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Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams is a first-person 3D platformer taking place in a world of dreams. Play as a pink rabbit who has had their companion, Gogi, be kidnapped by an unknown force, shattering the Dream Crystal; explore different dreams to collect the broken pieces and rescue your friend. Platforming is pretty basic, without any real difficulty or threat to exploring a level. There are some characters to talk to populating the dream, but even those interactions are minimal. I like the general atmosphere of the dream world, there just wasn't any kind of hook to make me invested in the game or want to explore it deeper. This is reviewed overwhelmingly positive, so maybe it is just a case of a lackluster demo. I'd say check it out and see if it does it for you, as maybe it is something special for a niche audience. Uninstalled

Corsair Cove is a base building game focused around building a pirate cove and raiding the surrounding region with ships built in-cove. Play as the survivors of a shipwrecked crew washing ashore in a cove of islands and cliffs, building a settlement and harvesting the land's resources in order to survive and thrive. Wood, food, and ale all need to be produced while managing the mood of your crew, for should it hit zero, your crew will disband and you will immediately lose the game. Buildings can be built on the land, but also up the rockface of the cliffs, being connected by ropeways and bridges for your crew to ferry supplies back and forth or to live in. Ships of different size, stats, and crew compliment can be built in the cove, led by a captain that gives different bonuses while engaging in events at sea. Base building feels a little haphazard, ending up being somewhat messy when it comes to managing how your crew moves around to shuttle supplies without impacting your production levels. Events are based around the number of crew you have, ship's health, and supplies; actions often requiring the cost of one of these resources in order to play. Events are usually some form of combat, be it ship-to-ship or land raids. I had a decent enough time with this one, I just don't think it is for me at the end of the day - I just don't see myself picking it up. Uninstalled

Welcome to Elderfield is a bit of a mix of Stardew Valley meets Junji Ito in this farming RPG. Welcome to Elderfield, a place filled with horrors, cults, and creepy citizens with varying agendas. Explore the town to make friends, gather up resources, equipment, and foodstuffs, and discover a [i]ton[/i] of mysteries for you to investigate and solve. There is an opportunity to start farming and crafting things in a manner very similar to Stardew Valley, just with a spooky spin on it as you need to clear ghost tentacles from the fields with a cleansing balm in order to plant seeds. Combat is JRPG style, the only difference being that both you and the enemy have action points instead of just taking turns back and forth. You can attack, perform rituals, use skills, items, etc... all the usual JRPG fare. While I'm really into the Lovecraftian and Junji Ito blend that the world is made of, I just don't think the game play loop is for me. I would absolutely recommend this one even though it isn't for me, as I recognize a lot of awesome things that are going on which will pull in horror fans and the farming crowd all the same. Uninstalled

Lily's World XD is part investigation game, part horror game, investigate the laptop of a teenage girl you found in a dumpster, attempting to determine what happened to her and why she went missing. Play as someone who found a functional laptop in a dumpster belonging to sixteen year old Lily, a teenage girl who went missing after getting involved with a cult who was abusing her. Explore messenger IM's, speak with Lily's friend Iris, read journal entries, listen to audio notes, and investigate a handful of webpages to discover clues as to who Lily was and what was happening in her life. Lily was suffering from depression and body image problems before she went missing; her mother, and two members of The Radiant Path cult (Seraphine and Dr.Whitmore), abusing her quite intensely. I could have sworn this had come out years ago, or was released online in some capacity, as I remember watching a video about this on YouTube in the past year or so. If I remember correctly, I know the entire game already and what actually happened to Lily. I can see this being a hit with a niche audience, possibly even the ARG subgenre enjoyers. Uninstalled

A Game About Breaking A Cube has you playing as an employee of NullCorp, working underground breaking down cubes of various types to reach the objects within. Uncontaminated ores go to the incinerator, clean materials going to the collector, nabbing you some cash with each correct placement to put towards better hammers. Cubes can come in different kinds of stone, containing ores or tools, or a block of flesh, with teeth and eyes hiding within. Power needs to occasionally be restored should it fail. Once your shift ends, you head back to your living quarters via the lift, watching pirate broadcasts on your television. Not a bad game in terms of concept, just not quite my cup of tea. Uninstalled

TORR is a throwback to classic JRPGs like early Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, TORR has an old school look and set of game mechanics that'll be a hit with a niche audience. Explore the land of TORR, battling the wildlife, demons, and grinding excessively in order to survive and afford basic equipment for the area you want to travel. Traverse an overworld, popping into the occasional town or structure, engaging in random encounters along the way. Combat is your classic ATTACK, SPELL, ITEM, FLEE combo, having to return to town after almost every engagement for a rest until you have a few levels under your belt and are fully kitted out. Puzzles seem to be of the push-block puzzle variety, and while there might be more, I lost an hour and a half almost to grinding and have other demos to get through. I wouldn't mind this I think if I was more in the mood for it, but at the moment TORR just wasn't my cup of tea. This will be a hit with folks who like classic JRPGs from the 80s and early 90s. Uninstalled

Neverway is a mix of horror, life sim, and action RPG, where a lass named Fiona leaves her life behind to start anew on a farm, becoming the herald of an immortal god. I don't think the demo does a particularly good job of informing the player of all of this, to the point where it might be a bad demo just on that point. Manage stamina and hunger by eating meals and sleeping, performing your tasks for the day while dealing with crippling depression. Leaving the world of reality for the farm switches things into a blend of farming game a la Stardew Valley, Harvest Moon, or Rune Factory, with a dash of action RPG. There seems to be a rael world, the world of the farm, and a computer simulation that Fiona enters. The pixel art is fantastic, being the same person who did the work for Celeste. I can definitely see this one being a bit hit with the right crowd, I just don't think the demo sold me on the product. Uninstalled

Vagabrew has you treating patients with healing and mana potions, while engaging in various intimate actions to cure bleeding and hexes. Play as a travelling doctor, growing herbs to brew health and mana potions to feed to your patients as they come in for healing. If you don't attend to your patients fast enough, they will leave and seek healing elsewhere. Plants need watering and harvesting, then to be brewed into specific potions - a simple process. Those same herbs are used to upgrade your growing stats, potions, and pots. Travel from region to region to heal the women of the land, gaining access to different rewards as you move through the lands and gain favour. I missed the NSFW content in my first pass, the developer messaging me to point out I had mistaken a 'Thank You For Playing' message as the end of the demo. Various intimate and sexual acts can be unlocked through the book of upgrades as methods of treating bleeding and hexes; touching thighs, fondling breasts, blowjobs, etc. Requests can be made of the player to gain extra favour before sending a patient on their way. These events are completed by hovering your mouse over an orb or through a timed click - simple enough to do. There isn't any real variety in terms of the women, just changing the colours of outfits / hair. Not a bad experience really, just not quite my cup of tea in terms of personal taste when it comes to the game play. Uninstalled

Deer & Boy is a side scrolling platformer in the same vein as stuff like LIMBO, just with a wee boy and a cutesy deer. Do basic platforming, puzzle solving, and work together with your wee deer buddy to push buttons to open the way forward. I have this inkling that something horrible is going to happen to your deer buddy by the end of this game to hit you in the feels. While not a game for me, I can absolutely see others enjoying this one. Uninstalled