Luminyte :: lo-fi prison break, strange creatures, and mysterious notes :: gather keys and escape each room. Use light to drive off monsters. Replay on death. Not for me but seems well made. 6/10

Candy Gun :: bubble shooter, Zuma clone, and a poor design :: stressful game of rapidly left clicking, shooting towards the same color, and praying that it won’t glitch. Impossible to get ahead. 3/10

Fomalhaut Flowers :: noir, luck, and an unresponsive jump button :: side scrolling puzzle (?) platformer that comes off as frustrating due to the awkward physics and unavoidable deaths. 4.5/10

Lazy Sweet Tycoon :: idle game, business builder, and electric sheep :: mobile->PC port that surprisingly is not microtransaction heavy. It has a good balance between active and idle gameplay. 6/10

LaserZone :: drones, kidnappings, and amnesia :: top down sci-fi puzzle game where you rotate and interact with objects/lasers to pass through levels. It’s on the casual side of this subgenre. 6/10

Anime Zodiac :: rotating tiles, animated artwork, and character profiles :: solve puzzles to unlock art, or Ctrl+D to skip. It’s nothing special in gameplay or art, but Gemini is the best. 5/10

Smithy Wars :: attack, enchant, and repeat :: a slow & unpolished online-only singleplayer RPG with mismatching character appearances. Gameplay is mostly grinding. Requires third-party account. 4/10

Starlight X-2: Galactic Puzzles :: space sudoku, interplanetary manipulation, and 50 new puzzles every day :: place stars to light up planets, and place asteroids to block excess light. 6/10

Jetscout is a modern take on Lunar Lander with more interesting levels and an actual plotline. It’s not something I’m good at, but Easy mode gives enough lives to prevent frustration. 7/10

Pirates vs Monkeys is a poorly designed Angry Birds-like shooter, where it’s impossible to see both your aim and what you’re aiming at. The power meter is inconsistent, so winning is just luck. 2/10