Firekeep

Fun, but I think worth noting only really a city builder insofar as the tiles you are placing are ostensibly a city. This is a puzzle game with discrete 'levels' that you beat, not an ongoing build-up-your-city type game, which, while disappointing as it's what I was hoping for, I can't knock it for. Also unsure how it got the user defined tag as roguelite, as I really can't identify any roguelike or even roguelite elements to it. That being said I do recommend it with those caveats. One of the other reviews favorably compared the biome elements to Reus, and I would further that comparison by pointing out that this game is much less stressful - both in terms of time pressure and in terms of city hazards - than Reus is, in a positive sense. This is, primarily, because this is more puzzle game than city builder, but I think if the dev considered expanding a part of the game in more of a growing-city direction with the possibility to expand and develop an island, and additional buildings and biomes (though these are mentioned as planned in the early access summary), it would give it a lot more replay value. It's a great start and worth playing now, but certainly could become more, whi…

Super buggy, if you load a save you can't even "restart island" anymore, you have to let it sit for minutes to die off (surprise it doesnt even die off) new game i guess? It might be like a $2 a game

A nice combination of elements from similar games that is its own tasty recipe. Like Dorfromantik's chill tile-based city building mixed with Reus's proximity-based biome development. Really neat, I'm very excited to see where the road to 1.0 leads.

Relaxing puzzle game wrapped in a charming city builder.

To be perfectly clear: I actually enjoy this game, and I like the puzzle concept. However, I can't recommend it as it is. It's ridiculously buggy, with mechanics frequently not working or operating inconsistently, objects and buildings sometimes freezing or not loading or even loading in partway through a level, things resetting themselves, you name it. I have yet to see any of these bugs be fixed in all the time I've owned this game. Instead, it seems like there's always more bugs cropping up. I would absolutely caution against buying this game at this time. In addition, there are some things that are very poorly or not at all explained, with tooltips and help guides that seem insufficient to the point where sometimes I can't even tell if something is an unintentional bug or a built-in feature. For instance, there are certain building types that you're supposed to be able to build on grass/dirt tiles, but when I click on said tiles, one of the building options rarely shows up. There's no requirements indicated on the tooltip like some buildings (which might have to be built on fertile ground or next to forest tiles, to name a few examples), and I have no way of knowing whether it …

If you want a game that you can repeatedly play through yet always have a new experience, you will enjoy this. Its meditative, engaging and requires planning and problem solving. The game has surprisingly a lot of depth that you will not fully explore on your first play through. Its a fun little world builder that requires strategy but doesn't take up half of your day. Looking forward to how the game develops with further updates!