Short reviews so you can decide whether a game is worth your hard-earned cash.
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Publisher: Artifex Mundi What I Paid: $2.25 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: Artifex Mundi publish a lot of Hidden Object Puzzle Adventures and this one varies little from its standard formula. You are a rookie detective tasked…
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Ghost Files: Memory of a Crime (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Artifex Mundi What I Paid: $2.25 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: In this Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure, you are a former police office who is now a private detective who is on the trail of a mysterious serial…
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Escape game & Card search game R01M (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: AlignmentSharp What I Paid: $1.39 Verdict: Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: I debated for a little while about whether I’d let this title slide by without earning the “Shovelware” moniker, but in the end there were too many…
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Encodya (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Assemble Entertainment What I Paid: $13.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: Encodya is a crowd-funded point and click adventure set in a dystopian future. You are Tina, a 9 year old orphan girl who scrapes by on her…
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Arc of Alchemist (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Idea Factory What I Paid: $15.00 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: After finishing Arc of Alchemist for the first time, I read a few online reviews prior to writing my own review. This title has been savaged online…
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Big Adventure: Trip To Europe (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Ocean Media What I Paid: $3.60 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: Big Adventure: Trip To Europe has spawned at least 5 sequels as of the time of writing this review, so clearly there is a market…
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A Castle Full of Cats (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Silesia Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: A Castle Full of Cats is from the same developers as A Building Full of Cats. As the name suggests, your task is to find…
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Paradise Killer (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Fellow Traveller What I Paid: $7.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: I’ve played a lot of quite ordinary games lately, so it was a great relief when I found Paradise Killer to be a fantastic whodunit. Your remit…
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Jewel Match (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Kistler Studios What I Paid: $0.00 (part of the Casual Puzzles Bundle 8 in 1 which I paid $5.39 for) Verdict: Not Shovelware. Made by Unity Logo. Doesn’t Support Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. 100% Completed. What I Say: Jewel…
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Connected Hearts: Fortune Play Collector’s Edition (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Ocean Media What I Paid: $5.62 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: The Good: This is a surprisingly meaty and lengthy hidden object game, almost rising to the level of a decent point and click adventure game. The story…