Impulse Control

Impulse Control

Impulse Control · April 14, 2020 · Casual, Strategy, Building, Puzzle, Relaxing

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9 user reviews56% · 9
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About Impulse Control

✦ AI summary

Impulse Control is a projectile launching game where you blast through physics-based structures across four elemental worlds while answering personality questions that determine your psychological type. Crush uniquely-designed buildings and enemies with strategic shots and satisfying destruction, then discover which of 12 personality types matches your playstyle in this relaxing, ad-free experience.

Impulse Control is a projectile launching game that features realistic building destruction and assigns you a personality type at the end. Meet the warden of Polar Labs and his sidekick, Marlin. Journey through the 4 elements, answering questions about yourself. Knock down the unique structures in each level with well-placed shots, harmonic resonance, or brute force to create havoc and squash the meanies.

Key features:
  • Realistic structure types featuring columns, frames, trusses and beams
  • challenging and satisfying building destruction!
  • 12 unique personality types with original art and descriptions
  • 28 different levels with unique meanies to squash
  • Free, with no ads or in-app purchases
  • 15-20 minute playthrough with relaxing music

This game is not intended to treat any disorders. Impulse control is something we can all practice. "For every minute we remain angry, we give up 60 seconds of peace of mind" so don't be a meanie, give impulse control a try.

Impulse Control — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Apr 17, 2020
There are some interesting mechanics here, but lackluster level design and very little variety from beginning to end stop me from being able to recommend this one. The graphics are pretty unpolished as well, but I'm not really taking that into account for my review as this is a puzzle game and the gameplay should speak for itself. Sadly, it doesn't. The personality quiz aspect feels tacked-on, and for an Angry Birds-like game they made no attempt to improve upon their inspiration. All of the balls that you shoot behave in the same manner, and it's honestly just boring. I do think the developer could be on to something with the more resistant/"springy" building materials, as it's [i]almost[/i] enjoyable... just not enough to hold my interest.
8 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 12, 2022
Impulse Control is a lazy, badly made ripoff of Angry Birds, with slightly less features and options, poorer physics, worse quality assets, and overall worse gameplay. But to differentiate, they slapped a Facebook style personality quiz on the front, much like putting a hat on Frankensteins Monster works well as a disguise, you know. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customise the graphics settings. There's no way for gamers to ensure this is running at the native resolution of their displays... there's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision. There's no way for gamers to try improve the low quality graphics. These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game. The game is completely free. This is noble a gesture that shows dedication to both gamers, and the gaming industry. Nothing speaks more to a developers belief in themselves and their product than making their game available for everyone without remuneration. It's a shame in this cas…
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Oct 14, 2021
This is the worst Angry Birds clone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angry_Birds_(video_game)
1 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 15, 2025
Игра "Impulse Control" – это взрывная смесь аркадного экшена и тактического планирования. С первого взгляда может показаться, что это просто хаотичная мясорубка, но на самом деле здесь важен каждый выстрел и каждое движение. Стильная пиксельная графика и динамичный саундтрек отлично передают атмосферу напряженных перестрелок. Уровни хорошо продуманы, и каждый раз предлагают новые вызовы и способы их преодоления. Особенно радует разнообразие оружия и способностей, которые открываются по мере прохождения. Это позволяет экспериментировать со стратегиями и находить свой собственный стиль игры. "Impulse Control" – это сложная, но увлекательная игра, которая затягивает с первых минут. Она требует хорошей реакции, тактического мышления и умения быстро принимать решения. Если вы любите динамичные аркады с элементами стратегии, то эта игра точно для вас.
Not recommended Jun 2, 2023
Although it was enjoyable enough, I would rather just play Angry Birds...
Recommended Mar 3, 2023
[h1]Before I played Impulse Control, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]

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