UFO 50

Real good, 50 of the best 50 cent games you can get. I'd recommend Mini & Max, Party House, Pilot Quest, Attactics, Avianos, and most of the long-play games. Some killer multiplayer and arcade picks too.

An Amazing Game filled with fun and colorful games based off of classic NES or Arcade games. Any of these games can be your favorite! Currently Having a blast with this game! :)

50 absolute banger games for only 25 dollars. Buy it if you like fun, don't buy it if you hate fun. There's sure to be at least one game that you like.

Barbuta is a $25 game that ive spent ALL WEEK on.

This whole project is insane. 50 actual games.

This game is so much more than a multi-game pack. UFO 50 has so much charm and creativity in each one of its 50 games making each of them extremely fun in their own right. There are MULTIPLE games included in UFO 50 that I would legitimately purchase on their own if that was the way they were sold. Beyond the fun in the games themselves there is a measure of creative genius in the way that the games are packaged as well. They are presented as if looking into another world where instead of then NES we got these 50 games and the little blurbs of history as well as the amount of tastfully re-used assets and characters and the perceived technological progression of the games throughout the chronology, are very well done. While each of the games on their own are quite simple, the games together are a very complex and impressive look into a universe of games never before seen. I've only finished a couple of the games and while some of them are extremely difficult I always find myself wanting to play more. This is a game I would recommend to anyone who likes games and especially to anyone who appreciates video game history.

An incredible potpourri mix of games. It sells itself as one of those chintzy minigame collections you buy at a flea market, but don't be fooled--every game in this collection is burnished to a mirror sheen. Even the shorter games, the earlier games, the arcade-ier games, are addicting and engaging. An absolute must-play, every one of 50!

I've only played, like 7 of the 50 games so far, and half of them are better than most $30-$60 games that I've also played. Definitely worth buying.

If there's any game on Steam that should have a 70$ price tag it'd definitely be this one. But instead Derek & Co dediced to give you access to 50 games for 0.49$ each. I don't think any game is worth less than 0.49$, not even Barbuta, so in my opinion this is an absolute steal.

But UFO 50's strength is not simply a matter of quantity over quality. Within these 50 games you'll find very interesting concepts that can keep you hooked for many hours, both for 1P and 2P, with a plethora of different genres so there's something for everyone. And having the guy that did the Spelunky OST on the sound for all of these ones is just the freaking cherry on top. As soon as you start the game a retro drum & bass will blast through your head, accompanied by a pixel art story of how the team at Mossmouth recovered the UfoSoft console, and you'll understand that you made a good deal.

If that's not enough, on top of the 50 games there's a plot to it all, as the idea is that you're playing the lost games from a fictitious company. So you'll find returning characters, sagas (Campanella is my favorite), a dedicated piece of lore for when the game was released by this fictitious company... All of this makes every single game seem like a piece of a much bigger puzzle. And yes, there is a puzzle. In the pause menu of the game you have a console reminiscent of the old games that used passwords as their way of saving, and you'll get crazy trying to find codes around the game just to uncover the mystery of UfoSoft.

If you like indie games... if you miss that feeling of just booting up 10 random games in one afternoon on MAME 32... you can't go wrong with this one. Thanks UFO Recovery Team for delivering again, you're incredible <3

An incredible exploration of 2D video game possibilities. The 50 games range from clever twists on established formulas, to fantastic new ideas that defy easy categorization. This is the ultimate video game smorgasboard.

While playing each game individually can be delightful, the true pleasure is playing across the whole catalog and seeing how different ideas and themes are explored between games.

Its everything I was hoping it to be, fantastic

Only issue i've run into is playing this with friends who aren't in the same room. Parsec doesnt like this game and steam play together is laggy, too bad because 70% of the games have a 2 player mode!

Pretty much all these games are worth checking out, many are quite fun, and some are amazing and could be standalone. Some are fairly challenging though (not all).

Awesome package for the games too with their in-game backstories and recurring characters and stuff.

There is a Gambling Simulator in this game,
There is Spelunky 3 in this game,
There are 2 Golf games in this game,
There is a better NES Metal Gear in this game,
There is Binding of Isaac in this game,
There is Streets of Rage 5 in this game,
There is a Horror Game in this game,
There is a Star fox Game in this game,
THERE ARE SO MANY GAMES IN THIS GAME!

This collection is incredible. A wide variety of NES-like games of various styles. It really is just like finding a box of 50 old games, dusting them off, and diving in. Reminds me of NESticle roms of actual old games I had never heard of. if you are into NES gaming, you will love at least a handful of the games in this collection!

Not everything is for everyone, and this game is HARD, but it's so much fun, and there's at least something for everyone.

I'm convinced the developers got inspiration from "Game Center CX: Arino's Challenge" when making this game.

The feeling that these games were actually released at some point is so real and they capture the NES quirkiness perfectly.

I know we have blurbs and development info on the games made and UFOSoft as a whole, but it wouldve been even better if each game had some boxart plus a manual, much like Arino, but I understand how unreasonable of an expectation that is.

Especially since they managed to make a majority of the games GOOD even while feeling like they came from the NES, alongside making sure most of them had considerable meat on their bones.

I can't act like every game was a knock out of the park, but I also can't say some of these games are so bad I'd never go out of my way to play them again, at their absolute worst, they just aren't for me.

So, pick this up if you like retro gaming, this game will make you feel right at home, and I'm sure you'll find at least one game that strikes your fancy.

I would definitely reccomend this game if you like old arcade games. I really enjoyed "figuring out" each of the games. So far none of the games are too deep but they do have another layer below the surface level which is all I want from them.

All the games I have tried out have been very rewarding to play, up till now I have only tried the "oldest" 20 games as I like taking my time exploring all the titles.

This is like combining the output of the greatest single gamejam in history with obscure cartridges bought in bulk at a garage sale. A weird grab bag of shockingly fresh and creative games that feel like they were, impossibly, always fond childhood memories.

It invites you to experience gaming with new eyes by imagining it with a new past. Easily my GOTY and then some

Game of the Year - 1982
Game of the Year - 1983
Game of the Year - 1984
Game of the Year - 1985
Game of the Year - 1986
Game of the Year - 1987
Game of the Year - 1988
Game of the Year - 1989
Game of the Year - 2025

I'm far, FAR from done with this game, but I have to add my review to the aggregate here...

TL;DR - This game is an absolute steal at $25 full price, with the price essentially making the asking price $.50 a game. The mental gymnastics required to rationalize this game not being worth it on that alone is astounding. But what you get here isn't a game with 50 mini games Wario Ware or Mario Party style, but it is, in fact, a collection of 50 full games. They are retro-inspired, will usually have 1 or 2 obvious inspirations, but will also add some crazy twist or innovation on top of it to make each game uniquely their own.

Half of the games have multiplayer modes, which are phenomenal on a TV via the Steam Deck dock and a couple of bluetooth controllers, if you have those. I'd say the average quality of game here is around an 8.5 outta 10, with a couple 9.5 & 10s, mostly 8 to 9, and a couple of 7s with one or two 5 or 6s. So, pick this game up and start discovering which games vibe with you. You won't be disappointed.

A large appeal to this game (and what I think the devs were really going for) is that you have limited knowledge of these games going into them, as on the main menu they'll just tell you the genre, a short 1-2 sentence description, a short 1-2 sentence fictional historic factoid on the game, and an extremely brief explanation of the controls. UFO 50 wants you to disccover these games for yourself and figure out the mechanics and game systems on your own. It's an emulation of when you would rent games at Blockbuster or if you found a cardboard box of random old games in storage or at a flea market, and you would rotate through the games without a manual, without internet, and just figure out what the hell you were playing. The game nails this obscure experience perfectly.

Adding to the replayability of a lot of these games (some are arcade-y, others more campaign-based, with some of them being 10-30 hours in scope), there is a soft-achievement system with each of these games as follows:

Dusting them off: You played the game at least once
House Gift: You accomplished some basic goal in the game, typically around 30% completion that requires a deeper understanding of the game mechanics. The reward adds a little gift for this bonus screen on the main menu where a little tomogachi guy hangs out in a house that becomes more furnished as you get these achievements
Gold Disk: You beat the game in question
Cherry Disk: You go above and beyond, 100%-ing the game in question

There's just so much to do, and experience, and figure out here, that this really is a must buy. The only downside to this collection (and I'm not even sure if it is a downside, really) is that the collection gets better the more you play, experience, and figure out. Meaning, that the worst part of the experience is probably going to be the first two hours, as you will be confused, still trying to pick up what the game is going for, and you will probably have only played Barbuta, Bug Hunt, Ninpek, and Paint Chase (not that there's anything wrong with those games, they're just the first ones listed in the collection, and chronologically the most simple and archaic thematically).

Anyway, the game is more than a sum of its parts, and I'd give it an easy 10 outta 10. 60-70 hours in, I have all the House Gift achievements, 8+ hours of playing multiplayer (really a great time, get a fren or waifu IRL and get to it), and am about to set off trying to Gold all these disks, which will probably take me another 200 hours, haha!

If you enjoy games in any capacity, pick up UFO 50. 50 brand new full games that constantly impress with their unique game mechanics and addictive replay value where for only £20 you're getting one of the best value games in existence with hundreds of hours of constantly fresh content. Not every single game is a total winner, with the first being significantly outdated feeling, but regardless this should be a must own for anyone with a Steam account.

The novelty that this game brings is unmatched. Opening a game up and not knowing whether its gonna suck or not is all part of the fun. And it works because some of these games are phenomenal in what they set out to do.

Most of the games just weren't fun, and the few that were fun didn't take too long to eventually get boring. It's clear that a lot of effort went into this but I don't really feel the modern game design that was promised by the game with only a few exceptions. If you don't enjoy games that emulate retro gameplay, then you'd be better off not getting this collection.

A lot of fun, retro styled games. 13 of my 28 hours were just on Campanella 2. Can't recommend enough :).

UFO 50 is one of the coolest titles I've ever gotten the joy of experiencing, it's such an insane concept for a game, making 1 game is already hard enough but making 50 of them??? That is something only the most insane of us are willing to do.

The crazy part about it though, is that every single one of these games is good, I mean sure there are a few that won’t fully click with you (Block Koala and Star Waspir just weren’t it for me). But I still can’t get myself to say that they are “bad”, they are still really well designed and bursting with a lot of love, creative idea’s and a butt load of style.

This is a game for people that TRULY love video games and want to know what makes them special, there is no filler it's back to back banger.

• Mini & Max
  
• Avianos
  
• Hyper Contender
  
• Campanella 2
  
• Bushido Ball
  
• Night Manor
  
[*]Party House

yes! is good play. you want fifty unique, fun, and well designed games? you get this game. no jank no lag just fun!

It'd be impossible to really try to make a full review of this game, so instead I'll just say: you probably won't like all 50 games, they're all of varying styles and genres, but holy SHIT is everything in here quality. The sheer variety in this collection in addition to all of the unique innovations on genre, it's all just really impressive and creative. I have my own gripes with it, sure, but for a game trying to be an actually good 50 games collection, it 100% succeeds! There's something in there for everyone, more or less.

The fiction is a group of people discovered this fake console from the '80s in a storage unit along with 50 games dated from '82 to '89. These 50 games are fashioned after the 8-bit Famicom/Nintendo era of the very same '80s. Although there's lots of twists and surprises, having dabbled now with every game in the collection. Even anachronism, like there's both a deck builder and tower defense game, but these genres did not exist yet in the '80s. But what if they did!

For the most part the early games circa '82 are more primitive and arcade-like with game over screens and high score boards but as you move through the years towards '89 the games get more complicated with saved progress and such. There's even a full blown 20 hour JRPG in here.

If you ever owned a NES or Famicom as a kid (like me), and want 50 new games (not mini-games or micro-games, this isn't WarioWare) check it out.

Great parody of Action 52, except all the games are good. Really, really, good. Easiest recommend of my life.

The sheer scope of this game is completely and utterly ludicrous and yet against all odds it succeeds spectacularly.

Like, seriously, it's 50 entire games. Which'll take you at LEAST 150 hours to 100%. I'm 55 hours in and I've barely scratched the surface.

The concept of "50 games in 1" seems like a gimmick, but somehow UFO 50 not only breaks past that expectation, it delivers 50 unique, fun, and inspiring games. I keep finding myself coming back to UFO 50 again and again, whether to try something new or chase a gold or cherry cartridge. Through playing these games, I haven’t just had a great time, I’ve also learned more about how I challenge myself and approach problem solving.

An absolute masterclass in game design. 10/10.

I've barely scratched the surface of this package of games and it is just so, so good. Mortol and cyber owls are too that I really like but again there's 50 games I've only played like five. I think this is well worth supporting this developer for such a cool package of amazing games. It's like a Nostalgia trip for games that didn't exist in the '80s and have been created in 2024 with the benefit of 40 Years of game design knowledge. I'm itching to try some of the metroidvania and RPGs in this collection. Worth it at full price. I'm really hoping the developers will come out with a sequel with 16-bit games in this man. They have a brilliant team over there and excited to see what else they come up with

In Short. It's an amazing collection of fun games and has a lot of variety and plenty of games to dig into.

Also despite what Steam says, I have almost 60 hours as of posting and most of it was offline.

Now here's my more in depth trash amateur review.




A real love letter to Video Games that makes you remember why Video Games can be amazing and fun!

Each game is vastly different and while it can be obvious to where some of their inspirations are at times, they still add something unique and new adding for some very interesting and fresh games. The span of genres and setting is very varied and neat, but can also crossover with certain games with appearances of some characters and especially assets overlapping between games that's also an in universe reason from the fictional Company UFO Soft.

Being a part of a fictional Console from a fictional Company there's many neat tidbits about the Console and Company in each game's info text. There's also a hidden meta narrative about UFO Soft themselves

It's hard to choose, but some of my personal favorites are Avianos, Hyper Contender, Party House, Bushido Ball and Elfazar's Hat. They're the ones I've enjoyed the most so far and after 60 hours of playing some of each game, I'm still just scratching the surface as some games can be beat fairly quickly while others can take up multiple hours for a playthrough.

The difficulty for each game can vary, but do take in mind that the clear obvious inspiration of especially the NES lives of to that era of Video Games in less so jank for most games but instead challenge. The games can be very tough, but fair.

There's 50 whole games to choose from and some games have mini-games and even micro-games in themselves so there's always something to play. When they say "Play Forever" they mean it.

classic game ideas born in an alternate dimension. incredible concept and execution. wish I could actually beat more than 5 of these games tho

The LX-II was actually my first game console, so I'm super happy to finally have a bunch of games from it and then some ported onto steam!
$30 is an outright steal, especially since they haven't had any official releases outside of this, plus the unreleased Devilition, which I'm sad I never got to play. Honestly I haven't been able to put this down, because when I get bored of one game, I just switch to another. I genuinely feel like I'm in school again and I'm staying up late on a weekend haha. I also finally get to go back and beat some of the games I never got to finish, like Velgress and replay some classics from the Arcade like Magic Garden (so many quaters lost....)
Some of the emulation is a tad bit choppy at some times, but it's worth it since a majority of these games were considered lost media for over 30 years. Plus, they added widescreen support for pretty much every single title!

UFOsoft was such a huge innovator especially for their time, there is an endless amount of variety in every single game, and as the slogan says, I can see myself truly Playing Forever.

This game is everything your parents thought they were buying for you when they saw that 50-games-in-one cartridge that actually turned out to be trash. For around 50 cents per game, I've gotten double digits worth of hours in just single entries. And there's 50 of them! Devilition, Rail Heist, Pilot Quest, Rock On! Island, and Party House are my favorites (I've cherried the first three). Every game is unique and has modern design philosophies woven in:

Waldorf's Journey has Jump King and Spelunky quirks to it. Velgress is a roguelike shooter with Kid Icarus platforming. Party House is a deck builder. Pilot Quest is an idle resource management plus Zelda action adventure game. Overbold is an arena-style bullet hell survival game. Valbrace is a first person maze crawler with RPG-style combat and spellcasting. Night Manor is a point-and-click puzzle horror game. Paint Chase is Splatoon with cars.

These are just a few examples. There's also racing games, fighting games, alien racer gambling, golfing, puzzle games, strategy games, physics games, shooters, run-and-guns, tower defense, tons of roguelike exploration games, and multiplayer games. There's even a full story driven RPG in here. Oh, and did I mention there's an optional ARG built around the in-game lore?

I've only finished a FIFTH of the collection since release. Who knows if I ever finish all of this. I think I'll have to play forever.

Addendum: I've streamed most of my playtime of this game on Youtube! You can see it here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEm_IugWE1yiFkNN_UFatu8Atezijd1z1

Great variety and some real gems. In distilling what a game is, true elegance of design emerges.

I originally bought this title on release... and refunded it.

The first two games really put me off, then the 3rd just reminded me of shitty arcade scrollers from way back when. I refunded it in frustration - Barbuta's controls were ass, I didn't feel like learning the ins and outs of something like the bug game at the time, and the ninja sidescroller reminded me of all the bullshit of games of this era.

Honestly, starting with Barbuta is probably the worst decision ever... but it ends up being brilliant if you get sucked into the overarching meta-story of UFOSoft's and the LX-III's history. Barbuta being complete ass is done with intention and ends up making sense... I still can't get over how brilliant it actually ends up being.

I ended up re-buying it, feeling as if I hadn't given it a fair shot. The idea of UFO 50 kept itching at me and I'm so glad I repurchased this title.

This is probably one of the most ambitious titles I've ever played. Forget WoW, GTA, or Garfield Kart, UFO 50 isn't just ambitious, but it executes on that ambition flawlessly.

More than just a rose-tinted love-letter to games of yore, UFO 50 oozes with originality and charm. Familiar games are here like a Double Dragon knockoff, sidescrollers, and puzzle games, but so are novel and interesting titles like Valbrace which reminds me a lot of Stonekeep. Or Mortol which is such a unique concept from the gameplay, to the shared pool of "lives" between levels. And don't get me started on Camouflage - my first cherry'd title - or Warptank, Valbrace, Party House, or Rail Heist.

Not every game was incredible, but the vast majority are, and all of them bring something unique or novel to the table and play a part in the overarching story of UFOSoft.

If you grew up in the NES era and renting games from Blockbuster, then UFO 50 is a must-have. Start Pilot Quest ASAP as it "Used the clock features of the LX-III to generate resources even when the game was closed."

I've only scratched the surface of UFO 50, and I've played a good amount of it. I've cherried 5 out of the 50 games in this collection and they were all ridiculously fun, and I can't wait to dive into more.

All that to say, it doesn't take much playtime at all to recognize that this is a once-in-a-lifetime game. UFO 50 is a collection of fully fledged games of such staggeringly consistent quality, and it strings them all together with a meta-narrative about a game publishing company riding the gaming boom of the 80s. The fact that a game like this exists is mind blowing.

This may very well be a game I return to in a few years and give a perfect score.

50 full-fledged games. Not only are some utter masterpieces in and of themselves, but even the less amazing ones are still lovely. If at worst you find an entry you don't like, that's fine, try one of the other 49 and I'm sure you'll find something.

simply a delightful achievement. full of wonder and beauty. i think it puts forth a thesis of a beautiful kind of game development. i like mooncat and zoldath the most...

Probabaly the most overhyped game of the last few years. A couple of the games are decent fun, but every single one feels like something you could just play for free online. I thought these would be "retro" style games that were elevated by incorporating the lessons of game design learned over the last 40 years, but no. This collection is an experiment in slavishly copying the all the annoyances and poor game design elements of the NES era.

If you own a Switch (or an actual NES) just go ahead and revisit the classics there. If you don't... save the $25 and play some games on Kongregate or wherever if you just need a time waster. That's all these games are in the end.

This game sounds like a good time until you actually play it and realize none of the games are fun.

It's very hard to write down something specific about UFO 50, just because there's SO MUCH of it. Basically - it's a collection of 50 fully-fledged NES/SNES style games, created by an imaginary game developer. Except they have none of the old-timey jank and have lots of new and unique game design ideas. And yes, it's literally illegal to talk about UFO 50 without saying "game design ideas".

There's a:
* Strategy game, where all your units are discs that you launch into enemy discs, to cause them to ricochet from one another. Imaging curling, but with ogres
* Rogue-like deck builder about making the coolest party in town, where you have to manage popular people, rich people and trouble makers in your deck
* Super Metroid but VVVVVV
* Proto-immersive sim
* Proto-uhhh, Civilization? Or Heroes of Might & Magic? I'm not sure, but you pray to cool dinosaurs
* An atmospheric first person horror point & click quest
* 2D Splatoon
* A platformer where you have to use your dead bodies to make it through the level
* PINBALL GOLF (greatest idea in history of humanity)
* Surprisingly interesting stealth-puzzle about being a chameleon

...and more.
Some of it even has couch multiplayer!

Also there's a greatest achievement system ever: each game has 1 achievement, and if you earn it - a cute little piggie will get a gift from that game. That's what I call motivation.

It gets a bit overwhelming if you keep playing UFO 50 back to back to back, but after the initial excitement of discovery wears off it becomes a great in-between game for Steam Deck - if you have some time to kill, then UFO 50's got options for ya.

I wish I could give a neutral rating to this game because it's clear that a lot of love went into it and people really like it, it just wasn't for me.

I found the variety of games to be really great but they just didn't feel good to play. I get that they were going for a retro feel and as someone who was born in the 80's I appreciate that, but they didn't make the QoL improvements that are required to make these games FUN to play. That's my biggest gripe, the games did not stand out as fun to me. The controls feel like a retro game which is the worst part. No moving diagonally, no agility at all. Everything feels sluggish and painful

I expected this when I bought the game but I assumed there would be a few games out of the 50 to capture my interest. Unfortunately I tried about 25 of them and did not find a single one that sucked me in.

The experience of playing UFO 50 is picking a game and being shocked by the depth and love that went into it, getting hooked on it for a bit, then being drawn back to the imposing menu of 50 games to dust another off and repeat the process. You would think at some point the surprise would wear off but UFO 50 is consistently delightful to a degree that continues to shock again and again.

I recommend this incredible gem of a game to anyone who knew early video games or people wanting to discover how gaming evolved during the early days. It is an absolute delight, I am having mad fun with it

Do you have a special nostalgia for the 8-bit era? If so, you should absolutely pick this game up. Mossmouth has created an alternative universe of games that feel like they could have been from the 8-bit era but have modern QoL features that feel great. There are 50 varied games in here covering a ton of genres, you will easily find a handful if not several dozen that are wonderful. Many of the games also have local multiplayer. This is an incredibly well thought out and put together collection of games. Even if you did not play anything from the 8-bit era you will find some wonderful gems in here.

It has great value, and I can acknowledge that. I particularly was hopin for more modern gameplay but it really does FEEL like playing 80's games. which, if that's your thing then get this. it's way too slow for me.

UFO 50 is a collection of 50 different retro games that were inspired by classics from the NES era. You probably won't like every game in here but with such a large collection you will have enough alternatives to play. The game tries it's best to emulate the feeling of these old games including graphics, sound design and even their jankiness. Barbuta, the very first game in this list, stands out as being a very obscure game with no directions given, a very terrible control scheme and extremely hard gameplay, which is what most of those old games were at that time.
There are tons of different genres here, classic arcade games with high scores, shoot 'em ups, platformer even rogue-likes and full RPGs. It's interesting how creative some of these games are and these aren't even small games, each one of these feels like it could have been sold individually.
Listing every single game would be a bit too long, so I will describe some of my favourites.

Bug Hunter is a tactics game in which you have to kill bugs that spawn inside a mine. You must fulfill your quota if you want to finish your day but you only have a limited amount of turns to do so. The bugs will never attack you but they will evolve every turn which gives them some special abilites that makes it more difficult to kill them and if you don't destroy their eggs, they will swarm the mine and you loose. You have a limited amount of movement and attack abilities but if you collect energy cubes you can buy new ones that replace older ones. The only goal here is to kill enough bugs for your quota, how you reach your goal is up to you. It's a very fun game with many different abilities and tactics to try out for such a small game.

The Big Bell Race is a little racing game similiar to Mario Kart of F-Zero but with controls similiar to Flappy Bird. You play as one of multiple ufo racers and your method of transportation is to hold the button to hover in the air and release it to lose height. That way you have to navigate through the obstacle course and finish multiple laps. You can also "slash" at other racers if you are near them, which damages them. Racers have limited hit points and get destroyed if they lose all of them, whcih sends them back to the beginning of their current lap. The racing track will also spawn power ups that can be used against your opponents. A fun little game despite the unusal controling scheme.

Waldorf's Journey is a platformer with the difference that you charge and release your jumps in a target direction. You basically fling yourself into the direction you want to travel. You have to try to land on the floating platforms because if you fall off the screen you have to restart from the beginning. There are some tools that can help you on your journey including birds that rescue you if you fall in the abyss. The goal is to reach the end of the level which isn't that long but it's really hard. It's a great game for a short round between some of the longer games.

Party House is a deck builder with different "scenarios". Each scenario has their own selection of party guests and your goal is to "throw the best party" by inviting four VIPs. To get these VIPs however you have to recruit a bunch of other party guests first. There are two resources, popularity and monhey. Popularity is used to invite more guests to your party (which act as extra cards for your deck) while money expands the maximum amount of guests you can have (the amount of cards you can play). The gameplay itself is very simple, you reveal one guest after another from your deck, after each guest you can decide to invite another until the house is full. There are however trouble makers which, if there are too many, will end the party and give you no resources. You have to juggle the different party guests and decide how many you want and which of them you need. It's surprisngly complex and even has a random mode.

Divers is an obscure and dark RPG. You play as three lizard people that dive into an ocean to explore underwater ruins. What makes this game so interesting is how little it tells you about itself. There are no explanations, items in the shop don't tell you what they do, you don't know what your goal is except that you have to dive deeper. Items have limited use, so you always have to return to the surface to heal, save and refill your items. The game also makes use of a limited sight range, which adds to the uneasiness that you will feel during the game. There are sea monsters everywhere that are often outside your sight and suddenly come in view and start chasing you, there is no map, so you don't know where you are and you will get lost while you try to evade monsters. I really love this scary atmosphere that the game has.

Overbold is probably my favourite game in this collection. It's a small arena roguelike similiar to the Binding of Isaac but inside a single room. You have to survive 8 fights in the arena and after each fight you can spend the prize money on upgrades. What makes this game so much fun is that it entices you to risk more than you can manage. After each fight you can decide to raise the prize money but this will add more enemies to the next fight. The last fight will always have a full arena including a boss, so you have to be prepared for it but if you risk too much too early you might lose and have to restart. It's incredobly addictig, especially since each run is so short and you can play multiple runs back to back.

Vainger is a classic metroidvania heavily inspired by Metroid. The main gimmick here is that you can jump again in midair to flip your personal gravity, allowing you to walk on ceilings. This simple feature changes completely the level design and how you approach each room. Some enemies and obstacles react to your flip ability and will change. Another great feature is how upgrades work in this game. The game does not have many ability upgrades but you can slot them in one of three different mechanics, your gun, your body and your gravity flip ability. This changes how an upgrade works, the fire ability for example enhances your gun in that way that it can detonate exploding barrels and also deal more damage to enemies but if you slot it in your body it will instead protect you from high temperature, allowing you to travel through hot rooms without taking damage. Since you can only switch these upgrades on save stations, you have to approach each section of the game differently.

Pilot Quest is a mix between an idle game and a Zelda-like adventure. Your ship crashes on a planet and you have to find the three missing parts to repair it. At the start you are inside a camp that has a big crystal that you can mine for smaller crystals. These crystals can be used to buy plants that produce more crystals or you can smelt them into an ingot which is used to build various buildings. You will hire helpers that help you produce more stuff and the game will continue producing even when you play another game. At some point you will explore the world but you have only limited time depending on how much meat you have. Time acts also as health, enemies will deduct from your time instead of hurting you. There are several dungeons in the worold that you must explore to find your ship parts. These dungeons also have bosses that mus be defeated first. Although the time mechanic can be somewhat annoying, it is fun to play this between other games and come back to it to collect your progress and explore the world again.

I sampled 7 games at random, and I hated them all. I don't have the energy to continue.

I'll keep trying the other games, but so far, most of these are gimmicky throw-away games.

The one that angered me the most was the super-slow "Metroidvania" style game where you have no attack distance, and moving is comically slow.

The presentation, music, sprite work, color palette is wonderful, but these games aren't really that good.