Short reviews so you can decide whether a game is worth your hard-earned cash.
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Publisher: QubicGames What I Paid: $2.10 (Acrylic Nails!, Spooky Painting DLC, Winter Marble DLC) Verdict: Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: A while ago I reviewed Dentist Bling: Complete Edition and deemed it shovelware. Acrylic Nails!: Complete Edition is essentially…
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Aaron – The Little Detective (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: Asylum Square Interactive What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: Aaron – The Little Detective is a basic Hidden Object game targeted at children. 12 screens hide a varying assortment of 9 objects, a surprising…
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Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo (XBOX Series X)
Publisher: Microids What I Paid: $5.99 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: Ostensibly an adventure, this game more-or-less devolves into a walking simulator where style rules over substance. You are a writer who is involved in a car crash. You…
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Twin Mind: Murderous Jealousy Collector’s Edition (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: Ocean Media What I Paid: $5.62 Verdict: Not Shovelware. Game Breaking Bug. What I Say: This is a far-fetched hidden object puzzle adventure which on the surface has you solving the murder of an actress whilst she is on…
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2048 Colorful (XBox Series X)
Publisher: LVF Studios What I Paid: $1.45 Verdict: Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: When my XBox was almost brand new, I would occasionally take a look in the Store. This title would often feature as a 90% discount title.…
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Escape game R00M02 (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: AlignmentSharp What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: This is a very basic puzzle game written using the Unity game engine. Like its predecessor, you have a small number of rooms to navigate and puzzles…
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Twin Mind: Nobody’s Here Collector’s Edition (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: Ocean Media What I Paid: $5.62 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. Game-breaking bug. What I Say: The murder of a scientist sees our non-identical twin detectives visit many, many locations (this is a relatively long game), play many, many…
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2048 Battles (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: Baltoro Minis What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: 2048 Battles is a paid variant of an open source game created in 2014. The basic 2048 game is played on a 4×4 grid with…
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Nonograms Prophecy (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: No Gravity Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. Game Breaking Bug. What I Say: I like nonogram games. For anyone that doesn’t know, they are puzzles involving a square playing area where you have to…
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XPOSED SWITCH (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: Mass Creation What I Paid: $3.00 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: This is a snake-like game where you move a head around the screen, progressively revealing more and more aspects of an initially hidden picture. Various…