Tag: Casual

If you’re looking for a game that won’t take up too much time or brain space, come browse the Thumb Culture news pieces and reviews of the latest casual games.

Perfect Tides: Station to Station – PC Review
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Perfect Tides: Station to Station – PC Review

Explore the difficulties of young adulthood again in Perfect Tides: Station to Station. Play as Mara as you explore a wonderful tale during a year of her life in a point and click adventure. This is the sequel to Three Bees' award-winning game Perfect Tides, which released in 2022. Perfect Tides: Station to Station is currently available on Steam for £16.75 or in a bundle with the first game for £23.92. Perfect Tides - A Game About My Favourite Pastime... Chronically Overthinking Gameplay Point and click games can sometimes find themselves lulling in gameplay. This isn't the case for Perfect Tides: Station to Station. Exploring the world and having conversations with side characters is the name of the game, however, Three Bees add small elements to the game to stop things from gett...
Ghost Keeper – PC Preview
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Ghost Keeper – PC Preview

I did not expect to be checking out a true "spiritual" successor to the classic game Ghost Master. Although it is not made by the same team, you are able to see the clear inspiration used for the game. I mainly played Ghost Master on PS2, but always wished for another title. So I am happy to see that Ghost Keeper will be making that happen. It is out in early access now on Steam for £10.99, which is rather cheap! There is also a demo available as well. Things that go bump in the night. Gameplay There is not a main story so far in Ghost Keeper, but the level objectives are the same. Kill or scare, all present mortals with a team of ghosts. Each ghost gets their own unique skills, while also sharing some universal ones. Universal skill they tend to share, are telekineses and breakdown, ...
Bladesong – PC Preview
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Bladesong – PC Preview

If you have been living under a rock, then you might have missed this one. Viral hit game by Mythwright, giving you the opportunity to craft swords of your own creation. Bladesong is a game that I've been personally keeping an eye on for quite some time. So when given the opportunity to cover the Early Access build, I couldn't wait! Don't Hold The Pointy End Now you might think that Bladesong is a pretty shallow game. You would be massively wrong. This game has so much below the surface, so sit back and let's find out what you are up against. Gameplay While you may think that Bladesong is just a run-of-the-mill shop simulator, you'd be semi-right. In essence, you are the Swordsmith of Eren Keep, taking orders for new blades as well as requests to repair others. Making sure you craft th...
Lunars – PC Review
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Lunars – PC Review

Lunars is a party board game from the fun minds at Anubis Arts. The game handles like Mario Party, only replace the star with Jade Buttons, just with chaos greeting every facet this game can cover. To the mini games, the maps and even the characters themselves. Now let's roll this 12 sides die and see where this review will place. The one party game where it's okay to have more than one person choose the same character. Gameplay Before you start the game, you can start the process of customizing your zodiacs if you'd like. Since I was born on the year of the ram/sheep, I was the character the whole review. While my partner Lucifera who was born on year of the dragon. Playing the maps three times on Normal, while only one map on Blitz mode was actually fun. Getting to experiment and ex...
Cloudheim – PC Early Access Preview
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Cloudheim – PC Early Access Preview

Cloudheim is a new third-person co-op action RPG available on PC in Early Access. Noodle Cat Games, a studio founded in 2022 with a industry veterans at the helm, is both developing and self-publishing the title. You can pick it up now only on PC via Steam or Epic Games. Console versions for Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X|S plan to come out with full release. Explore Everywhere, Destroy Everything in Cloudheim I don't recall if it was originally a Vine or a TikTok - but one of my favorite short-form bits was of someone acting out Link going into a shop full of vases. Link destroys them all to the horror of the shop owner to collect rupees. He then leaves and returns to rinse and repeat. One of the top things I enjoy about Cloudheim is this simple mechanic. But there's more to the game t...
Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked PC Review
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Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked PC Review

Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked is a digital tabletop game set within the D&D universe. Developed and published by Resolution Games (Demeo) in partnership with Wizards of the Coast, it builds on the original Demeo series by adding in familiar features from The Forgotten Realms. Play it solo or with up to three other adventurers across Steam, PS5, and Meta Quest. It is also playable via Steam on Mac. Digital D&D Tabletop Demeo Dungeons & Dragons is something I didn't really look into learning more about until I was an adult. I didn't have any friends that played it, nor did I hang out at a local gaming/card shop for any kind of exposure to it. Nowadays I play as regularly as I can with my wife and a few of our friends, but I'm still in the mostly learning stages. ...
A Game About Digging A Hole – PS5 Review
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A Game About Digging A Hole – PS5 Review

Weird and wonderful indie titles are becoming more and more prominent in the gaming world. Which I, for one, couldn't be happier about! This time, we're checking out A Game About Digging A Hole, which was released earlier in 2025 for PC. Now that developer DoubleBee has released the game on PlayStation 5, it was time to give it a go, and get digging! Can You Dig It? Now, no prizes for guessing what this game's about, but is there a story behind it? Well, kind of! Our protagonist has purchased a new home, thanks to a rather alluring advertisement that states that gold is buried in the garden. How could they resist? It's a basic premise, sure, but enough to give you context as to why you're seemingly digging to the centre of the Earth in your back garden. So, your character splashes...
This Ain’t Even Poker Ya Joker PC Review
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This Ain’t Even Poker Ya Joker PC Review

This Ain't Even Poker, Ya Joker is an Auto Clicker, Strategy  game from Mash. The game is basically Cookie Clicker with Poker. And less Grandmas aiming to take over the world. The game allows you set it and forget it, but there are a few bugs to it. We'll go over more about it in the Graphics and Audio portion. Also, because this doesn't have much to go off on this might be one of my shortest reviews. Did you know that the odds of getting a royal flush is 649,739 to 1? Gameplay This Ain't Even Poker, Ya Joker has you meeting with a Jester, who is holding you hostage. Saying you'll need to make 1 billion coins in order to release you. You start off with one card and will need to earn coins to unlock more cards to make a hand. The coins can be used to either increase your cards or in th...
The Berlin Apartment – Playstation 5 Review
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The Berlin Apartment – Playstation 5 Review

They say that a house holds memories and every memory is a story to tell. Blue Backpack uses their new release to explore the sombre reality of Berlin through different eras through a quaint little Berlin Apartment. This narrative focused game takes you through the lives of Josef (1933), Mathilda (1945), Kolja (1989) and Tonia (1967). Available on the PS Store for £19.99, we took a step into The Berlin Apartment to see whether this game deserves a place in your collection. One Apartment, Many Stories, Much Heart Gameplay As a narrative-driven story, the gameplay of The Berlin Apartment is pretty simplistic. You use the analogue stick to move around along with R2 to interact with the environment. However, this simplistic approach works in the game's favour. Absorbing the story is mu...
Dream Garden – PC Review
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Dream Garden – PC Review

Dream Garden is simulation game about creating your very own Zen garden. Developer Campfire Studio (My Dream Setup) provides the creative tools and set pieces based on real-life, tiny, Japanese dioramas. You can pick it up now for PC (and Mac) on Steam. Zen Garden of your Dream I never really got into any crafting type of hobbies, and miniature Zen gardens and bonsai trees were only things I saw in movies and TV. However, I'm intrigued by Dream Garden, as it seems like a way to engage with that type of craft in a familiar format. Check out my thoughts below. Gameplay Dream Garden is a creative simulation space for modelling a miniature Zen garden. The game provides a number of tools to shape, colour, texture, and decorate your choice of background and sandbox. It's basically like a...