Channel Surfing
Happy Distractions Studio · 2025 · Indie, Incremental, Casual, Idler, Mystery
PC
Positive81% · 26
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About Channel Surfing
TUNE IN TO THE MYSTERY
Channel Surfing is an idle game that sits directly on your desktop, disguised as an innocent retro television set. But this is no ordinary TV - each channel holds unique gameplay experiences waiting to be discovered. With connections to be madeWHAT'S ON THE DIAL?
Spin fidget toys, pop bubbles, hunt for treasure, and many more activities across the various channels. Each offers different ways to earn resources, unlock upgrades, and progress through the game.GAMEPLAY FEATURES:
- Multi-Channel Experience: Navigate through multiple distinct gameplay channels, each with its own mechanics, visuals, and progression systems
- Idle Progression: Every channel continues to progress even when you're not actively playing
- Cross-Channel Interactions: Actions in one channel affect others in surprising ways
- Desktop Integration: Sits unobtrusively on your desktop while you work or play other games
- Mysterious Unlocks: Discover hidden actions, and combinations
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
This game is a huge waste of potential. The core idea is great, but the execution is incredibly shallow and half assed. If you came here looking for a short incremental game look elsewhere. Even if the game wasn't bugged it would still be bad. The core idea is that there are 12 channels that each contain a different little minigame or feature. Each of these channels is then affected either directly or indirectly by the other channels, and progressing in one will speed up another. Or atleast, that is the idea on paper, as it doesn't work in practice. For starters, as of right now the game is either bugged or unfinished, and if so, neither of these things have been fixed in the almost half year that it has existed. You unlock more features by completing quizzes and watching cartoons on channel 12. However, at the moment there is only one quiz and by extension one unlock. Of the 12 channels in the game, 4 of them are entirely useless, and 2 of them are dedicated solely to progression. That leaves 6 channels left for the incremental gameplay. Of these remaining channels, all 6 of them are basic clickers of varying, but always low, complexity. While some of these affect other click…1 found this helpful
Edit 11 May -26: Still broken, and now being sold in a bundle while in a broken state. Awful. Edit 13 Jan -26: The game is still broken. Edit 7 Sept: The game is still broken as far as I can tell. Unfortunately, I can't recommend this game right now. I've played so many hours, trying to figure out if it's broken or not. Scratching my head if I'm actually dumb, or if the game is bugged out. I've even gone into the save file to check things, and I'm definitely missing parts of the game still. Either I don't know how to unlock it, or the riddles are bugged. I'm only getting the initial riddles, then told "Until we meet again". After one cartoon, it's the same dialogue. I've loved what I have played so far. I want to continue loving it. I want to see more.1 found this helpful
interesting but boring when actually playing and achievements don't work for some reason1 found this helpful
A strange, intensely amusing widget that you can tinker with on the side.1 found this helpful
I can't stop playing! Its a problem!!! LOL
I want to like this more. Consept is great but underbaked and to be honest bit boring. Overall narrative or mystery would do so much.
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