#polypalsofsteam

The first thing we would like to mention is that this game is free to play on mobile devices and $5 on Steam. The downside of the FTP is the ads that pop up with the ability to use a micro-transaction to get them to go away. The Steam version has no ads and gives a few added cosmetics. This game is cross platform so it does not matter which version you choose.

Right off the bat, if you wish to play online with your polycule create a private room and give them the code. If for some reason you do not have at least 4 players, than you should open it to the public, otherwise you and your partners may not get to play together. We recommend playing with as many people as possible.

If you are not the imposter, you are given a list of tasks to preform. Completing these tasks is the goal of the ‘regular’ crew in order to fill up a green bar on the top of the screen. Completely filling the bar is a win, along with finding out who the imposter is.

If you are the imposter, your goal is to sabotage things to prevent the crew from filling up their task bar, and of course killing off the crew. Once you have killed off the majority of the crew you win the game!

You need to be really good at lying while also not being suspicious. Doing anything the least bit suspicious could mean you get launched out the airlock or into a lava pit even if you aren’t the imposter!

This game is super cute! It was recommended to us by a twitch streamer named Cosmic Shiba. Think Fortnite meets Animal Crossing. There is no tutorial from what we could see so good luck! It is both keyboard/mouse compatible and controller compatible. We played with both and it really depends on what you are more comfortable with. 

Customization is amazing! Every time you finish a match you receive certain items that let you unlock different characters or items. Plus you get coins that you can later use in the shop to buy unique items as well! For example: Hanabi, after finishing a match, unlocked a gravestone customization that was just an opened pizza box!

Rare  non-steam game review by Hanabi:

This game reminds me a lot of Tera. So of course I had to pick the loli race, Lyn. Character creation is a bit lax as you can’t customize the color of your tail and ears which is sad. I love me some customization.

Review by Hanabi

I have been playing Gems of War off and on for years. I seem to always come back to it when I am bored. I have my own guild which is great because I know I will never be kicked for inactivity and when I am super back into it, I can make my guild as active as I am!

This game is one of those multiplayer games where the only interaction you have with another live human being is during chat. The pvp is computer controlled. I mean, yeah you can form a guild with your polycule but other than that theres no gameplay as a team?

Please be aware, at the time off this review, this game was in beta.

Do not be scared off by the minimum requirements. Those are mostly just for VR stuff and you can easily play the smaller to medium maps on a lower computer (such as Hanabi who sadly can’t load in fast).

This game is amazing! Yeah it’s a bit wonky in that the characters look like they are possessed by something that has never had bones before but when we say this game is scary WE MEAN IT!

You and up to 4 of your polycule are Ghost Hunters and your job is to just identify what ghost is haunting the place and get out of dodge! You have equipment to help you with this and as you level up you have the option to buy more and better equipment. However, if you die, you lose all the equipment you brought with you!

The sound is amazing! You use the in-game voice chat to talk and it’s super immersive! The sound goes far away or comes from the left or right depending on where your partner is standing. Ghosts will breathe behind you creepily or make loud thudding noises. 

A few issues is mostly with the Spirit Box, used to “talk” to the ghosts, or at least have them answer your questions. We feel its attached to certain key words such as “where” and “old”. It only says “Near, Far, Behind” or “Old, Adult, Child” on occasion it says “DEATH”.

This game is riddled with problems! The tutorial takes all of 5 minutes but it actually doesn’t teach you anything! It doesn’t even tell you how to use the UI. You just have to guess. The controls are super slow and clunky. After almost an hour of “playing” you get nothing done as you are still struggling to understand basic things that a tutorial should teach you!

Play with 8 of your polycule and up to 10k of their polycules! This pack includes 5 different games and can be played across the internet.

BIDIOTS: Draw amazing paintings and then bid on them. Attempt to collect as much money as possible! There is no eraser and having to use either your finger or a mouse adds to the hilarity. Trying to figure out what each drawing is is probably the best part. Predatory loans has a really catchy jingle. After the half way point you get a screw to screw over your fellow bidders.

Bomb Corp: This game is highly anxiety inducing! Skip this one unless you are an adrenaline junky.

Fibbage 2: A fun trivia game where you write in an answer in hopes to fool the other players and to find the actual answer to score points. Some of the “truths” certainly sound like lies! If you accidentally type in the truth as a lie, the game will alert you.

Earwax: Hilarious game of sound! The Judge is given a choice of prompts, then the players choose two sounds that they think best represents the prompt!