Rescue Team is a fun little Time Management game developed by the same folk who gave us the Treasures of Montezuma series. The premise is simple, disaster has struck three small islands and you must send workers to rescue stranded residents and repair the damage. Sounds good to me.

Time management games generally aren't my forte, but this little gem is a lot more fun and engaging than I was expecting. Gameplay consists of completing various objectives (rescue residents, rebuild homes, etc.) before time runs out. You're only given so much time and resources to complete each level and earning a gold trophy often takes you right up to the wire.

Despite the casual tag, earning gold is anything but casual and will require pushing your multi-tasking skills to the limit. At times you'll be pulling out your hair, trying over and over again with different strategies to eek out those precious few seconds. But once you FINALLY squeak in on time, that feeling of accomplishment will fuel you to continue on to the next level. Addictive gameplay is an understatement. Sitting down for 10 minutes to complete a level or two just doesn't happen. That drive for perfection will often have you tied to your seat twice as long as you were planning, but I regret nothing!

There's quite a bit of strategy involved here. Determining the order to rebuild to increase output of cash and materials while also managing buffs to get the most out of speed boosts requires careful planning and timing. Any lulls in action often means failure, so moving as quickly and efficiently as possible while keeping all workers busy at all times is a must. Once you get the hang of things, though, it's just a matter of execution.

With 60 progressively harder levels, there's plenty to keep you busy. Each completed stage earns you cash to rebuild your destroyed home. It's a small touch that adds something extra to the game, although I think the gameplay stands up just fine without it.

My only gripe is the lack of Steam Achievements which I find a little boggling as they add quite a bit of value to games like these. And there are indeed in-game achievements to be earned (and reward bonus money), however the achievement gallery is currently broken and links to the House Restoration screen instead. Once that is fixed and perhaps Steam Achievements added, there's not much I can complain about here.

All said, Rescue Team is a lot more enjoyable than I was expecting, especially for the price. If you're a fan of the genre, you'll definitely want to check this one out especially if you're looking for a bit of challenge. I see myself going for Gold on all 60 levels, and with achievement fixes (and added Steam integration please), will find myself back in the midst of multi-tasking craziness for hours to come!

Rescue Team is a cool little time management game in which you are tasked with cleaning up after a disaster on a tropical island. During each level, you are given a certain number of workers -- plus the potential of freeing others by removing debris. Your workers will then rebuild the town by repairing structures, collecting resources, rescuing villagers, and putting out fires. As you progress through the levels, you earn money that can be used to repair your personal villa, which has also sustained damage during the disaster.

Completing each level awards cash and statues in three ranks, with bonuses given for completing the levels faster. Achieving gold statues on each is a challenge, but just playing through the missions is pretty easy -- making Rescue Team appropriate for young kids or anyone who enjoys relaxing with casual game time that doesn't require a lot of brainpower. In each level, you have to determine in what order to perform each of several tasks so that you can keep your workers busy and complete all the tasks as quickly as possible. It's much more addictive than it sounds, and a lot of fun. It's quite a few hours of gameplay for a really low price, and the replayability comes in trying to beat the levels fast enough to achieve gold times.

Rescue Team is really similar to another game from the same developers called Ballad of Solar. In fact, it's pretty much the same game, except with a tropical disaster setting instead of heroes and wizards and other fantasy elements. So, if you enjoyed that one, you will probably love Rescue Team (and vice versa).

I do wish that the game included Steam Achievements (it does have trading cards though), but the in-game achievements available do at least add an additional level of play for goal-oriented gamers. Graphics settings are limited to full screen and windowed mode, and playing fullscreen at widescreen resolutions will add a background rather than expand the play area. However, as someone who tends to prefer casual gaming in a window, I didn't find it to be an issue.

Rescue Team is a casual time and resource management game(RTS lite) by Buka Entertainment. A storm has ravaged Greenfield Island and has left the island(and your property) greatly damaged. Your goal is to earn enough money to fully restore your ravaged property. To earn money you must restore Greenfield island section by section by controlling a team of workers and pilots . Completing each island section (or level) in the least amount of time can earn you cash bonuses(and gold or bronze trophies).

Tough decisions are the hallmark of good strategy games and Rescue Team has plenty of those - Do you restore lumber mills(wood) or delis(food) first to generate resources ? or do you rescue workers to increase your manpower ? how soon do you restore the helipad to get the helicopter and begin rescuing people ? should you restore the bridge to gain access to more areas or do you remove debris to gain resources and clear more road ? Clever level design compliments the sound strategy to create a satisfying experience.


It took me about 10 hours to complete the game with gold trophies for every level - but I am no RTS genius - so there is probably 7-8 hours of gameplay for the RTS inclined - more if you take it casual or are a novice to the genre. The game has decent graphics and a competent soundtrack but does lack option to adjust the resolution.


If you want a good casual RTS with solid gameplay and intelligent level at an affordable price then Rescue Team may be the game for you - easy to recommend (this game would be worth twice the price if it included a level editor)

This has been described as a time management game and it is, but it's a little more.

Cons first
The background music is very anoying. You won't miss it though if you turn it off.
The art style isn't bad, it's just very kid style. So if that bothers you..
I think it's a phone port.

Pros now
The game style is your typical, fix these problems by this time and get this level medal. But you'll find yourself enjoying the task of rebuilding the island town, putting out fires, and saving stranded villagers. You'll be itching to get better times. Better times mean more money to fix up your damaged vacation house. And that a nice element in the game, fixing a swank vaction home for yourself.
Most important, it's fun.

It's overall a easy to play if you have a few mins construction game. But you'll have to be careful cause it sucks you in and encourages you to spend way too much time at it.

TL:DR: Hey, it's currently (as of the Steam Summer sale) 49 cents and you get 5 or 6 hours of fun out of it.

Extended review: One thumb up. It's a basic time-management game. 60 interchangeable levels, and while you can't get gold on all of them without paying attention, you can easily get silver. No glitches and it works fine under Windows 10. No plot, no hero characters and no achievements, so knock off a thumb if you need those things; this is a pure puzzle game.

An oldie but goodie time management game. Rescue Team is a tad repetitive and misses some convenience features, but the fun level design makes up for some of the shortcomings.

Rescue Team is a typical time/resource manager with the usual mechanics: use 2-3 workers to collect resources, and then spend them on various level goals—mainly road work and reconstruction, expanded with a little rescue and firefighting to match the title.
An interesting bit to note is that the game is so bent on standard mechanics that even the resources follow the old food/wood/gold trio. There is something funny in repairing a highway with timber or collecting gold bullions as a rent from an apartment.

Although most casual games nowadays try to include some kind of a story, Rescue Team 1 was made in an era where this was not prevalent, so do not expect any plot. Expect some nice time management levels instead, where each stage acts as simple sequence puzzles: find the correct order of collecting the resources, so you can advance further into the level. Since the workers move fast and production buildings can keep up with the spending, the game has a great pace that easily can result in a “just one more stage” situation—which, thanks to the 60 levels, may last for a while.

Rescue Team is a casual time management game where the premise is you're overseeing a group of workers coming in to rebuild after a natural disaster. You play through 60 levels where you manage a crew appointing them to do various tasks within a short time frame, about 3-5 minutes.

There are two awards you can get for finishing a level. The silver is for finishing around 5 minutes and is quite easy to get while the gold you get for finishing around 3 minutes and is often trickier. If you want to play low stress you can easily do that just aiming for the silver medals and playing through the game. Getting the gold is completely optional and is a bit hectic but there's also more strategy involve since you will often need to figure out the best order to complete tasks in so that you can complete the level in a shorter time frame.

Personally I found that I often got silver on the first try, then once I got to know the level I'd go back and play for gold.

Visually the game looks quite nice. The 2D graphics are done well and everything is crisp and clear with no blur or pixelation like you may see on some older or low res casual games.

Another aspect of the game is you get a wrecked house to refurbish and slowly do that over time by earning money through completing missions. This gives you a sort of progress meter for how you're coming along in the game though I did wish a bit for more to that feature such as managing a rebuilt town. Perhaps in a future game.

I quite enjoyed Rescue Team and found it to be a well made game for the casual genre that has a nice balance between relaxing and some strategy. It can perhaps get a bit repetitive at times however it's a game that can easily be played in short bursts and come back to later so helps mitigate that. I did like that I could pick it up, play a few rounds and then just come back to it later.

For anyone who's a fan of casual games and light strategy I'd recommend Rescue Team as a fun, relaxing change of pace.

Rescue Team is time management game. It has little different control solutions, like you can't queue the orders and couple of small similar details. Generally it brings nothing new to the genre, but if you like such games, you won't be disappointed. It's not the best time management game I've ever played but it is solid piece of code. Everything works fine and it's not so easy to beat all levels with shorter time limit. Generally very nice game for such low price.
What is definitely missing is achievements.

VERDICT:
If you like management game, this one won't disappoint you, but also won't surprise you.
If you don't know the genre and want to try it, I would recommend something better.
If you're a difficult and complex games maniac, you should looking for something else, except you're in a mood to play something simple.

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As far as these types of games go, Rescue Team isn't as good as most.

The difficulty in getting gold varies wildly per level. You could hit a nearly impossible gold in the first 5 levels, then level 10 be easy as pie, then level 11 is hard as nails. That's just to get gold, not to complete the level, which is overly easy.

The juggling aspect of the game sometimes leaves you with no option but to wait. These type of games are designed good when every move is planned out and following that path leads to constantly sending your workers out to clear the paths. Some levels accomplish this very well. Other levels will leave you scratching your head.

The "object" of the game is to rebuild your house. As you complete levels you get money: $1,000 for silver, and $10,000 for gold. So not getting gold really hurts. Either way, when you get enough cash you can fix one part of your home. However, there really isn't any logic as to what to fix. It's kind of a pixel hunt to see what area of your home turns green. Also the object feels very arbitrary. Why does it even exist in the game?

The final blow for me was the lack of Steam achievements. I got close to 20 levels in and hit a randomly difficult to gold level. I was on my 3rd try, my helicopter was going to rescue the last person, I had time left, but that darn helicopter takes so long, even with the speed boost, I still failed, literally half a second from getting gold... for the 3rd time mind you. And suddenly I thought, "Why am I even playing this game?"

Quit, uninstalled, wrote review

The Rescue Team games are among the best ‘casual strategy’ games. Don’t be fooled by my almost none play time as I played them previously outside of Steam. There has been a chain of disasters and you manage a team of rescuers (Duh!). There’s a ton of levels to play and a variety of actions to do like building houses, rescuing locals, putting out fires, exploding stuff, repairing buildings etc. Each game has 60 levels spread out in three parts. Each part has a different theme and setup, like having a port and a rescue boat, rain and thunder, different background etc. The graphics are cute, sound is okay and music is non-intrusive. All the levels have a tiny map and are short, around five minutes each. They do seem extremely simple at first but getting all the gold ratings is challenging and will take you some time. I highly recommend them!