Aspire: Ina’s Tale is a calm 2D puzzle-platforming adventure where one guides young Ina in her escape from her imprisonment within The Tower. As one progresses trough different worlds/levels, new abilities are learnt and memories of other residents and the truth behind her imprisonment are uncovered. Quick, yet fun, little game … enjoy.
Live Steam statistics:
Achievements: 19/19
Jusant is a nice and calm 3D puzzle platform game, where one has to climb a desolate tower, filled with the remains of a long-gone civilization.
Given there’s no enemies, no dialogs, just some letters and notes from people long past and a few ruins and altars to discover, it’s indeed an extremely calm game living mainly through its nice graphics, environmental storytelling and nice game mechanics.
Maybe not for everyone, but I liked it a lot to just relax for couple of minutes here and there …
Live Steam statistics:
Achievements: 21/21
The Cub is a fun 2D puzzle platform jump’n’run where one has to guide a mutant child through various levels on a felt-to-ruins Earth, all while being hunted by ex-Earth Marsians.
A fun story, a nice soundtrack, some challenging achievements .. all adding up to a definite recommendation.
Live Steam statistics:
Achievements: 19/19
Journey is a beautiful, calm, 3D platform adventure with an interesting co-op twist. You can team up with another random player and embark on the journey together, but you can’t really communicate with them. Besides this co-op idea, limited jumps, depending on the charge of one’s magical scarf, are another interesting gameplay element.
Whether alone or teamed up, one has to guide a robed figure through various levels/regions toward a distant mountain, using only notes/chimes to communicate with the environment (or the other players).
It’s been extremely enjoyable, also trying to communicate and collaborate with the other players, all without chatting. A definite recommendation …
Live Steam statistics:
Achievements: 14/14
Oddworld: New’n’Tasty! is complete remake of 1997 teenage classic Oddworld: Abe’s_Oddysee and lots of fun to play. Just like the original, New’n’Tasty is a sidescrolling platform video game where one has to guide the main character, Abe, through various locations/levels and solve puzzles to free Abe’s fellow Mudokons.
Loads of nice designed levels, puzzles and videos in between as well as great gameplay make New’n’Tasty a lot of fun to play and a definite recommendation.
Live Steam statistics:
Achievements: 19/35
