Weeklong Deals for 9/14/20
It’s a dense week of Weeklong Deals this time, with much of the good stuff landing on roguelikes and zombies. SYNTHETIK and Cogmind are two procedural death labyrinths you shouldn’t pass up on, especially if you fancy some high-tech chaos. There’s plenty more spread across several genres here, so I’d say a careful examination of our recommendations is in order. Oh, and Islanders is the daily, which is also a compact and worthwhile use of $2.
I got to half of the reviews I wanted to get out last week, and I’m aspiring to doing at least as well this week! I always feel a little guilty for not getting more written, but between work ramping up and helping my kids with this brave new world of distance learning, there’s just not much left for me to write with. We may be able to get back to where we were eventually, or I may have to back off reviews entirely for a bit, but we’ll keep going like this as long as we need to. I appreciate your patience, and hope these roundups are still helping folks connect with indie games they might have missed.
Oh my yes
SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising (Review) – Wild, messy top-down roguelike shooter with some intense guns and handling
They Are Billions (Review) – An impressive zombie survival RTS that goes a little too hardcore in its campaign
Death Road to Canada (Review) – Silly roguelike adventure about surviving a road trip filled with the undead
Trials of Fire (Review) – A promising tactical roguelike RPG with deckbuilding elements
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (Review) – Top-tier Wild West shooter wrapped in a very clever story
Cogmind (Review) – Shockingly deep sci-fi roguelike where you build your robot chassis as you go
Long Live The Queen (Review) – A visual novel adventure with tons of stats and strategies to keep track of
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (Review) – Not quite the rollicking good time of Gunslinger, but still a solid FPS
Ash of Gods: Redemption (Review) – Pitch-black fantasy RPG using the Banner Saga battle system
Chasm (Review) – Decent metroidvania hampered by its own innovations
Wuppo (Review) – Intensely cute platforming adventure
Nihilumbra (Review) – Charming puzzle platformer with a neat painting gimmick
Back to Bed (Review) – Short puzzler with a distinctly Dali aesthetic
Daily Chthonicle: Editor’s Edition (Review) – Brilliant horror management sim where you run a newspaper
The Last NightMary (Review) – Neat little horror game out of Brazil
Oh goodness no
Razenroth (Review) – Terrible waste of a Lovecraftian roguelike dungeon crawler
Woodle Tree Adventures (Review) – Wishes desperately to be Mario 64, but just too simple and janky for the job
Megamagic: Wizards of the Neon Age (Review) – All 80s style, no action-RPG substance
rooMaze (Review) – Utterly hateful dungeon crawler
Gold-Plated Games 