THE CATALOGUE / 408 GAMES
Small games. Strange little rules.
Plenty of reasons to look closer.
REPEAT / RECONSIDER
The developer frames Hayato’s Return by Death around repeated experiments, including fleeing, hiding and fighting back. The loop is advertised as a way to reconsider a response, while its item-retention rules remain unstated.
GATHER / SHARE
One player investigates as a human and the other explores as a ghost. The developer says they receive different evidence and use a case board to share it, while the built-in co-op mode does not support voice chat.
PLACE / RETAIN
The developer describes Stone exploding into points and indestructible Obsidian supplying permanent multipliers. A special block can therefore reward resolution or remain as part of the run’s arrangement.
GROW / ALLOCATE
The developer connects homegrown spirit herbs to elixirs and mined mystic iron to flying swords, while explicitly warning that idle growth does not mean fully automatic progression. Resource planning remains an active task.
BREAK / EMPOWER
The developer says players hit treasure chests rather than enemies, and dropped items immediately supply combat power without inventory management. Permanent weapon upgrades survive a fall, while completed missions can remove an enemy permanently.
SCORE / RESET
The developer says prestige resets the run and grants permanent upgrades, while helpers automate scoring. The reset asks whether to leave the current scoring setup for benefits that extend beyond it.
DEFER / REVEAL
The developer allows a first-round vote to skip elimination, but says two players must leave in the following round. Hidden traits still affect the final survival calculation, so staying at the table is not itself victory.
CARRY / ADAPT
The developer says prestige talents follow the player between islands, while each destination changes production, costs and waiting through modifiers. Keeping an upgrade does not mean repeating the same colony conditions.
OBSERVE / NAVIGATE
The developer advertises sailing by constellations, a journal for discoveries and no waypoints or skill trees. Finding a route is framed around learning the world rather than unlocking a marker.
SERVE / SELECT
The developer describes Endless Mode with a delivery deadline and Relax Mode as the same format without that timer. The ice-cream task offers a specific choice about time pressure alongside its horror story.
AIM / MAINTAIN
The developer says missed goblins reset the speed buff, while stealth goblins can also steal gold if they pass. Maintaining the journey’s pace asks for attention even when a miss is not lethal.
DISMEMBER / REASSESS
The developer describes leg dismemberment leaving a zombie crawling toward the player. A visible change in movement is therefore not the same as removing the threat.