! It's relaxing and you can sink hundreds of hours into it without ever feeling bored or tapped out. See More

Top Pro

Mods

Just imagine the amount of stuff you can add to enhance your gameplay! There is a great number of mods out there for Stardew Valley. See More

Top Con

Can get overwhelming

AwareMarzyana's Experience

Its a good game, I Loved all the cutscenes of the game they were great and Chucklefish make great games See More

Top Pro

Very fulfilling to play

Stardew Valley is a very simple game where you're free to do anything and everything at your own pace. This includes building your farm, planting and harvesting crops, and exploring the world among many other things. It will feel enjoyable no matter how fast or slow you do it. This coupled with the colorful/pleasing art style and the great soundtrack makes it an extremely pleasing experience. See More

Top Con

Lacks polish in some areas

Menus feel odd in that some controls work in some areas while not in other such as item management when using chests. There is also a lack of information in the game on how to do things, which means the player must figure it out through trial and error. While this is much like an old school game it would be nice to have a few things explained in order to not miss anything important in the game like certain festivals. See More

SincereConcordia's Experience

The best game i have ever played See More

Top Pro

Great freedom in designing your farm

When creating your own farm you aren't just limited to plowing fields for planting crops. You can also dig wells, put down fences, and even build various structures such as barns or stables. This allows you to build a farm that firmly matches your goals and sense of aesthetics. See More

Top Con

Inspired

Concept was inspired by the Harvest Moon series. First title called Harvest Moon on super nintendo was released in 1996 in Japan, and 1997 in the USA EDIT: It's not "stolen" - it's an homage. The developer has been above board from the very beginning, and has a great deal of affection for Harvest Moon. See More

DignifiedAura's Experience

I JUST LOVE THIS GAME IDK WHY !! :DDD See More

Top Pro

Catchy and relaxing music

For a game that is meant to have large amounts of time spent in it, the music is quite relaxing, which is nice as it does not get on the player's nerves. See More

DazzlingNinsar's Experience

good See More

Top Pro

Convenient auto save feature

There is no manual saving in the game, it auto saves when sleeping or or moving on to the next day. This is convenient as the player does not need to remember to save, which could lead to accidental lost data. This system also prevents the player taking advantage of the randomly generated mines, as it could be too easy to exploit for rare items. See More

DashingAlala's Experience

fun See More

Top Pro

Weather system that forces the player to adapt

Each day in the game may feature different weather depending on the season in the game. From rain to snow to natural disasters, each forces the player to adapt their workload to that days forecast. This keeps the player on their toes and forces them to plan for events to make sure they have the needed supplies for when different disasters happen. See More

DashingAnhur's Experience

This game should be considered to be a therapy, I was very anxious and depressed and after I met Stardew Valley I improved a lot in several aspects, in this game your integrity in the community in Vila Pelicanos is very important, in addition to everything you can do fishing, mine, cultivate, get to know the region etc, my sincere opinion about this game is it's therapy, play this game to relax, this is certainly one of the best Pixel Art and Indie games I have ever seen. See More

Top Pro

Deep customization options

There is quite a lot that can be crafted in the game, from fence posts to chicken coops. Discovering how to build these and then deciding where to place them is one of the best parts of the game as you can build/design a farm to your liking. See More

ImaginativeWurrunna's Experience

YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS TRASH See More

Top Pro

Less glitches and bugs

This game is very well known to have very little glitches and bugs. Some users have even gone on to say that such things are nonexistent! Considering the fact that this game is made by literally 1 person, this is incredible in and of itself. See More

NobleTamKung's Experience

good See More

Top Pro

Long playtime

The game is reported to taking over 10 hours for one season in the game, of which their are four season in a year. Which means it can take 40 hours just to get though the first year in the game, of which there can be many. This means a user can easily sink in 100s of hours into the game, making for quite a bargain for a $15 game. See More

Gamer's Experience

Although I find the gameplay a bit boring because I am a gamer who likes action packed games, I would give it a thumbs up because of its very satisfying pixel art. See More

Top Pro

Good selection of game options

The games options see resolution support, controller and keyboard support, of which the controller support even has a rumble feature (for those that have controllers with rumble support). Keyboard support also has built in key-bind support, for those that do not have a separate key-bind support app. See More

UnderstandingAlcyoneus's Experience

This game is absolutely magic. Thats all See More

Top Pro

Great soundtrack

When you work on your farm, go fishing, explore or just walk around the town you'll be accompanied by a really nice soundtrack. It's sometimes upbeat, sometimes soothing, and sometimes even melancholic, with every track matching each location and season perfectly. There's also a wide variety of instruments used, including a piano, accordion, banjo, synths, and many others. This allows you to listen to the soundtrack for hours without getting tired of it. Sometimes it's very hard to believe Stardew Valley and its soundtrack was produced by just one person. See More

CapableMoneta's Experience

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Eric Waters's Experience

With more than 500 hours logged, I can tell you that for some people, this game is essentially heaven. Relaxing, deep without being confusing, peaceful music and pleasing visuals. Love it. The developer is also continuing with content updates, with the most recent one dropping just last month - not paid DLC, mind you - just more content at no extra charge. See More

FerventAnkotarinja's Experience

very good game See More