49 reviews
Sandtris game · 3 Days Ago Shows Promise
i thought the other review had to be exaggerating- but this dev must really have the highest contrast monitor on the planet because telling apart the color of the default pieces was legit impossible challenge for me and i'm not even colorblind. i love the premise of combining falling sand with tetris and was expecting to like this. i think with a little work this could improve greatly. in addition to fixing the contrast issue, maybe the default difficulty should be lowered a bit but it's hard to tell with colors in the current state. if this gets improved i promise to change my review. #rememberourpromise
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Explore! game · 6 Days Ago Recommended
this is actually pretty sick for an initial early access release. a roguelike tactics rpg with co-op and 15 classes, plus like 3 class advancements each that have their own 2 unique ascensions? there's a lot more than i expected. it's very ambitious. i think there's a lot of work to be done still though. the "how to play" page is spaced improperly in english, and there's some mechanics that don't have an explanation. i'm not sure what taking a "defensive stance" actually does as opposed to just ending the turn. or what tempo or research do. i also don't get why you can learn skills directly when there's a skill tree that uses the same points. i'd also like it if there was perhaps less basic fights. there should be fewer and harder battles for a more focused experience maybe. my biggest dislike is that emojis are used instead of actual art. it's kinda lame seeing a mystic represented by a orb emoji or an elemental represented by an arrow. would be nice to see proper pixel art in the game, i'd even take asset packs over the emojis. the music is nice but more songs are needed. there needs to be some QOL features like automatically selling trash gear or something. you get way too much gear and you can't sell it from the shared inventory so it takes a while to empty out. also, immobile barricades should not be taking turns. overall, definitely recommend checking this out, i'm excited to see how it improves!
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Vast game · 7 Days Ago Recommended
a full-loot pvp space mmo is more amibitious than anything i ever expected from sbox. i don't really know if that's my kind of genre but clearly the developer put a lot of work into this for an initial release. i like that it feels more approachable than eve. though i imagine pvp in this game with everything on the line is going to turn a lot of people off. i didn't like the AI art, particularly noticable on the npc portraits. just get an asset pack for now or something.
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Thornfield game · 9 Days Ago Recommended
idk if my game bugged but i spent five minutes struggling to get out of the first bunker and failing which sucks because i was pretty excited after seeing the screenshots. i do love how it replicate's riven's style despite being rendered in 3d realtime. i do recommend trying it, maybe you'll find whatever i missed. i do have to say the biggest problem in this game is probably that you seemingly can't pet the dog.
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The Festering - Withdrawals game · 9 Days Ago Recommended
cool vibes, music wasn't bad but could've gone a lot harder and didn't really match the gritty visuals. i liked that the levels were straightforward and that the void keeps you moving. it's not the kind of roguelike where you go backtracking and mintpicking every single floor before proceeding. i really wasn't a fan of how absolutely fucked your vision gets as you stack substances to improve your stats. that's probably what will keep me from trying more runs. as someone with a visual condition it's not ideal. it'd be nice to have some settings to tone it out. regardless i recommend checking it out, and i'm looking forward to trying out the dev's future work!
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Sausage Survivors 2 game · 9 Days Ago Recommended
facepunch did a pretty good job of putting their own spin on the survivor genre. i do wish it'd be fleshed out more but understandably the intention is mostly to be a fun showcase of the engine's potential. as usual, great audio and visuals in their games.
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Paperflot game · 10 Days Ago Recommended
you throw a paper plane and fly it through rings and try to land it. it's nice but my only complaint is landing the plane with the whole bouncy ball thing is giga hard. kinda sucks losing progress for the whole level cause you missed a landing.
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Shadow Forge Industria game · 10 Days Ago Recommended
its kind of like a part-automation, part management, part incremental game. i felt like the readability could use a lot of work and it'd be nice to see item icons wherever items are referenced, but since this is pre-alpha i imagine it'll get a lot better. it'd be nice to gather/mine in a way more involved than clicking a button but i guess i can just use an autoclicker for that until it's automated. of course, art and sounds/music would go a long way. there's a lot of connected and complicated systems and you can tell why the dev says it's a passion project. i don't see myself really gettng into this right now but it's worth checking out and i believe with further development it could be really fun!
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Transposer game · 11 Days Ago Recommended
only played one round but i love the originality. never seen a game based around this mechanic personally. they did a great job with the audio and visual design. definitely worth checking out!
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Skelevirus XP game · 11 Days Ago Recommended
i was so excited seeing the screenshots and pitch but sadly i got some error saying "Failed to get EST time for seed generation" and was stuck in a void listening to a sick track. i'll have to come back to this one as soon as that's fixed but somehow i feel like i can still recommend it for the vibes and originality.
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7 Seconds game · 11 Days Ago Recommended
a little jank but very cool premise, i could see this getting a lot better with updates and multiplayer! would kinda like to see more unit types maybe. the main menu music is good!
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s&dance game · 12 Days Ago Recommended
well, i only played a few minutes but it's a pretty decently made rhythm game. i'd like if the visuals were a little better and didn't involve the sausages. this is the first rhythm game i've seen on s&box. the music was like, decent but also felt like kinda mid open source tunes. defnitely not UNBEATABLE tier. also there's multiplayer but i didn't get to try it.
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s&coin game · 12 Days Ago Recommended
i'm kinda done with this game but it was fun while watching videos. the music and ui were pretty well made. did feel a bit grindy and i wasn't at all a fan of how all the boards have edges where coins can fall off giving no value. it also felt like using an autoclicker was absolutely mandatory which is pretty lame. could be better with some updates.
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Universal Paperclips game · 14 Days Ago Recommended
i'm not really big on incredemental games but this one was pretty neat with a lot of interworking systems. music was nice!
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Mini Motors game · 16 Days Ago Recommended
i only played on race but I had fun. they did a good job of showcasing s&box's potential and i'm sure sometihng like this could've been developed even further. i really enjoyed the music!
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SWOLECEROR: MUSCLE WIZARD game · 18 Days Ago Recommended
a short and sweet gem. the art and sound design are both great!
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S&Pets game · 20 Days Ago Recommended
at first i was confused but a kind player and a dev showed me around. i got some adorable pets with fun abilities like launching me into the skybox and i was sold. i think this is one of the highest potential games on s&box, and could be a really cozy social life sim game. its unfinished but they've been updating it lots and i'm excited to try out stuff like fishing. the art and music had a nice vibe, too!
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Fishing the Lazarus 🎣 game · 20 Days Ago Recommended
sick vibe and artstyle, definitely feels unfinished but could be really good when it's done imo.
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Stick Heroes game · 20 Days Ago Recommended
i liked the music and the art style. it felt pretty unfinished though. the lightning sound effect when you cast the spell was very nice and soothing.
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