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Minecraft
Developer:
Markus Persson, Mojang AB, Microsoft
Date of Release:
May 17, 2009
Classification:
7+ (PEGI), 10+ (ESRB)
Genre:
Sandbox, Simple, Adventure, Creative, Survival, Multiplayer, Moddable
Price:
$26.95 (Website), $25 (Store Gift Card)
Where to buy:
The official site, Supermarkets as a gift card; cards are redeemable on the website.
Description:
Minecraft is a sandbox game, which puts you in the middle of the wild in a randomly generated
world, where you can build a shelter, fight off evil monsters, mine minerals and craft tools to help
and protect you. The game has an old-school feel in terms of graphics; everything is represented
as a block. This game has over 20 million players worldwide, with the multiplayer community thriving.
My Rating:
8/10
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Garry's Mod
Developer:
Garry Newman, Facepunch Studios
Date of Release:
December 24, 2004
Classification:
Not Listed, presumed 13+ (since you need to be 13 or older to legally have a Steam account)
Genre:
Sandbox, Advanced, Creative, Multiplayer, Mod, Moddable
Price:
$9.99
Where to buy:
Steam Store*
Description:
Once a source mod to Half-Life 2 and now a standalone game, Garry's Mod is another sandbox game,
except much more advanced. Building materials are known as 'props', and many tools to apply
settings to the props are available. What stands this game out from others, is the infinite,
free, user-generated downloadable content(DLC) to the game through downloading it through
the Steam Workshop. Like Minecraft, Garry's Mod has a huge multiplayer community, with
many gamemodes.
My Rating:
9/10
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FTL: Faster Than Light
Developer:
Subset Games
Date of Release:
September 14, 2012
Classification:
Not Listed, presumed 12+
Genre:
Sci-Fi, Strategy, Adventure(?), Advanced, Moddable
Price:
$9.99
Where to buy:
The official website, Steam Store*
Description:
FTL is a sci-fi space strategy game, where you captain a ship run by the Federation and attempt to
stop the Rebel Fleet from taking over the galaxy. To do this, you need to FTL Jump between
8 randomly selected sectors, meeting enemy ships and battling them, or meeting allies and
helping them. The game's currency, 'scrap', plays quite a big roll, for it is needed to repair
your ship, buy weapons, fuel, ship upgrades and more. The game is quite short, but in turn, very
difficult, and keeping the ship in check all the time is quite the challenge. However, it is very
fun trying to reach the end of the game and defeat the... Uhh, I won't spoil it.
My Rating:
8.5/10
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AdVenture Capitalist
Developer:
Hyper Hippo
Date of Release:
Unknown
Classification:
Not Listed, presumed 'All Ages'
Genre:
Simple, Free
Price:
Free
Where to buy:
Browser(no download), Steam Store*, Google Play Store, Apple Store
Description:
Think of it as a clone to Cookie Clicker. Once a simple browser flash game, AdVenture Capitalist is
a game where you try to get as much money as possible by running stores. First off, you start with
merely a lemonade stand. But squeeze those lemons, and earn some money, enough to buy more
lemonade stands, and even a newspaper delivery service, a donut shop and more! You can even
purchase managers to run these businesses for you so you don't need to keep on clicking
buttons all the time. Even better, the game as an out-of-game specialty; you keep earning
money even while the game is off, so you don't need to keep the game running all the time!
Become the richest capitalist out there!
My Rating:
6.5/10
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