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12Jun

By Alex CrooksNo Comments

Thrifty Business – PC Review

Ever wanted to run your own 90s thrift store? Spellgarden Games is here to help with their new launch, Thrifty Business. Buy products, expand your store, and meet a cast of amazing NPCs. The world is your oyster as you expand floor by floor, railing by railing. You can get Thrifty Business on Steam right now for £12.99. An entire business? What a steal! Gameplay Opening up your own thrift shop is surprisingly easy. After a quick tutorial taking you through the basics, Thrifty Business throws you right into it. It allows you to learn at your own pace through expansion and shopping. All in all the gameplay is laid back and allows players to sink into the gradually. Anyone with any level of experience playing games could quite easily pick up Thrifty Business and get right into it. Arr...

12Jun

By CharlieNo Comments

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FORENSIC – M.E. Protocol – PC Review

FORENSIC - M.E. Protocol is a new crime scene investigation simulator developed by k148 Game Studio and published by JanduSoft, that hit the Steam shelves on May 28th. Step into the shoes of a forensic investigator, check out crime scenes, and try your best to solve the case! A Different Kind of Murder Investigation An investigator game like this honestly sounds fun on paper. Usually, in these kinds of games, you are either just a regular cop or the guy who gets sent to clean up after the fact. Getting to actually work on the forensic side of things is a great concept, but the execution isn't without its flaws. Have you seen a game like this before? Let me know in the comments! Gameplay In FORENSIC - M.E. Protocol, you play as a forensic investigator tasked with analysing crime sce...

9Jun

By Ruddy CelestialNo Comments

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Voidling Bound PC Review

Voiding Bound is an Action, Adventure, RPG made in-house by Hatchery Games. This game brings in what feels like Pokémon. If you can play as them and roam around with the mutations that each species that the game has. With the area being a playground holding secrets and no boundaries unless gravity happens. Let's collect the mutagens and start this review! With the amount of eggs I'm collecting, I might as well start a egg farm. Gameplay Voiding Bound has us playing as the Wrangler. A person in a crew of 5 people roaming the galaxies to stop the spread of the infection that's spreading among many other planets in the galaxy. However, the only things immune to the Legion's parasites are voidlings. Furthermore, these creatures that we're able to take and link up with to take over and att...

8Jun

By HannanNo Comments

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Schrodinger’s Cat Burglar – PC Review

Schrodinger's Cat Burglar had me scratching my head while constantly pressing the meow button. I’d say it achieved what it set out to do. While Schrodinger's Cat Burglar is developer Abandoned Sheep’s first major release, the game leaves a lasting impression. Available on PC via Steam and Linux, it combines the universal love for cats with genuinely clever puzzles. While it isn’t exactly genre-defining, the game’s charm is undeniable. Meowing For Success Cat games aren’t exactly new. While Stray is easily the most popular game to leverage the love for playing as feline fellows, Schrodinger's Cat Burglar does enough to separate itself from the 2022 adventure game. That, too, while adding some nice twists that cement the fact that it’s a puzzle game. Gameplay Schrodinger's Cat Bur...

8Jun

By CharlieNo Comments

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Service Area Simulator – PC Review

Service Area Simulator is a new shop simulator game that puts you through the standard management loop of building, restocking, and running your shops. Developed by ikika Games and published by PlayWay S.A., it was released on Steam on May 15th to mixed reviews. Stranded on the Side of the Road As you know by now, we at Thumb Culture have a knack for Simulator games. The good, the bad, and the ugly. I really felt like this game could be one of the good ones. Sadly, the reality of the game doesn't quite live up to that. Let's get into the details. Gameplay Service Area Simulator's core gameplay loop starts off pretty much like any other store sim you may have played before. You have just bought a tiny little store, in this case, sitting right at the side of a lonely desert road,...

5Jun

By Ruddy CelestialNo Comments

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Rune Dice PC Review

Rune Dice is a Strategy RPG from the minds at Smart Raven Studio. With publishing assistance from Kwalee. Rune Dice is honestly a very unique concept when working with dice and combat. And the interesting conditions to be met when unlocking characters had me playing for hours on end. Now, let's legally grab our dice and get ready to roll for this review! Remember, explosive dice are your best friend, but RNG....it's getting personal! Gameplay The gameplay for Rune Dice is honestly a game of pool minus the pockets and with almost the same amount of planning. I swear the game had me questioning sending the die to a wall to do a trick shot. Which was necessary to fully understand to perform the needed 40 combo dice to unlock the Archer. Sure, you need the aim to properly get this combo t...

4Jun

By ShaniaNo Comments

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Swan Song – PC Review

Swan Song is a casual puzzle game developed and published by Business Goose Studios. You play as Edith, whose mother (Amber) has passed away. The game begins with a letter from her father (Tristan), who gifts her this music box after his passing. Immediately, we see an uneven family dynamic with two people grieving. As we progress through, we learn that the Mother was a passionate pianist. Through sickness, Amber started to lose her musical abilities and eventually, her life to breast cancer. Already, the game reveals its raw and unforgiving emotions. Swan Song will be available on Steam on the 4th of June. Have a look here! Get your Kleenex ready! Gameplay Swan Song is very simple in the way it’s played. The player is presented with a music box and has to guide a swan from one ...

29May

By Kyle McGrathNo Comments

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Riven: Remake – PC Review

I already checked out Myst, and now I'm exploring its cult classic sequel, Riven! This remake did come out in 2024, and Is out on the Steam Store, for £31.49. But if you do wish to pick both remakes up for one deal, then it will cost you £53.54. The theme with books kinda reminds me of the movie Inkheart. Gameplay Riven picks up right where Myst left it, with the player being asked to go to the actual world of Riven. A place that holds a man who is looking to do harm to others called Gehn. Besides, actually getting context for why we are in Riven. The player must navigate and explore the areas, which in turn will hopefully lead them on the correct path. From what I could understand, my main goal, or what I made my main mission, was to light marbles from each of the gold domes. As I sa...

29May

By Kyle McGrathNo Comments

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Myst Remake – PC Review

One thing I love about remasters and remakes is that they offer a chance to people who may have missed out on the originals. It's me; I'm people. That is why I will finally get to check out the latest version of Myst. This version has been remade from the ground up, thanks to the team at Cyan Worlds Inc. Besides hearing about the game now and then, I have no actual clue what Myst is actually about. So I will be interested just what mind-breaking puzzles I will get to do. You can grab Myst on the Steam store for £31.49 and apparently players can experience the game in VR too! After all these years is this game a hit or Myst? Gameplay After a brief intro of a man being killed and dropping a book with the title Myst, we awake as a no-named character on a mysterious island without knowing...

27May

By Kyle McGrathNo Comments

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Scale The Depths – PC Review

Scale The Depths is a new fishing game created by Glass Gecko Games. And has us on a rustic old boat catching, scaling, and prepping fish, all while taking in the calm music. The game is out now on Steam, and also has a demo for those who prefer to try before they buy. Some Weird Customers Gameplay In Scale The Depths, you must catch fish to feed the customers that arrive next to your boat. There's a variety of different customers, all with their own preferences on what kind of fish they like and dislike. Giving them fish they like fills their hunger meter faster, but there's no real penalty for feeding them fish they aren't as fussed on, it just fills a little slower. Once satisfied, they'll leave, and you'll receive payment of the total value of fish you fed them. Eventually, you ca...