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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Do you know the door breach sequences in Call of Duty? Where you place a breaching charge on a door, it explodes, and then you shoot every bad guy in a room while the time is slowed down? [1/10]

A screenshot from Tactical Breach Wizards showing two armed wizards chatting as they are about to breach a door. "what does it pay?" "Nothing. I'm broke." "That's actually very competitive with what I'm earning right now".

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I finished the game, got all the collectibles and the true ending in about 4.5 hours. I would recommend this if you're looking for something warm, relaxed and family-friendly. [6/6]

A screenshot from Later Alligator showing a crowded, stylized group photo of a large family of alligator characters gathered together, overlaid with the text, "Welcome to the Family!!!"

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The writing carries this game, and it helps the few frustrations I had with it to fade into the background (unless you want to get all the achievements). I also found the game's music loops a bit grating, but that's neither here nor there. [5/6]

Another screenshot from Later Alligator showing a massive, triangular-shaped alligator named Tall Jared sitting at a dimly lit bar with a martini, delivering the line: "Honestly, I'm not even the tallest Jared that I personally know."

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The minigames themselves are a mixed bag, they're sometimes funny, mostly mediocre, and there's amazingly terrible pinball that demonstrates everything I dislike about pinball. However, they are also used to develop the characters they are attached to. [3/6]

A screenshot from Later Alligator showing an elderly reptile named Papouli wearing sunglasses and relaxing in a lawn chair next to an outdoor market stand, accompanied by a dialogue bubble: "You have to speak up, I'm hard of hearing due to a condition where I stop listening mid-sentence and think about the war"

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

sniper rifle equipped Draculas keeping you inside the mission area). The music consists entirely of 2000s Drum and Bass. You can rinse this game in about 1 hour, would recommend it if you want to dip into something with great feeling movement for a bit. [4/4]

Orbo standing in front of Peach's castle from Mario 64

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Overall, I liked this game a lot and I would recommend it to anyone who would like to be immersed in untamed wilderness for a while. It took me about 12 hours to finish it. [8/9]

A dark, calm lake shrouded in thick green-tinted fog, with a silhouette of a wooden crane/catapult structure on the right bank.

Looking through the triangular wooden understructure of a bridge at a distant waterfall pouring between two high cliff walls.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

This can get frustrating, so make sure to adjust the difficulty slider in the options menu if it's a problem. You should also avoid this game if you hate insects and especially spiders, since man-sized crawlies are most of your opposition. [7/9]

Looking down a narrow, rocky bridge flanked by absolute darkness where multiple pairs of red eyes glow menacingly in the shadows.

Looking up at a towering, dark rocky cliffside with a tall, thin waterfall plunging down, framed by pine trees under a cloudy grey sky.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

There is also combat. For the most part it's there to provide friction to make exploration more interesting, but unfortunately it also has some boss fights that tend to degenerate into S+M1 in confined spaces. [6/9]

Inside a dark, moss-covered cave filled with hanging stalactites and rising stalagmites, looking out towards a glowing blue abyss.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Furthermore, the game runs on the old folklore logic: the nature is uncaring and every level feels carved into a landscape rather than being designed for optimal gameplay experience, and the story resembles a dark tale from an isolated community where you have to deal with malicious [4/9]

A dark volcanic canyon path at night with a glowing orange river of lava flowing under gnarled, burnt, leafless trees and a starry night sky.

A long stone arch viaduct crossing a snowy mountain pass during a heavy blizzard under a thick grey fog.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Mechanically, this is an FPS with early 2000s-level graphics and metroidvania-like level progression. In practice, this is one of the most atmospheric games I've played recently. [2/9]

A first-person view looking down a narrow rope suspension bridge over a rushing river cascading down waterfalls in a steep, forested valley.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The computer terminals can be chained in a row, and later you learn how to change how the machines are connected in order to unlock more demanding locks. Everything in the game is gated by knowledge, you don't unlock any abilities that let you do things you couldn't at the start. [4/8]

A green-screen CRT terminal in Terminal Lucidity showing a first-person perspective of logged text messages about a character named Angel trying to maintain a light in a dark, godless world.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The game keeps changing the level gimmicks and environments, so it never grows stale either. It has straightforward GB-era sensibilities, and I would recommend it as a straight platformer if you like the genre. [4/9]

A Game Boy Color style pixel-art screenshot from Curse Crackers showing the protagonist, Belle, with her purple companion Chime, talking to Fione in a grassy camping area, with a dialogue box at the bottom where Belle says: "YES FIONE. I'VE TOUCHED GRASS. MANY TIMES."

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

It took me ~12 hours to 100% it, though you can probably get through to the credits in about 8. I had fun, would recommend if you are looking for something vaguely Mario-shaped to unwind to. --- [5/5]

A screenshot from Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom showing the player taxi talking to a yellow NPC taxi with heart eyes named "Ocra Taxi Goes Smooch," who says: "HEY! I'M A TAXI POWERED BY A SPRING, JUST LIKE YOU!" while a character in a purple suit jumps over the player's taxi.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

It's an easy to learn, hard to master kind of game, as its controls really are just steering and spindash, with difficulty coming from accurately landing your jumps on increasingly precarious ledges. [3/5]

A screenshot from Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom showing the yellow wind-up taxi player character talking to a strange orange head-shaped car named "Van Biodiesel," who says: "YOU KNOW... I LIVE MY LIFE A THIRD OF A MILE AT A TIME, AND FOR THOSE 30 SECONDS OR LESS, I'M FREE!"

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Its art style consists entirely of stock images and videos, and the writing is fun and lighthearted. If you are looking for a pleasant way to erase ~2 hours, SCPTV (no relation to the SCP foundation) is worth getting on a discount. [2/2]

The main menu of Salamander County Public Television, featuring a sidebar with weather, time, and options, beside a meme-like stock photo of a red sign reading "DO NOT TOUCH" captioned "This sign is an example of something you can touch."

The SCPTV main menu showing a joke bar chart titled "Number of Vacuum Cleaners Arrested Under Suspicion of Being a Spy," where all years have a count of 0 except "This Year" which has 1.

A mock-up retro desktop chat client named "Whack," displaying a mundane conversation between the characters Geoffrey and ember about going to see a fictional movie called "credits 2" that consists of nothing but credits.

An SCPTV menu screen showing a stock photo of raging fire captioned with a mock quote: "We look forward to the fires you create in the future! -Salamander County Fire Department".

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I recommend both of them if you are looking for something slower and atmospheric you can lose yourself in, and both games are very screenshotable. [6/6]

A small character on a snowy ridge next to towering, jagged blocks of ice, looking out over a wide, cracked frozen plain that stretches to a tall, distant cliff under a muted grey sky.

The mechanical steam-and-sail ship from FAR: Changing Tides cruising on a deep teal sea at night with its white, multi-layered sails unfurled under a starry sky.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Like their inspirations, there isn't much of a plot in either of the games (though the second ones have background lore), they are instead melancholy mood pieces involving searching for something in a big uncaring world. [5/6]

A character standing in a vast, icy wasteland of cracked white plates, with the large shipwrecked hull of an industrial vessel or building half-sunken in the background under a pale, overcast sky.

A character standing on a wooden path next to a massive, towering wall made of rusted industrial metal plates, surrounded by sparse pine trees, rocky cliffs, and scrap debris under a cloudy sky.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Meanwhile FAR: Changing Tides is Inside but with a boat: you are a small child in a big empty desaturated world and you have to operate a steam powered ship to the best of your ability to get to a vague destination somewhere on the right. [3/6]

The industrial steam-and-sail ship from FAR: Changing Tides.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

FAR: Lone Sails is basically Limbo, but with a car: you are a small child in a big empty grey world, and you have to operate a steam powered locomotive to the best of your ability to get to a vague destination somewhere to the right. [2/6]

A massive rust-colored, steam-and-sail hybrid land vehicle with tall, tattered sails standing on a flat, desolate desert under a dark, heavy grey sky with a warm orange sunset glowing on the horizon.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

If you ever run into a difficulty spike, the game gives you the option of just shooting it in the face and never judges you for it. This game took me 20 hours to finish and I would recommend it if you want to try to get into soulsborne games, or if you like exploring underwater. [7/7]

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

You can reduce the difficulty in the options menu with all the expected settings (parry difficulty, your and enemies' health, resource loss etc), and it can also give you a gun. Just a normal, human-size firearm for a tiny crab that kills everything in 1 hit. [6/7]

A screenshot of Another Crab's Treasure, showing a dialogue from a character named Shromp: "u can do it", "alright have a great day beb"

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I found seeing mundane items recontextualized as tools, weapons and fashion, as well as high-concept Dark Souls fantasy tropes presented as ocean pollution to be fun. [4/7]

A screenshot of Another Crab's Treasure, showing the titular hermit crab standing on a butter bar with the text "I swear to God, if this isn't Butter, I'm seriously going to lose it" printed on it

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The rest of the game is uneven: progression is sometimes frustrating because of first-person platforming, the narrative is absent (though it does try for something abstract), and there really is little to hook you other than the megastructure. [5/6]

Another screenshot of NaissanceE, abstract graybox style architecture

Another screenshot of NaissanceE, more abstract achitecture in what looks like an upside down cityscape

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The game does a very good job of varying the scale, shapes, repeating elements and illumination of its infinite grey walls, and it never becomes monotonous. [3/6]

Another screenshot of NaissanceE, large floating shapes in a dusty yellow sky

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The more points you put into a skill, the easier the corresponding checks become, but having a skill too high makes it contribute negatively to your well-being (my highest skill was Logic, and one point I lost some morale because Logic thought that the task I was given was too basic for my [5/13]

A screenshot fro Disco Elysium, with one of the protagonists internal dialogue visible on the right: "YOU Failure? RHETORIC - Yes! Abject failure. Total, irreversible defeat on all fronts! Absolutely vanquished, beaten, curb-stomped and pissed on -- until *you* came along! *You* will reverse the fortune of the workers of the world. You alone, against every living thing, against every human alive: eight hundred trillion reál in the hands of an *impossibly* well organized ruling class; towering city blocks of bank-men who have the ears of prime ministers; million-headed armies of nations and the love of your own mother! You -- against the atom, the charm and the spin. Where the whole world failed --matter failed to bend to human will; human will failed to get out of bed and tie its laces -- you alone, single-handedly, will rebuild the dreams of the working class. You are The Last Communist."

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

There are carnivorous plants that mimic a climbable pole, there are living tendrils that look for carryable objects that they then steal and hoard. Everything is driven by a procedural animation system that makes all the movements seem uncannily smooth and organic, it's very impressive. [5/11]

A highly abstract visual from Rain World dominated by blinding shades of gold and yellow. The streaky, intensely glowing background resembles cascading energy or molten material, with a jagged, dark void piercing right through the center of the light.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

You can also see where the guards are going to move on the next turn, but only if you can directly see them or have them tagged with the said spirit, which makes sure that you have to do some degree of improvisation. It's a smart design that reinforces the theme very well, I like it a lot. [4/6]

The level selection screen in Spirited Thief, designed to look like the shelves of a vault or display cabinet. The menu is divided into three acts, with each individual level represented by a unique piece of pixel-art loot—such as gems, relics, and artifacts—alongside its corresponding completion star ratings.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The narrative is enough to give an excuse to move forward, but otherwise it doesn't get in the way. I had fun with it, would recommend for visuals alone. [5/5]

A screenshot from Zeno Clash 2 with a first-person perspective looking down at a massive, pale humanoid figure embedded in the ground, its giant hands reaching out toward a surreal, spike-filled chasm.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Mechanically it's a brawler in the style of Streets of Rage from the first person perspective. [3/5]

A sweeping view of Zeno Clash 2's bizarre, mountainous overworld, highlighting a rugged landscape veiled in fog where a colossal, pale hand eerily emerges from the rocky terrain.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Overall I enjoyed the game and would recommend it to people who like exploration in the Elder Scrolls games. I suggest going for a pacifist playthrough to make things less tedious. [7/7]

A high-altitude perspective of the winding paths and rivers below, with the landscape dominated by a massive, glowing magenta anomaly pulsing in the sky above the floating continents.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The music is noticeably short and loopy, but I found it unobtrusive enough. The writing is fine, it's not particularly good or bad, other than some millennial lines in the player's dialogue. [6/7]

An ominous, shadowy winged beast perches atop a weathered stone obelisk, looming large against the game's signature swirling red heavens.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

You then travel the islands, discovering the local weirdness and solving problems. I didn't like the opening section much, but it gets better once you are released into the world and can encounter things at your own pace. [2/7]

$A sweeping view of Dread Delusion's surreal, fractured world, showcasing its floating landmasses, alien flora, and the ever-present, oppressive crimson sky overhead.$

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I also thought that the game's author likes interior design, I found the game's spaces interesting to consider as a construction. You should get this game if you like surrealism and exploration, I don't think that it has much going for it otherwise. [3/3]

A screenshot from Mango: an infinite looking white hallway with red octopi drawings repeating on walls, floor and ceiling.

A screenshot from Mango: a door and tall wall, covered in repeated red text reading "you live here now :)".

A screenshot from Mango: some kind of living room with psychedelic colors and a spherical head floating in a corner.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

It then goes on through their memories and increasingly broken and surreal environments and they slowly lose grip on reality. Mechanically this is a walking simulator with some lock and key puzzles, which are sometimes a bit obtuse (I managed to miss obviously placed keys like 3 times). [2/3]

A screenshot from Mango: a strange room with a metallic, mouth shaped couch and two plants.

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

The game lets you read it as fast as you want to. I recommend this game if you are looking for a funny Lovecraft or something with a light tone in general, just be prepared to do a lot of reading. [5/5]

Shadows over Loathing screenshot, showing a character standing in front of a billboard that reads "Finnegan's Optional Boxying Gym - You don't have to fight if ou don't want to". The character says "Good to knoz it's not compulsory".

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CopyOfNewFolder (1) @copyofnewfolder1.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

It's the only game I know that has both an arachnophobia and arachnophilia settings in the options menu. It also plays with Lovecraftian tropes in a fun way, featuring all the usual cliches, as well as (extensive) time paradoxes and teeth nightmares. [3/5]

Shadows over Loathing screenshot, showing the description of an inventory item called "junk mail". The tooltip reads: "Junk mail is a new technology that allows trash to be distributed to everybody so that we can all share the effort of throwing it away".

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