Played.Today

Subjective

How do _I_ rate the game? A single star means I really don't like the game. Five stars means I really like the game. The ✬ is special and means I play the game outside of reviewing. Only a few get ✬.

★★★★★✬: Luckslinger, Knytt Underground, BlazeRush, Tallowmere, Tomb of Tyrants, The Binding Of Isaac: Afterbirth, The Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth, The Binding Of Isaac, TinyKeep, The Fall, Unepic, Hero Siege, A Wizard's Lizard, Rochard, The Stanley Parable, Teslagrad, Steam Marines, Deadnaut, Luckslinger, Paper Dungeons

★★★★★: Starward Rogue, The Bridge, Swords & Crossbones, Snuggle Truck, Coin Crypt, Overture, Brawl, The Novelist, Xenonauts, Heroes of Loot, Prison Architect, OlliOlli, Back to Bed, Chainsaw Warrior, Anoxemia, Super Star Path, Strata, Dustforce DX, Farm Your Life, Major Mayhem, Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic, The Nightmare Cooperative, Khet 2.0, Vangers, Eversion, Bridge Constructor Medieval, Monaco, Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal, Syder Arcade, Merchants of Kaidan, Toki Tori, Steel Storm: Burning Retribution, Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers

★★★★☆: Siralim, Skullgirls, Three Dead Zed, About Love, Hate and the other ones, Freedom Planet, Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey, RocketsRocketsRockets, The Last Warlock, Cute Things Dying Violently, Terrian Saga KR-17, Sky Mercenaries, Sir, You Are Being Hunted, Noir Syndrome, Reassembly, Crimsonland, Splice, Hook, Race the Sun, Chucks Challenge 3D, Zen Bound 2, Type:Rider, Crunch Time!, Fake Colours, Legends of Aethereus, Yury, Lost Marbles, No Time To Explain

★★★☆☆: Adventure in the Tower of Flight, Starship Traveller, Osmos, Girls Like Robots, Go Home, Meltdown, Social Justice Warriors, Electronic Super Joy: Groove City, Bernie Needs Love, Foosball, Fotonica, Mountain, Two Digits, Drive to Hell, Beyond Gravity, Mechanic Escape, Age of Fear: The Undead King, Bleed, Particulars

★★☆☆☆: Owys, Redshift Blueshift, Knock-knock, BeatBlasters III, Super Hexagon, Astro Emporia, Shiny the Firefly

★☆☆☆☆: Battle for Blood, Alter World, Glow Ball, Hands on Deck, Dead Sky, Secret of the Magic Crystal, Gigantic Army

Objective

What I think of the game when I cast my own opinion aside. A 5 means it's a proper game with decent enough graphics, handling, and content. A 1 means it's a bad, incomplete, or trivial game. I do try to take the target audience (like kids) into account if I think it applies.

★★★★★: Starward Rogue, Luckslinger, Adventure in the Tower of Flight, Siralim, Starship Traveller, Knytt Underground, BlazeRush, Skullgirls, Osmos, Three Dead Zed, The Bridge, Girls Like Robots, Swords & Crossbones, Tallowmere, Tomb of Tyrants, Snuggle Truck, About Love, Hate and the other ones, The Binding Of Isaac: Afterbirth, The Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth, Coin Crypt, The Binding Of Isaac, Overture, Freedom Planet, TinyKeep, The Fall, Unepic, Hero Siege, Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey, Brawl, The Last Warlock, Cute Things Dying Violently, Terrian Saga KR-17, Sky Mercenaries, A Wizard's Lizard, The Novelist, Xenonauts, Sir, You Are Being Hunted, Heroes of Loot, Prison Architect, OlliOlli, Back to Bed, Noir Syndrome, Rochard, The Stanley Parable, Electronic Super Joy: Groove City, Bernie Needs Love, Teslagrad, Steam Marines, Deadnaut, Luckslinger, Chainsaw Warrior, Anoxemia, Super Star Path, Strata, Dustforce DX, Crimsonland, Farm Your Life, Splice, Hook, Race the Sun, Chucks Challenge 3D, Fotonica, Major Mayhem, Zen Bound 2, Type:Rider, Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic, Fake Colours, The Nightmare Cooperative, Khet 2.0, Vangers, Eversion, Bridge Constructor Medieval, Monaco, Super Hexagon, Legends of Aethereus, Paper Dungeons, Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal, Syder Arcade, Merchants of Kaidan, Toki Tori, Steel Storm: Burning Retribution, Yury, Mechanic Escape, Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers, No Time To Explain, Particulars

★★★★☆: RocketsRocketsRockets, Meltdown, Social Justice Warriors, Reassembly, Foosball, Drive to Hell, Secret of the Magic Crystal, Gigantic Army, Shiny the Firefly, Bleed, Lost Marbles

★★★☆☆: Go Home, Owys, Knock-knock, Alter World, Crunch Time!, Mountain, Dead Sky, BeatBlasters III, Age of Fear: The Undead King

★★☆☆☆: Redshift Blueshift, Battle for Blood, Two Digits, Glow Ball, Beyond Gravity, Astro Emporia

★☆☆☆☆: Hands on Deck

Graphics

Reflects the state of the graphics. A: proper graphics that work well together, B: average "flash/mobile era" graphics or simply too cognitive dissonant, C: graphics I could've made myself (=crap). I think the list speaks for itself.

Content

Reflects the quality of the content and gameplay. A: proper game with plenty of content for its genre, B: (might be decent but) stale gameplay or "flash/mobile"-y, C: too simple/boring/repetitive.

Handling

Reflects how the game and gameplay is implemented. A: normal gameplay or better, B: simple but could use some work or should be "early access", C: barely works, bad design, or bad implementation. C's should probably not be sold on Steam if you ask me.

Release date

Played titles grouped by release date (according to their Steam page) per quarter of the year

Archetype

Grouped by archetype, tries to assign one "main" type per game.

rogue-like

platform 2d

crawler

cyoa

racing

fighting

avoider

puzzle

strategy

arcade

shooter

hacknslash

squad-based

exploration

stealth

sim

stunts

difficult

metrovania

misc

runner

sports

aiming

card

bridge

rpg 3d

factory

trading

platform 3d