Jellie Rose Casual Game Reviews and more!

Dinkum Gameplay Review: Relaxing Vibes and Crocodile Chases I can't remember when, but sometime within the last month, there was a free weekend for this game, and I managed to actually pay attention to it and play it for a few days.  Go me for paying attention to the ad carousel. So I wanted to share my thoughts on this Animal Crossing-like survival simulator.  Dinkum is a multiplayer, build a life, explore, and really another game like Animal Crossing. It just falls into that genre pretty well. It was developed by James Bendon and published by KRAFTON, Inc. The game came out in July of 2022 and seems to have some regular updates in the new hubs portion of the landing page on Steam, between patch notes and bug fixes. Steam's free weekend of the game really helped me test it out to see if I really liked it or not. Dinkum is now fully released now in 2025. So, stay and read this Dinkum game review. Dinkum Gameplay Overview The story starts off at a depressing place where no one ...

Critter Cove This lovely game came out in September of last year. Developed and published by Gentleman Rat Studios. It's described as an open world, town-building, life sim. Critter Cove is set in some kind of post-apocalyptic world, where animals and people live, and for some reason keep getting shipwrecked on places. I would think the lore has to do with some kind of flooding, as there are many islands and sunken towns to explore. This game reminds me of what I would like Animal Crossing to be.  Gameplay As mentioned, it's a town-building sim. So the troupe of you wash up, found by a mayor of sorts that runs a shop where you can sell/buy things. The only difference is that he just gives you a house. (instead of sticking you in a mortgage) The character creation was the coolest thing ever, with so many options, and I think kid me would be very happy with the result. Of course, I needed cat ears, two tails, and also wings.  As you play, you can meet and inv...

Esteem: The Little Wolf Saga This game reminds me of an old-school top-down, turn-based RPG. I mean, that is what it is, but still, ah the good old days. There is even the hit action addition to the fighting, but we'll go over that later.  Esteem came out on March 6th of 2025, developed by Ingami Studio. This is their only game. It was published by Dream Stories, who have published other games like Valledi a side-scroller game about a girl and her little drone, Envyus, a top-down RPG game, and quite a few others. Esteem is listed as $9.99 on the Steam store.  I also would like to thank the devs, who gave me the key through a program called Keymailer.  The game Esteem is about a little wolf named Laisa. I had no clue on how to pronounce her name, so in my frustrations I just called her lady. She woke up late, and while exploring, I somehow managed to make her go back to bed. You have to help someone pick plants from a garden and then go on to meet with ...

Tobacco Shop Simulator: Prologue (edited 3/31/2025) Tobacco Shop Simulator is just what you think it is: a shop where you sell Tobacco products and accessories. The game came out on November 1st, 2024, and you can play this prologue for free. The great thing about it is that you don't have to hire employees when you can just invite a friend to play with you. This game can be played by up to 4 players. It was developed and published by Buiness Tycoon. Business Tycoon also makes Retail Company Simulator. Both games are normally $11.99 but are on sale until March 13th, 2025.  Shout out to the devs for suggesting the key through a program called Keymailer. I mean, it's free, but still, I wouldn't have known about it if it hadn't been on Keymailer.  Game play Like most simulator shop games, you have to first set up your shop name and buy stock to fill up your store. This one runs on a buy-a-brand system. So you start off with it making you buy Warblo, and...

Farm TD Are you looking for a chill game or a more intense game? Well, this can kind of be both, depending on what difficulty you play on. Farm TD is a new tower defense game that is coming out in March of 2025. The game was published and developed by R.J. Brontsema, who also did The Little Pixel That Could, which will come out later this year, and The Fanciful Chronicle, which came out in June of 2024. You can play the demo of the game right now! Concept Well, the gist behind the game is that you are to defend your farm from the threat of bugs. You can do that by using your farm animals in their pasture to prevent the bugs from getting to the farm. There are various routes you can choose from, as well as a range of animals that all do different things. Not only do you get coins from defeating bugs, but you can actually plant things in your farms to get coins after taking care of them. They then will be harvestable in a certain amount of rounds. You do have to watch...

Sports: Renovations I ended up getting an email about this game if I was interested in playing it. Because I like games like House Flipper and Powerwash Simulator I thought that it gave off similar vibes so I decided why not? Sports: Renovations was developed by Goat Gamez (which is funny and you will find out later) and published by Dear Villagers. Its Release date is set for March 27th, and I am looking forward to playing the rest of the game for the story.  Story  You start off as a sad lady, watching the news and how they are going to renovate the basketball community center which was the home of The Goats. (See told you!) A basketball team that was great until they sold off their best players and then they weren't so great from what I pieced together from the story. You decided to take matters into your own hands somehow because I guess you are just that powerful of a lady, and renovate the beast of a project. The starting point is, to help others in n...

Gah! This dungeon crawler roguelite game is a game you will want to keep playing out of achievement or out of spite. Gah! was developed and published by Jasio Games and is set to release in September 2024.  Gameplay There are 6 playable characters three of which you will have to unlock. So you'll start with the choice of Sorcerer, King, or Rouge. The sorcerer can only use light armor and staves, the king can use anything, and the rouge can use light armor and bows.  You start with a basic weapon, it's by chance or by buying in town you'll get new armor or weapons. As you level up you'll get the choice between 3 stats and two skills. The skills are random so sometimes you might get the things you want while sometimes you might not get anything you would use. You can also pick something that you already used to level it up further. If of course, it's one of the choices. The stats are intelligence, endurance, and strength.  You have 4 skill buttons ...

Factory Outlet Simulator Very similar to a lot of the games I've been playing recently this is a simulator game. In this one you not only make but you also run a shop to sell the times. Factory Outlet Simulator came out in July of this year and was developed and published by PISHO.   Gameplay With Factory Outlet Simulator or FOS as we'll call it from now on. It starts you off by making your shop sign name and buying some beginning items. A factory machine is for making your products, a shelf to sell your products, and then the materials to make the products.  Making your products before selling them was an interesting concept and the time continues. You can choose to skip the night but why when that time can be utilized to make more products? I guess it would be beneficial if you need more money. The good thing is when completing tasks your time for those tasks doesn't go down if you skip through the day.  What kind of tasks do you ask? Well not o...

Clothing Store Simulator - Casual Game Review This game is what it sounds like, you run a clothing store. It was developed and published by Kiki Games. This game was given to me by a program called Keymailer, so thank you devs for the game!  Gameplay You start off with a small almost empty shop. There is a computer to order things from and a cash register. It will be your job to buy displays and clothing. There are clothing racks, shelves, plants, manikins, changing rooms, and a few other things. As you level up in the game you unlock more things. This includes employees, bigger spaces, items, brand deals, and whatnot.  Your first brand deal includes three articles of clothing. There is a range of clothes, shirts, pants, skirts, dresses, coats, bodysuits, hats, shoes, and shorts. Like mentioned before as you level you will be able to buy new brand deals. This also includes personal deals. You can create your own clothing and sell it. In men's clothing,...

Pet Shop Simulator  Pet Shop Simulator is well a game where you have a pet shop and run it. It was developed by Games Incubator and published by Games Incubator, and PlayWay S.A. Gameplay This starts off with an empty shop space. You have to start with building a stock room to keep all the goods when the shelves are full. Then make sure you have a checkout and shelves to put items out. The finishing step is getting a rabbit enclosure to sell some pets.   There are a lot of items to choose from, and I noticed that when your reputation goes up there are new items to purchase. Just like the fish enclosure, I didn't have it right away. Speaking of enclosure here are the pets you can sell in your shop; fish, bunnies, mice, turtles, and hampsters There are various kinds of shelving, hanging, small, and large. So of course there are different things that can be displayed on each of them. The products have a wide range. You can get cages and tanks, food and w...

Dune Mechanic: Survive The Steampunk Era Prologue Dune Mechanic: Survive The Steampunk Era Prologue is a prologue of course, and is more of a factory builder but has a survival aspect. I don't think you will die if you have no food, but you just can't see. It came out on June 13th, 2024, and was developed by Heaven Brotherhood, and published by TheGamesFortress.   Gameplay You start off crashed, what looks like some kind of stream punk fly machine. Your first task is putting together your first factory machine. This is what will make all the parts for other things you will make. As you follow your task know that some resources are limited so you can't just do whatever you want. In the first playthrough, I ran out of water, with no way to get more, and had to restart.  Back to the factory, the things you need for pretty much each machine are water and wood. There are stick-looking trees all over the place, and a small stash of water in ruins nearby. A c...

Ima Survivor This game is a super basic survival game. It was developed by Archor Wright and published by Archor Games. Ima Survivor came out on June 11th, 2024 so it's new for sure. It does look like Archor Games has a plethora of games under its umbrella.  Gameplay In this game, you play as Ima Smith who ended up crashing on a random island. You find this information in the Steam store itself because when you start the game you are just left to your own devices.  You start at a campfire, which is pretty cool since normally you would have to start collecting to do your basic builds. There are starfish and crabs just walking around your feet. So I decided to do what any other normal survival game expert would do, and that is to fill my inventory. After that, I complain that I have no room in my bag.  Stamina seems to last forever, but water and food can go down quickly. Once one of those goes down your health starts to go down fast as well.  I sta...

Hitmen Havoc This is a party shooter with up to 8 players. It was developed by, Andreas O., Marvin Pogoda, Maksim Rotmann, and Richy D. and then published by TangleTech. Right now it's just in its pre-release mode but others can join you if they have the demo. But the lovely devs sent me a key to play with friends. They even have a lovely road map letting you know what's coming up.  Gameplay This game was incredibly fun, we had a total of 6 people playing and for the spaces you do not fill you can also choose to fill with bots.  There are fun hats you can equip but in this pre-release version, you can't unlock the achievements to get more hats.  Each character has different stats to it between their speed and health. So picking the right character for you can't just be done based on looks.  There is a locked skills tab, so I'm wondering if we're going to get fireballs, or passives as well.  Maps There are a lot of various maps with ...

Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders Sherwood Builders is an action-adventure community builder, survival all rolled into one.  It was developed by MeanAstronauts and published by PlayWay S.A.  Background You are in the classic story of Robin Hood, while of course, you are Robin Hood. It's your job to liberate the people. You can do this by increasing your repetition in each area of the map. There are 4 different areas you need to turn over to your favor. You can do this by raiding caravans, attacking camps, and doing quests.  Venturing out you have to collect resources for your main town. Wood, stone, hide, and other items. Building up new buildings and houses. Each building gives you a station to craft new things as well as other things. So it's something to focus on. Being able to craft new armor, medicines, and weapons will be helpful in your adventures.  There are a lot of puzzle-type areas on the map. I had to direct lights to open a gate and mess...