Hungry Horrors flips the roguelite card game formula: you don’t swing swords or cast spells, you cook. Framed in moody pixel art steeped in British and Irish folklore, the game asks you to assemble a culinary deck, chain complementary flavours, and out‑cook legendary Horrors before they make you the main course. Each run plays like a tense kitchen puzzle; plan recipes, time combos, and exploit tastes (sweet, salty, sour, bitter, savoury, bland) to placate monsters with distinct cravings and quirks. It’s a smart, darkly funny fusion of deckbuilding strategy, resource juggling, and emergent storytelling that rewards experimentation, pattern recognition, and a well‑timed Bakewell Tart. Core mechanics Deckbuilding is the game’s beating heart. Replace swords and spells with recipes, spices, and kitchen tools, each card is a culinary action that alters tastes rather than health bars. Instead of raw damage you juggle six taste axes: sweet, salty, sour, bitter, savoury, and bland; and the ord...
Hotel Galactic - Restore a rundown interstellar inn, rebuild a family of guests, and turn Grandpa Gustav’s dream into a home. (Early Access Review)
Hotel Galactic is a cozy management sim that hands you the keys to a dilapidated, floating inn and asks you to reimagine it as a bustling, story‑filled sanctuary. Equal parts builder and life sim, it pairs modular construction and room‑level customization with workforce management, generational staff progression, and gentle sandbox systems. At the heart of the experience is Grandpa Gustav’s bittersweet narrative; your restoration work unspools his past, shapes staff and guest lives, and draws the watchful eye of the Galactic Peace Corps into your moral choices. The game’s hand‑painted visuals, fluid animations, and warm soundscape make every renovation and garden patch feel meaningful; when technical rough edges are smoothed, the result is a patient, creative playground that rewards thoughtful design and emotional investment. Setting and story You inherit a weathered, floating hotel perched on a magical island adrift in space, guided by the spectral presence of Grandpa Gustav. As you ...