UFO 50

the games have easy concepts but the tech, skill ceiling, and depth of each game is wild. highly recommend especially for the steam deck! its the perfect pack for the steam deck.

This game collection is the best value for your money. That is all you need to know.

But I digress. I postponed writing a review for this because I wanted to get a good feeling on all the games in this collection, but it will take a long long time so no more. You'll find a variety of fun games here, retro but with quality of life improvements. I'm pretty sure there is enough of variety and fun for basically anyone for the full price. I highly recommend you hop in and explore the lore of UFO Soft's library of games.

I'd recommend jumping in blind. Describing the games in too much detail might take some fun out of it. It kinda feels like opening a booster pack and finding super fun stuff that keeps getting more interesting. One light spoiler though because there's one thing I hope I knew before I started: Maybe start with Pilot Quest, it has idle mechanics

Takes you back to a simpler time when games were made and broken on their mechanics and quarter munchability. i have dropped 100 hours at this point and can see myself dropping 400 more at least.

this game costs 25 dollars and at least half of the games in the collection would be worth 25 dollars all on their own. not every game in UFO 50 is created equally, but there is some serious value in this collection.

i really like how UFO 50 encourages the player to at least give every game a shot by displaying games you haven't played yet covered in dust.

Takes me back to the care-free childhood gaming days. Amazing game

after 206 hours my effective favourites are party house, seaside drive and campanella 3. the others range from puzzling to time-expensive but i will be glad to return with focus and time. i needed this because i have a policy against involving modern games but i still like gamering. time to see who is running this on what kinds of CRT (given the aspect ratio)

Celebrating classic games by innovating on them instead of just rehashing them and then assembling those winsome yet chiseled games into this devastatingly charming and user friendly meta-package along with its own engrossing console lore, all contribute to make this a very special piece of work. Congrats to all who made it and thank you for presenting it to us!

10/10. There is something for everyone! Night Manor is almost worth the price of the whole game! 10/10

One of the most unique collection of games I've played ever. I love how each is a showcase of simple graphics and game design. A bundle of fun, and I'm surprised every time I boot it up!

One of my favourite "games" of all time. Every game in this collection is a novel idea at worst and "I would pay the whole price of the collection just for this one game as a standalone title" at best, and there's 50 of them. FIFTY! That's a comically large amount of fully fledged games. Playing in chronological order is very fun to see the evolution of this fictional company, but feel free to try random games that look interest from any point in the collection, since the earlier games can tend to be more frustrating.

UFO 50 is incredible. There really is something here for everyone. I urge you to give it a try, you'll be surprised at what you find. Magic Garden is my favourite game in the collection, because of its beautiful simplicity, but there are so many others I've spent many hours with. I can't recommend this enough, it's easily one of my favourite games of all time. I've already sunk ~250 hours into it and I expect to spend at least another 100 hours going through the collection. It's wonderful.

There's a lot of good happening here, the style, the sound, the graphics all perfect.

The gameplay? Extremely hit and miss.

There are a ton of different genres of games in here, some are really good and are extremely playable, some games are literally NES hard. others... just not really playable at all.

First off i just want to say that its a chore just to try to even get a clear on some of these games, a lot of them become way too stressful to want to go back to them to actually try to beat them. There's hard and then there's just stressful gameplay and by that i mean stuff like: limited time, limited turns, one hit game overs, mistakes costing everything and needed to restart after like an hour of gameplay, puzzles that make no sense or just not feeling like a good time to want to try it over and over and over again. To add insult to injury, they make these games even more frustrating by adding a "cherry" clear along with a normal "clear" condition for each game that make the goals even more lofty and impossible to reach. But then there's some goals that you can get on the first try.

At the time of this review i've only been able to get like 9 clears and 6 cherries. The games can be good, but trying to go for any kind of goal in them is where the game gets frustrating.

I will mark this positive with a disclaimer: try to find the games you want to play or are good at, and leave it at that, don't bother stressing yourself out with games you don't like just to achieve something.

This game is so good.
You will at least find a couple of games that you will be absolutely addicted to.

the best indie game of the last decade, without exception. There's literally something for everyone here.

should probably review this at one point... this game is incredible for fans of... everything! i'm a huge fan of puzzle games and some of the puzzle games in this collection are some of the best i've played in a while, so addictive! i'm booting it almost every night on my steam deck doing a little run of Party House and then going to sleep. best game to play for a bit that you can just drop anytime.

my favs so far have been Mini & Max (SO GOOD), Vainger (metroid-like that feels so good to play), Golfaria (a bit frustrating but I couldn't stop playing), Party House, the chameleon puzzle game i forgot the name of... Barbuta also of course, and so many more honestly. i started Night Manor a few days ago and it put me in the mood for point&click games again, so i'm gonna dive into it the next few days!!! :D

UFO 50 is an incredibly fun game... er, well, 50 games! With that many games, some are going to be hit or miss, but overall, I really enjoyed playing the huge variety of games! Some of my favorites, in no particular order:

• Mortol/Mortol 2 - Puzzle platformers where you use your limited lives to solve puzzles to allow you to progress.
  
• Avianos -A 2-player dinosaur-themed PVP turn-based strategy game.
  
• Porgy - A Dave the Diver-esc diving game.
  
• Golfaria - A Zelda-style adventure game where you move by putting around a golfball.
  
• Mini and Max - A puzzle platformer where you grow and shrink.
  
• Party House - A PVP "push your luck" style game where you invite party guests to earn money.
  
• Pingolf - A surprisingly fun side scrolling PVP golf game.
  
[*]Vainger - A Metroidvania with a reverse gravity mechanic.

Don't be fooled by this game's exterior: it might look like crappy 50-in-1 shovelware compilations of the olden days, but it's a labor of love. The developers were foolishly ambitious and now we all benefit

Also, Party House is the best game

UFO 50 is the best value you'll probably ever get froma game!
With 50 fully developed NES style games, there is literally something for everyone!
Party House, The Campenella Series, Ninpeck, Pin Golf, Bushido Ball, and Velgress are some of my personal faves amd ones I'd recommend!
While I personally thought a few of the games were stinkers, the overall quality amd presentation of this game more than makes up for it!
I'd give this game a 9/10 review. Tons of replay ability here.

I can't praise UFO 50 enough; I thought it would be good, but not THIS good! I've only tried out a little more than half the games in the collection: all have been fun, some have been truly excellent. There is so much obvious care and detail put into the individual games and the package as a whole that the price is a steal.

10/10

Magic Garden good. Magic Garden fun. You love Magic Garden.

A steal for 50 solid, polished small games. My biggest complaints would be lack of documentation and overall high difficulty. However, as a major fan of old NES games, this is a must. Favorite games: Attactics, Vainger, Velgress, Campanella 2, Grimstone, Hyper Contender, Devilition, Night Manor, Party House.

Absolutely gorgeous game! Even if you dont want to go for all the game lore and secrets, you can still have plenty of fun!

When I first heard about this game I thought it was supposed to be a high quality homage to those bootleg "200 in 1!" games. It still feels like it kind of is, but the most amazing part is how it creates this story of a fictional games studio while pouring so much love into each game that you could honestly play most of them on their own for hours. This is one of the most impressive games I've ever played. I love it so much.

the games really are surprisingly complete. very few of them could be passed off as "minigames" or anything, each one has a good amount to it. theyre nes era hard tho so if ur a scrub gamer like me u should be prepared to get your ass kicked by all of them

An incredible effort and and a fantastic package. Sure, not all of the included games are hits, but there are a bunch of gems here and within the ficitional context of the UFO console history they are at least all interesting and worth a shot.

Undoubtedly one of the single best games someone can purchase if they're looking for cost efficiency. More important than that, or the number of games within, is the level of consistent quality between them. Combining that with the variety in them *ENSURES* there are at least a handful of games in this collection you will LOVE. The polish on the collection, from the meta-narrative, the visuals, and the tracking features for your completion and collection, are the tip of the iceberg for such an utterly impressive slew of game design. I really didn't grow up with this era of games but I still loved UFO 50, and what's for sale here is truly unique.

"Getting every cherry in this would be pretty cool" *spends 4 hours beating one level in one game*

I was drunk and bored and decided to buy this game to spend the evening. I thought this game should be okay.

Oh, man. Little did I know.

Playing this game is llke reading Joyce's 'Ulysses'. I had fun reading Joyce's 'Ulysses'. Doesn't everyone?

This feeling of constantly being surprised by the things which seem totally familiar, yet so strange.

I planned a trip to Warsaw today. I cancelled the trip so I could spend the day playing this game.

That's how fun it is.

It's a masterpiece. Every game is wonderfully creative. Going for all the cherry disks was one of the most fulfilling gaming experiences I've ever had.

No horror game will ever match the sheer dread I felt learning that Mooncat has water levels

If you're a fan of games from the 8-bit era, this is essential. It's 50 games for 50 cents each at full price, and while you may not like every single one, there's such a wide variety of unique experiences that you'll no doubt end up falling in love with many of these.

I've had my eye on this game for awhile since shortly after it came out. I caught it on a small sale and grabbed it. It's got some games that are really hard to understand and in my opinion are not good because of that fact, but I've found a couple games that IMMENSELY FUN! Warptank is perhaps my favourite one so far, but I've only played about half of the games so far, so I'm sure I'll find others that I like. UFO 50 is really a great value, because 50 games for the price is a steal, but they're not at all anything like 50 mini games. These are 50 full games with unique physics, mechanics, stories, sports, and totally unique concepts that you can spend several hours on each. Some games are multiplayer, too, so couch co-op is back! For the self-imposed graphical and input limitations, these games are very fleshed out. Take a chance, you won't regret your purchase!

A [Great] game for anyone old enough to have played anything on a CRT TV.

Contains 50 different games that hit that 90s vibe. Each game is different and can range from 1 to 10 hours in length to "perfect." Each game can be beaten and perfected. Considering that some of the games are quite difficult, it can take you 100-250 hours to beat and perfect all of them.

Definitely would recommend it to just pick up, at least to play each game until you lose once or twice, even if you are not interested in beating any of them.

Amazing how long you can spend playing any number of different titles in this game just for the sake of how fun they are. Takes you back to simpler times.

so, there's quite a few games in this collection that are kind of masterpieces: Mooncat, Grimstone, Party house. There are some good games in there too: Mortol, Bushido ball, Rock On! Island. There are the head bangers: Hot foot, Onion Delivery, Porgy. There are some real stinkers: Combatants, Caramel Caramel, Star Waspir, Combatants, Combatants, Combatants, and Combatants. There's also a whole bunch of stuff in between. For that stuff and for everything but that is good about this game, I highly recommend this. However, the rough games, are so incredibly rough, though some are by design.

I've only played about five or six of the games but the variety is already impressive. And the first game I randomly chose was a Bubble Bobble inspired game with a soccer ball. Three hours in and pretty impressed so far.

10/10 game.
Some games are very straight forward and feel like other standalone games But there are a couple games that are way more complex and require you sink a good amount of time into it.
Both single player and multiplayer are good.

I have about 85 hours into this game and I still have several left to open up, and quite a few that I've only peeked at. I think there are two or three games in here that aren't for me--but as for the rest, I keep finding things to love. It's so easy to pop out of a game and then just dive into another one--I am constantly bouncing between games in this collection. Truly something for everyone here--and if you have diverse taste, there's going to be a lot to dig into. I would recommend this game to anyone. Some of the games, especially "early on" in the collection, are short and sweet, but you'll be blown away by how much some of them have going on. It's weird to try and write a blurb for this--because like, what do I do? Write a little paragraph on the 35 games in here I have spent a ton of time in? If you're like me and have thousands (or tens of thousands) of games on your computer, this is like locking yourself in a magic box. Check into one game, pop out, check into another.

UFO 50 is one of the coolest and most dense releases of all time. Play Forever!

For a certain kind of person, this will be the greatest game ever made. For me, it's just in my top twenty, I've gotten hundreds of hours of fun out of it so far, and expect to get more.

This concept turned me off when I first heard about it, but I ended up loving it. I was imagining a lot of throw away stuff, but they try to make every single game actually good and worth playing. I've also been surprised to find the constraints make the games easier to pick up and often more relaxing.

One of the best games I've ever bought!
The amount of quality games you get for only $25 is insane!
Every PC gamer should own this.

Sometimes I'll be playing one of these really intricate and well-crafted games and the sudden realization that there are 49 more similarly complex and clever games in the same title will hit. One of these will absolutely be your jam.

Classic whimsy, gimmicky but mindful game design, and unbelievable aesthetics make UFO50 one of the greatest celebrations of gaming ever produced.

I regret not reviewing this game on release. My personal GOTY for 2024 and I've only touched about half of the 50 games in total. Don't let appearances fool you. The games may look old, but the controls are tight and many could pass as standalone releases today. Some really fantastic gems in here. Really made me appreciate the timelessness of good game design. Personal recommendations: Night Manor, Bushido Ball, Party House, Pingolf, and Attactics.

Peak minimalist gaming. The developers were cooking hard, all games have directional inputs and A+B. That is all, 50 full games for 25 bucks is a steal, upside is it probably runs on a toaster so give it a whirl you'll probably find something you can dig. For me it was Party House, Love it!

Very very cool game with something for everyone. UFO 50 feels like hitting "random" on an emulator with a rom pack of 1000+ roms from an old 80s-90s console, except the majority of UFO 50's games are worth playing. The games in this pack feel genuinely authentic to retro games right down to the jank controls and complete lack of tutorialization, but UFO 50 wields these game design elements as features instead of faults. The games manage to feel unique while being totally retro. Each game is full of fun surprises once you figure out how to play them(even the really jank ones). Oh, and the art design is phenomenal!

Great games. There is something in here for everyone, and lots of charm.

And Barbuta is great, stop the hate!

this was my 2024 goty
- 50 well-made bite-sized indie games
- extravagant retro aesthetics and soundtrack
- fun meta-narrative detailing the fictional game studio behind each game
- little-to-no explanation of each game other than controls. frustrating at first, but also very satisfying and rewarding when you figure a game out on your own, find secrets, etc
- some games are built around extremely unique and creative concepts (my favorite is Mooncat)
- some games would be justified into being split out into their own full game (Mini and Max, House Party)

Overflowing with soul and personality. So many twists on timeless classics.

What you get:
Fifty polished, innovative games.
Games of all genres, including Platformer, Puzzle, RPG, Sports, Fighting, Beat 'em Up.
A hefty dose of nostalgia - there's a lot of obvious reference/inspiration from older, popular titles.
Essentially the best value game design class you could buy.
A love letter to video game history.

Who would enjoy this:
Anyone who grew up with early consoles, specifically NES.
Gamers who are open to indie/innovative games with a variety of play styles.
Those who appreciate excellent game design and depth.
Someone who is looking for a variety of tough-as-nails challenges.

Who would NOT enjoy this:
Anyone who is heavily reliant on modern graphics.
People who only play AAA games.
Players who cannot handle or enjoy sometimes unforgiving challenges.

This game is incredible. I don't think there's anything else on the market quite like it. You get a console and its entire library of games. The value here is unprecedented - for $25 USD, you get 50 games. I would pay at least $5 for almost any individual game here, with some pushing into the $10-$15 range based on innovation and length. This should probably be at least $250 if the games were sold individually.

The games range from above average to brilliant. Almost none of the games have any sort of tutorial, and they're all created to use only two buttons, but they are all intuitive enough that you quickly figure out what's going on and how to play. Unprecedented, consistent, and excellent design.

This collection of brand new games is a work of art, an extensive course in game design, an insight into video game history, and unbelievably fun. I "cherry-ed" every game in the collection, and I am more proud of this achievement than anything I've accomplished in my entire professional career.

Look at my playtime. I have multiple games in UFO 50 with over 10 hours of playtime. This collection has two (2) sets of lore to decode. Banger.