American Arcadia - 28 minutes completed demo. This one was a really interesting narrative driven kind of suspense 2D platforming action game where you play a guy who is an accountant and finds out someone he works with wins an award for travelling. He finds out this is not an award and the company kills people, and he and someone from inside the company work to keep him alive. Really good graphics, voice acting and presentation. The controls were fine except for having to interact with cameras using the Series X controller. A lot of potential here and I would get it bundled or on sale. 7.5/10
An Arcade Full of Cats - 11 minutes. One of those find a bunch of objects games. In this one it’s kind of fuzzy looking for cats in arcades. It had okay synth music as well. I would only get this bundled. 5.5/10
Anode Heart - 8 minutes. This one seems like an average pretty open world monster catching like game. Nothing too special although the battle system was a bit confusing. Graphics were okay and I don’t remember much music or sounds. Just was kind of boring and my second fight I lost very easily. 5.5/10
Anomaly Agent - 31 minutes completed demo. This was a very stylish sometimes a bit clunky 2D brawler. This game controlled very decently for the most part with the Series X controller although the trigger stuff was a little off sometimes. You go around and beat people up and there is portals that transport you places. It’s very action packed, sounds and looks great, and overall was very clean. I liked this and would get it on sale or bundled. 7.5/10
AURA: Hentai Cards - 8 minutes. Just plain awful kind of Slay the Spire/visual novel game about a guy who gets a goddesses blessing and must take down a demon queen. The gameplay is awful and unpredictable. The graphics are okay, but kind of annoying. This was not polished at all. 5/10
Bahnsen Knights - 5 minutes. This one is an old school feeling and looking visual novel/choose your adventure game where there is something cooking and I didn’t play long enough to see. Overall I thought it all came together well, but this would be something I likely pick up in a bundle only. 6/10
Bare Knuckle Sandwich - 6 minutes. This one is about some guy who gets high and is in some fights that are kind of like punch out. I feel this is no where near as clean as any Punch Out game. The soundtrack was decent, and the graphics were alright. I wasn’t having too much fun and the op I played against had too much life. 5.5/10
Below the Stone - 8 minutes. This one is a dwarf mining action adventure cave dwelling game. Overall you collect stuff, do missions, craft stuff, and it has decent graphics and sound. The fight controls with the Series X controller were a bit wonky and floaty overall. Nothing amazing, but nothing bad either. I would only get it bundled. 6/10
Blue Maiden - 22 minutes completed demo. This one is a weird artsy horror game about a guy who guys off to a university in Osaka and comes back 4 years later to his neighborhood. He notices it’s kind of weird and off putting now. Pretty much this is a horror game where you walk around and investigate things. It had a nice atmosphere with the rain sounds being very good. The graphics were decent as well. I’m not much into these type of games, but this was creepy and fun enough to get bundled. 7/10
Claw Machine Sim - 3 minutes. This is a claw machine sim. It has decent graphics, wonky controls and okay synth music. You play one claw machine in this demo and it’s tough. I ended up getting one thing. Not my type of game, but I could see this being fun with fine tuning. 6/10
Conquistadoro - 11 minutes completed demo. This one is a kind of a weird game where you play as some conquistador skeleton reanimated thing. You click around and solve puzzles. It’s not always obvious, but it’s not bad and does have a hint system. The graphics were pretty good, and the music was mysterious and quite good. Not as much my type of game, but would get it bundled. 6.5/10
Core Devourer - 12 minutes completed one run ending in a death. This is a somewhat clunkier non auto attacking Vampire Survivors like game. You play a robot and get upgrades. This one has some average sounding synth music and also controlled ok with the Series X controller. The graphics were pretty average too. Overall it was clean enough, but didn’t stand out. 6/10
Ending Tau - 30 minutes. This one is an overhead rogue lite game where you play some cursed guy and he gets animal powers attached to his body in an action game. This one looks decent and controls alright with a Series X controller. This one was feeling a bit repetitive already mainly cause all the fights were arena ones and the enemies repeated often. It was pretty good, but missing something. Would likely only get bundled. 6.5/10
Ete - 6 minutes. This one is an open world kind of pretty painting game where you paint on canvas and you get inspired from around you. This isn’t really my type of game, but it looked and sounded nice, and seems decent for painting. Only bad thing is sometimes some laggy movement animations. I would only get it bundled. 6/10
FatalZone - 8 minutes completed a few runs. This one is a generic zombie Vampire Survivors like. I like the guns, but I didn’t feel like there were enough upgrades. It seemed extremely grindy already, so will be a play only when bundled. 6/10
Galactic Glitch: Infinity's Edge - 3 minutes. Just a decent arena shooter probably rouge lite game where you’re in space and dodge and move around. Everything feels kind of floaty, but it plays OK enough. 6/10
Gifted Island - 5 minutes. This one is a very clunky mix between 3D moving around and 3D visual novel segments. This was already clunky to do the dialogue, so I really don’t know why they added the 3D movement. This is very unpolished, and I hope makes a decent game someday. 5/10
Hood Story: Kaito Yamazaki - 6 minutes. This one felt like a pretty awful beat em up. It has you playing some guy in a gang and is very, very floaty in all movement. The fighting just wasn’t for me, and neither were the voices. Needs a lot of polishing. 5/10
Japanese Drift Master - 8 minutes. This one is a drifting driving game taking place in Japan. It looks OK even though it was stuttering and having some performance issues on my 4080. It controlled okay with the Series X controller and does support racing wheels. Not really for me, and needs a little bit of a boost to performance, but could be fun to do all the challenges and stuff in the game. 5.5/10
Jusant - 14 minutes. Climbing simulator the game. This isn’t much more. It’s a bit cinematic and has a cool control scheme with the Series X controller. It just doesn’t have much going on other than climbing. This looks like a prime Humble Bundle bundle type game. 6.5/10
The Last Faith - 6 minutes. Really didn’t like this 2D platforming Souls Metroidvania like. It was very weighty and controlled weird, and had little jitters here and there. Overall it needs polishing, and I died and quit. 5/10
Little Goody Two Shoes - 22 minutes. This one feels like an older game with slightly older feeling, but very nice graphics similar to a game like Princess Maker. It deals with a girl who was raised by a grandma and what happens after she passes. You pretty much have a daily life simulation RPG horror thing to play managing your resources and time. Overall it seemed pretty good although the movement was a little weird feeling. There is also dating sim elements with only bachelorettes to romance. Still felt really good. Easy get on a good sale or bundle. 8/10
Love n Life: Lucky Teacher - 50 minutes completed demo. This is one of those usually adult simulation pixel art games where you do stuff in order to raise stats and get closer to people. I enjoyed a plumbing one, and this one felt a little clunky, but overall was similar to that. These are fun for a few hours until you get all the endings. Overall pretty good. Not 100% sure if this one will have adult content or not. 7/10
Love Is All Around - 21 minutes completed demo. This one is an FMV interactive romantic comedy game in Chinese language I believe. This was really entertaining and reminded me of the Sakura Wars the visual novel like one on the PS2/Wii. I thought it was well acted, probably will be just a few hours, but it also has some scenes where you investigate to help you along. Overall it was fun, the ladies were cute, and I liked the acting. It should be relatively cheap on release, so I’m likely getting this one. 8/10
Lucky Hero - 7 minutes. This is a rogue lite slot game where you choose a box with different encounters and do slot battles. You need to click on icons to do things. I don’t like this one very much. It tries to be like Luck Be a Landlord, but with extra steps. There was an old RPG slot game I loved, but in that you needed to get combinations. This just is kind of boring. 5.5/10
Magicraft - 17 minutes. This one was an okay arena bullet shooting mage guy game. You get sucked into a game and become a hero. It looks alright and plays a little floaty, but was still decently fun. Nothing amazing that I would only get bundled. 6/10
Maiden Cops - 10 minutes. This is a 2D beat em up with some monster girls and anime graphics. Overall the animation is pretty nice, the sound is good and the controls are ok with the Series X controller. Overall I enjoyed it enough, but it needs some polishing in the actual beat em up gameplay. Still would buy on heavy discount or bundled. 7/10
The Mobius Machine - 13 minutes. This one is a space based 2D Metroidvania action type game. It is an alright one with decent enough controls, nice graphics, pretty good music and sound, and overall it’s just alright. I would likely only get it bundled. 6.5/10
Night Stroll - 6 minutes completed demo. This in an RPGMaker visual novel event style game where you play a girl who experiments with exhibition. In this game you just got to the convenience store, but you will have to make choices in the full game. I would get this bundled or cheap on sale. Nothing too amazing, but it had good art. 7/10
Peeping Dorm Manager - Finished demo. This was a very lengthy demo and it is one of those simulation games where you play as a dorm manager and try to win over people. It is quite lengthy and there are multiple people to get. It takes a lot of gameplay to get going in the game. Still very decent overall for an 18+ game. 7/10
Phantom Rose 2 Sapphire - 15 minutes completed stage 1. This one is a deck builder kind of Slay the Spire type game where instead of being about energy cards have cooldowns and you have access to your whole deck. You and an opponent take turns playing cards. It is pretty fun and has good graphics and solid enough gameplay. I didn’t think it was amazing, but it played very easily, and had a decent amount going on. 7.5/10
Pinball M - 17 minutes. This is another Pinball FX table game. This one mainly has horror themed tables including a Duke Nukem 3D one. It played and looked pretty well. I liked the 3 tables I played as well (Chucky, Duke, Some other one). 7/10
Pixel Cafe - 7 Minutes completed one level. This one is a very nice pixel graphics doing different tasks in a cafe simulator. It is recommended to use a controller and there are variations of everything. The music is decent as well, and I wouldn’t mind getting this one in a bundle. 7/10
Promenade - 5 minutes completed one stage. This one is a very whimisical nice looking 2D platformer where the main thing is finding shards and being able to platform using a kind of hook thing. Seems nice, although I wouldn’t get it unbundled. 7/10
Robocop: Rogue City - 87 minutes. Completed one mission and a few side missions. Overall it feels a bit dated especially in graphics. The characters look pretty good, but the environments are just OK. You move around slowly like Robocop, but the characters, story, sound and controls are decent. Some things don’t activate as cleanly like your heal, but most do. The Robocop vision is interesting for fighting and also for finding clues. I like this one enough, but it feels a bit unpolished. I still think it’s going to be a very decent game, just not amazing. It seems like a fun game to play a mission or two a day. I would get it bundled or on a heavier sale like probably around $10 or $15. 7.5/10
Rusty Robot Wants to Cry - 6 minutes completed 2 levels. This one stars a robot who rolls and can only jump and go forward. You use timing and these white arrows to turn around. The main thing you want to do is collect stars, get the key to the exit and get rid of glitches in this simulation. It played and looked like an old C64 game. I would only play it bundled, but it was solid enough as a puzzle platformer. 6.5/10
Skybreakers - 13 minutes. This one is an arena fighter with upgrades similar to a more generic Vampire Survivors. You don’t unlock more attacks but need to attack, dodge, and use ultimate attacks similar to a basic Diablo clone. This one looks and feels OK, but is really repetitive and the enemies are not of too much variety and can be HP sponges. 6/10
Soulsinger: Envoy of Death - 15 minutes. This one is an arena shooter rogue lite FPS. You shoot souls and collect junk. It kind of reminds me of those old Painkiller games. Overall had pretty decent graphics and voice acting. The sounds were a bit off especially for shooting. Overall solid, but not for me. 6.5/10
SpellRogue - 25 minutes completed 1 stage fully. This one is a really nice looking dice rolling rogue lite game where your dice help you activate spells from your spellbook. It’s pretty neat and has a lot of RNG, but it’s also pretty addictive. Highly recommended I’m sure I’ll get it on release. 8/10
Star Leaping Story - 9 minutes. This one is a precision platformer where there is pixel graphics and a 2D plane. This should support controllers, but it’s keyboard controls for now. It is similar to other platformers where you can boost around. This one wasn’t bad at all, but I’m not sure I’d pay a lot for it either. 7/10
