Wabisabi SushiDerby

This game is small but worth every penny, like a bite of freshly rolled sushi in real life! :D I find everything about it incredibly charming. Thoughtfully designed tracks, lots of unique sushis, interesting mechanics, and well-drawn pixel art all add up to a lovely experience! The story's lighthearted and silly in a way that feels honest, it's pretty comfy for a high stakes racing game. Gameplay feels closer to mario kart than it does gambling, haha. Powerups and speed boosts can be timed around the track to help your sushi achieve victory even if your odds don't look amazing; at the same time you're always in danger of something totally throwing you off (other sushis, ofc evil chopsticks, BOWLS), which I find keeps things exciting! The freshness mechanic is a fun way to justify a new game loop, I love how little details tie into the theme. The story is short and sweet but I find every course plenty replayable thanks to the variety of sushi builds you can create. It took me maybe 10-12 or so hours to get 1st in the final race, but I trained a few different things and unlocked all toppings before going for it. :b I was on the fence getting this, thinking it might be [i]too[/i] lu…

A very fun short game about cheering sushies that race on different tracks, however, the 100% might be a tiny bit frustrating with these magical chopsticks that just decide to ruin your run in a blink of an eye. Extra points for the fact that the game taught me about some sushies and they are super cute :D 8.5/10

This is the best game I've ever played. I love this developer on an autistic level.

I originally thought this was going to be a cute little sushi racing game where you actually control the sushi. Turns out you’re basically their manager. It's like Umamusume: Pretty Derby but with sushi instead of horse girls. You buy sushi, train them, give them different skills, upgrade their stats, and send them into races. The catch is that sushi has a limited shelf life, so their stats slowly go down over time. Eventually, you have to replace them with a fresh one and start the process again. It’s actually more fun than I expected. You start out as the underdog, slowly unlock better sushi and equipment, and work your way toward the final race. The races themselves are mostly automated, but you can cheer your sushi on for a speed boost and use their special abilities. There are also random chopstick attacks, which can be brutal. You can dodge them... until your sushi hits an obstacle, loses speed, and gets eaten anyway. Or those chopstick RNG are back-to-back, so you end up eaten anyways. Losing an expensive, heavily trained sushi to bad luck is not fun. The main problem is that the game starts to drag near the end. Grinding the same races for money and training starts feel…

Fun bite-sized game. Addicting until you can win all the races. I like how you can impact the races despite the sushi being on autopilot

Incredibly simple and fun game. A lot of gameplay depends on luck along with builds and pattern memorisation. Simple to get in and easy to end. No convoluted build manuals no complex tutorials, just brute force majority of it.