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Beep…beep…beepbeepbeep…looks like you found treasure here gamer! A wholesome, fun adventure where you hunt treasures with your metal detector.


A very wholesome game about treasure hunting with your metal detector and following in the footsteps of your late Grandpa (a passionate metal detectorist) who was also searching for some mysterious ruins.

This game has so much to do and with no timers or stress you can take it all in at your own leisure. Some of the fun things you will encounter;

✨ Lots of different environments with their own secrets to find and animals
✨ Take on jobs to earn coin for upgrades and help others find their missing items
✨ Decorate your own personal museum with your fave treasures
✨ Reset any level for 1000 coins if you want to scavenge for new treasures!
✨ Charming pixel art and an upbeat, adventurous soundtrack (classic rpg vibes)

❗Remember to manual save your game before quitting.

Settings & extras include; audio controls, display options, detector signal sound (two to choose from).

The store page does say the game supports full controllers but I played it with keyboard and mouse. It does use WASD keys for movement and the mouse to interact with items. There is a complete, well done tutorial at the start of the game that gets you used to the controls and how to use the metal detector.


This game is very relaxing and enjoyable.You can reset any of the levels for 1000 coins to keep searching for treasures even after the story is complete. The full story with all achievements took me around 3.5 hours but will run you longer or shorter depending on how much exploring you do in between the story and side quests. 1000 coins seems like a lot but by the story's end you’ll have plenty of money to reset levels and buy items for your museum. 💎

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Sniffin for Bones is a refreshing take in the hidden object genre with some old school vibes.

Settings include; fullscreen or windowed (the windowed default is very small but can be manually resized). Putting prompts into the launch window did not work for me. There are also audio controls.

🦴 My audio was turned all the way down upon entering the game so check your audio at startup
🦴 I highly recommend a controller for this game (although arrow keys and space bar is usable)

This game definitely feels like playing old school Super Mario meshed with a hidden object game and I am loving it. As you advance levels there are hidden bones you need to find in order to uncover secrets like vines you can climb in order to continue or finish the level. And each level is fairly short with the puzzles not too difficult to figure out.

The whole game took me about an hour to finish. Some achievements may not pop for you until you close the game but I did manage to achieve them all even if they did not register right away.🐾

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An emotional journey that provokes thought with touches of healing and compassion.


A wonderful little story about facing your fears, having compassion for yourself and the courage to make changes that are best for you. I did not find the game triggering personally, and I do struggle with anxiety. I found myself really relating to the main character on so many levels.

However your experience may be different from mine so give some thought before playing this one if you suffer from anxiety or have been through some tough stuff lately.

This game is not meant to give you solutions or to suggest anxiety can so easily be overcome. It is an ongoing battle. Instead it gives an alternate way to look at anxiety in the form of a little puppy.

🦋 A note about the music mini game. The mini game will continue until you get three stars so don’t get frustrated if you miss some notes and make mistakes. Even with mistakes you will still earn the achievement as well. So do not aim for perfection, just enjoy the game.

The artwork is hand-crafted which I find refreshing and the music for the most part overall relaxing and purposely slowed down so it has the effect of calming you down as you play.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3638251709

Settings & extras include; language, fullscreen or windowed and audio controls. There are no save slots but the game does auto save. You can also play any chapter over from the main menu.


It is important to realize we are all just human and we do not have to be famous or rich to be someone. What is important is learning to make choices that are good for us, showing ourselves compassion and being okay with those choices even if we sometimes fail at things.

Life is hard and many will try to tell you how to live your life and how to feel. Also it is never too late to make changes in your life for yourself. Go back to school, pick up a new hobby or do something you’ve always wanted to do but fear holds you back.

This story encompasses those messages and it is told beautifully. 💗

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You’ve finally hung up your adventuring boots and are about to settle down but destiny has other plans for you.

First review and first visual novel of the new year…Happy New Year everyone!


After the adventure of a lifetime you’ve decided to settle down with your other guildmates and enjoy life but things do not go quite according to plan. As if stopping an evil cult wasn’t enough and having to kill your guild leader on top of things he shows back up again…or someone who at least looks like him.

This is a novel with a heavy emphasis on the story so there is a lot of reading with choices for the reader to make each chapter. There are plenty of save slots to save at choice points so you can easily reload to get alternate endings once playing through the first time.

🌶️ Spice Level - Medium. There are some mentions of cults, murder, depression (full list is on the store page) but it is all presented in text with no graphic imagery.

The romance part shows some kissing and suggestive poses but no nudity or anything really spicy. Most of it is in text form.

Settings & extras include; display options, skip text options, text speed, auto-forward time and audio controls. There is a gallery and unlockable cutscenes (6 in total) and guest scenes (2 in total). There are plenty of save slots and you can take screen captures while hiding the hud.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3638162729


There is no voice acting, which is not a negative (just a mention). There are ambient sounds however like birds chirping, a clock ticking or the murmur of a crowd. The main music is instrumental and enjoyable, violin and piano. The music adds to the experience and suits the tone of the story.

The backgrounds are mainly blurred and darker in tone (this is so you can read the text as no text bar is used across the bottom of the screen).

The sprites are animated and some background scenes have animated elements such as snow. The sprites will appear dark in tone when the text is displayed on top of the images but if you hide the text (hit H) you will be able to see the vibrant colors of the artwork.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3638162816


I really enjoyed this story, and my first complete play-through ended on a happy note. A full run through took me about 2 hours (I am a fast reader however) so it may take some a bit longer. There is a skip text option for subsequent play-throughs to get the other endings. 💗

There is an artbook available to purchase which I recommend reading after playing through fully the first time as the book does contain a walk-through. It is also full of gorgeous illustrations and extra info.

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In Find All: Christmas 2025 search for a wide variety of Christmas items while listening to a relaxing festive soundtrack.

Settings include; resolution options, window modes, audio controls, glare control, fps settings, language and speed interface.


🎁 Festive Christmas soundtrack
🎁 Hand-drawn artwork (with some funny references)
🎁 Lots of Christmas items to find
🎁 Hints available & auto-save

A fun and festive game to get you into the holiday spirit. I love the line art and hand-drawn feel. The reference to South Park was great (among others). For the price it makes a great little gift for yourself or as stocking stuffers for some friends.🎄

* All achievements are in the base game however an additional level is available to purchase.

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Sprinkle some holiday goodness into your day with Hidden Cats 8: Happy New Year.

Settings include; resolution options, window modes, audio controls, glare control, fps settings, language and speed interface.


🎄 Hints available
🎄 Map colors in as you find all the cats in each area
🎄 Whimsical Christmas soundtrack
🎄 Autosaves & you can pan the map using wasd

Delightful little game to get you into the holiday mood. Some of the cats were actually quite challenging to find. I really love the linework in this one, especially the reindeer and the baby deer wearing the toque (too sweet). I would totally be up for a seek-and-find game for Christmas that was all about finding baby reindeer…(hint hint devs)* 🦌

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PancitoMerge is like Tetris but instead of blocks your merging delicious looking pan dulce treats into bigger, tastier treats.


Tetris but with tasty breads! Every 5 drops a customer will appear asking for a particular bread. Fulfill their order by clicking on the item if you have it in your bag already. If not they will eventually change their mind and ask for another treat. It is a way for you to make some room by getting rid of some treats to make space.

There are three modes with the traditional mode available right away. Earn a Hi Score requirement to open up Dia de Muertos and the JapoMexa modes.

The controls are simple and you could play the whole game with just your mouse but it does support keyboard too.

🔹Every new game you play you do have to unlock all the bread types again. The levels reset and there are no saves to continue a game. This is probably due to the fact there are leaderboards. There are no timers in the game and the breads will not drop down automatically (like Tetris). They are controlled by the player.

Settings & extras include; audio controls, bouncy animation (on or off), display options and language selection.


* Upate, the game now has achievments so a feeling of progression has been added to the game making it feel much nicer! 🍞

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In Cozyrama you can design your own cute dioramas with animated elements and adorable animals. There are lots of items to choose from or a workshop to make your own.


This game is all about creating your own cute diorama’s. There are two modes, Sandbox and Workshop. Sandbox is what you’d expect where you can start creating. Workshop is where you can create your own items to use and if you want to share your creations then create a Mod-io account and join the community.

Settings & extras include; language selection, autosave options, tooltips (on or off), invert camera axis options, audio controls, graphics presets and resolution & display options.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3623192354


🔹 Change your background color and time of day (night or sunny)
🔹 Change the shape of your land (square or circle) as well as two sizes to design on (small or large)
🔹 Animated elements such as moving water, animated animals and swaying flora
🔹 Right click on any element to resize it, change colors, copy or delete it.
🔹 Animal animations (if available) can be turned on or off (just right click on them) and some animals such as the fox can be shown standing up or laying down. Click on all of them to see what they can do.
🔹 When you place down water it will generate fishes swimming under the surface.
🔹 To pet an animal just hover over it and hit F
🔹 To undo a move hit Control + Z
🔹 You CAN hide the hud for taking screencaps through Steam (just hit H)
🔹 Remember to save manually before quitting (just in case)

Personal Wishlist

🔸Allow us to add elements to the sky like clouds or stars instead of just changing the color
🔸Weather changes such as snow and rain.
🔸Different colored fireflies (or magic sparkles/dust) to give a magical feel to crystals etc.
🔸Fairy lights to string from items such as trees, arches, etc.


The items and animals in this game are really well done. I really love the attention to lighting and how elements around the lights you place react. The soft glow of the lanterns (I am a lantern lover) or the slow magical pinpoints of light that are the fireflies really add some magic to your creations.

For the price you will get endless hours creating diorama’s or making your own items to share with the community. There are some preset diorama’s you can use or just hop in to get ideas and then start a fresh creation. A very wholesome, cozy game that any age can enjoy.💖

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3622462401

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Dive under the sea for some solitaire fun in the next installment in the Jewel Match Atlantis series. With variations on solitaire, bonus levels and beautiful scenes to piece together.


Settings & features include; audio options, display options, custom cursor, tutorial, hints, a variety of cards set backs and fronts and gem colours. Also the credits are viewable under options (watch them fully to get an achievement).

The Collectors Edition (Steam version) includes extra levels, the making of, extra shop (unlocks after finishing the main adventure), extra deck backs, extra wallpapers and extra trophies (achievements).


If you’ve played any of the Atlantis series before this is more of the same with 10 new beautiful palaces to piece together. Sadly the achievements for this series are the same so you’ll be familiar with them if you’ve played and achieved them before. Most are easy to obtain by just playing or doing some simple actions like watching the credits though or replaying a level.

There are four modes that you can choose from for difficulty. Relaxed, normal, hard or timed.

One of my favorite features that is across the series is being able to customize your main menu (or scene) using the Scene Manager. Here you can turn on or off items you collect (in this case fishes) that will swim on your main menu. They start you out with some unlocked and you earn the rest as you play. Also once you finish building a scene that scene is added to your wallpapers that you can choose to set on your main menu for your background.

Highlights

🐟 Really enjoyable soundtrack that is very relaxing
🐟 Ambient sounds are very well done
🐟 Collctables to achieve to add to your own personal background
🐟 Backgrounds and the world map have animated elements
🐟 Permanent upgrades you can purchase to give you advantages such as more gold, wilds & jokers


Overall an enjoyable game that has that all too familiar feel and mechanics that the previous games in the series have. I really enjoyed their game that came out earlier this year called Jewel Match Solitaire Fantasy which had some new twists and features to it. I hope going forward they take more chances and add some new flavours to other future Atlantis games.

For lovers of the Atlantis series it is more of the same goodness with ten all new scenes to piece together that also offers a lot of play time for the price.💧

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IndieGems wishes to thank Suricate Software & Grey Alien Games for providing a free review copy for this game.

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In Mari’s Magical Deliveries returns home to help her father run his delivery service. Deliver packages and possibly find romance along the way.


A cute otome with three love interests (two male and one female) about Mari, who just returned home to help her father with his delivery service. En route you may just find love. Sign here for your package…with a kiss!

✨ Earning money to decorate your room is a neat side twist to this visual novel. You can buy new items for your room at the Decor Store in game.

The game has three endings, one for each love interest.

🌶️ Spice Level - mild. This one is meant to be cute, not spicy!

Settings & extras include; display options, skip modes, text speed, auto-forward time, and audio controls. There are plenty of save slots and you can kind of hide the hud for screen captures (the images are smaller as the hud is designed to overlap them).


The lovely sprites are colorful and hand-drawn with a beautiful overall palette of purples, pinks and blues. They also have some facial animations to their eyes, eyebrows and mouths.

There is no voice acting, which is not a negative. Just a mention. Some enjoy voice acting while others prefer to voice the characters themselves.

The hud is designed in a way I’ve not seen before, the settings are not done in a pop up menu and are always on screen. I do find the design can take away from enjoying the visuals but I understand they wanted the overall hud to be part of the design and went the extra mile to make the layout look magical and colorful.

I put a screencap down below to both show the cg I enjoyed and the overall look of the hud as the image on its own is small and would show empty space where the text bar and settings overlay.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3621789641


The story is a cute but short otome that is not deep in terms of character development but more light-hearted and fun. There are three endings, one for each love interest and all good endings. I really enjoyed the sprite artwork and the chosen color palette.

I believe the asking price for this experience is spot on given the shorter read and lighter story. A fun novel that is optimistic and finishes on a happy note. 💜

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