Recent reviews by waylaidwanderer

The game runs decently on the Steam Deck. It stutters during loading screens, but otherwise, it runs at a constant (capped) 40 FPS on high settings. Interacting with the game is primarily using the trackpad, like a mouse. Proper gamepad support would be nice. It's kinda there, but mostly doesn't work properly.

As for the game itself, it's a potion crafting/management sim with deckbuilding gameplay, with an actual story, which is a first. There are goals to achieve and an actual reason to make potions. The devs also clearly put a lot of time into the art and animations, and it shows.

The frequent loading screens are slightly annoying, and making potions can become tedious after a while. I would like to be able to save custom recipes and automatically have those ingredients put in the cauldron with a click.
Time management can also be kind of stressful. It would be nice to have a more relaxed (easy?) mode so that you can take more time to talk to other vendors, hang out and rank up your relationships with them - instead of having to sacrifice that time to make and sell potions because you're broke.
Also, it would be nice if you could actually keep some of the prize money when you win a competition, lol.

Overall though, I'm enjoying the game. I hope it receives some quality-of-life updates - especially my custom recipe suggestion - but on the whole, it's charming, and the characters are fun to get to know. Mint is a cutie. I'm looking forward to experiencing the rest of the game's story.

Beautiful game with many different mechanics to keep things fresh. I'd describe this less as a puzzle game and more of a platformer with puzzle elements.
The level design is gorgeous, and the puzzles were pretty straightforward. It took my friend and I just over 11 hours to beat the game; we didn't rush (but solved all the levels quickly), and played a bunch of mini-games as well.

The sheer creativity of the game design (puzzles, environments, story) really impressed me. Definitely worth playing with a friend!

It's a great game to play casually. Easy to understand and you can try out lots of different strategies easily because of it. Also it's Dota-themed, which is a plus.

This game is pretty simple, so if you're looking for a challenging sim where you need to micro-manage everything, look elsewhere. Otherwise all you need to do is plop down the rooms required and hire people for them where needed, and the hospital pretty much runs itself.

It's relaxing to play though, and I had fun nonetheless, so definitely check it out if you're into this type of game.

The best CRPG game out there. I've never replayed an RPG multiple times to experience all the main characters' stories - but for this game, I did.

PS: Shout out to Lohse's voice actress for her fantastic work!

I just played this game and had a blast. Even though the "zombies" are just cardboard cutouts, it's so fun killing zombie after zombie. The haptic feedback and sound is satisfying when you kill one, and it's really awesome when you unlock new guns and manage to get to further waves.
There's a bunch of different modes as well as maps, so you don't get bored as easily. Definitely worth picking up.

This is a cute puzzle game that's intuitive to play. There are only 4 stages, with a bunch of levels that get progressively harder (but none of them were very difficult) and a few challenge levels for each stage, which I was able to complete in slightly under an hour.

I was able to play it in a 2.5m x 1.5m space, although it probably would work in a 2m x 1.5m space as well. 1.5m was very slightly too narrow for some levels, so I'd recommend a minimum of 2m x 2m.

If you're looking for a fun game to demo to others, Water Bears VR is a good pick.

At 3.5k hours and 4k MMR, I'm gaining 1.14 net MMR / hour. I'll be 6k in no time!