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ASSIGN / EQUIP
XenoHaven
Familiars can work at the base and be developed for a fighting squad. Recruitment therefore opens a question about what kind of help your settlement needs.
THE CATALOGUE / 408 GAMES
Follow your curiosity.
Small games. Strange little rules.
Plenty of reasons to look closer.
62
COMBINE / HOLD
Survivor Challenge TD
You manage one tower, combine elemental abilities and survive until the boss. The build replaces the usual decision about where to place another tower.
63
BREAK / EXPLORE
Otterly Lost
Otto can break obstacles with a rock and improve swimming, jumping, climbing and gliding. A blocked route asks you to distinguish a tool problem from a movement problem.
64
PROGRAM / POWER
Realindustry
Visual production programs can react to stocks and synchronize parallel paths. Their electricity demand makes “automate it” a design question with a running cost.
65
SURVIVE / STEAL
Curve Fever Pro
Classic modes combine staying alive with taking points from opponents. Survival Teams removes offensive stealing, changing which risks advance the team.
66
RECORD / RETURN
Rivage
The developer says K9 logs discoveries and retains certain puzzle solutions. The important qualifier is which solutions survive—not a promise that nothing needs repeating.
67
COMPARE / APPROVE
Galvatein : Adventurers' Guild
Clients may describe a target without knowing its identity. As guild receptionist, you cross-check the description against loot, bestiaries, maps and licenses.
68
FIND / RETURN
Eropsychosis: The Project Elysiara
The developer describes finding scattered records and returning them to Lucy to advance the story. Exploration takes place under the authority of the android controlling the ship.
69
LOCK / CLICK
Big Sister
Transparent areas already pass clicks through. Lock extends that behavior to the whole character, separating keeping a companion visible from having her catch your input.
70
CHAIN / RECOVER
Scirocco Thugs
Chaining moves and evading attacks builds HYPE, which the developer links to score, combat healing and additional music layers. Maintaining a combo has more than one payoff.
71
PLANT / LEAVE
BuGarden
The desktop garden advertises snail-assisted watering and no timers or fail state. The interesting question is how much tending remains yours after that help arrives.
72
ATTRACT / CONTAIN
Roadhouse Simulator
Hype accelerates progression, while more visitors bring both money and chaos. Growing the bar also gives your hired cleaners and bouncers more to handle.