Every month I see to review all of the games that were nominated as the Best of that month, which you can view in the link above!

As a game developer myself, I know how difficult it can be when you are starting out and how tricky it can be to tell how your game will be received by users. After all, you know how your game is meant to be played, and you can't just wipe that from your memory when you're building and testing it!

Therefore, I record myself playing all of the games for the first time for 10-15 minutes and try to voice how I'm feeling when I'm playing it, so that developers can see how a user might experience their game for the first time, especially for things like tutorials. I also try to provide some advice as well, but it might not always be the best: what I'm really hoping is that developers can draw their own conclusions on what might need work from how I stumble through their game.

Game Devs Reviewed: @SquishY-Bottom @JasoonMargoon @adriendittrick @8umpty @Kultisti @Mateusz-Skutnik @Sheepolution @xtrarare @mmattugh @SeethingSwarm @adayofjoy @sysl @GrizzlyCogs @soniclinkerman @wmgcat @retrowillgames @bokononyossarian @Matth33w @TeamTrivial @Octopus9000 @Just-a-ng-dummy @GrimNinjaGames @brokellusion @MrShmoods @Thetageist @53xy83457 @Jurfix @rmcco @dragonslumber @QualityStuff499 @Intrapath

While all of these games were the best of the month...

MY PERSONAL ARBITRARILY-RANKED TOP 10 GAMES OF THE MONTH

My Top 10 was (in sort-of ranked order and based on my own criteria which is some weird sense of 'memorability' for me personally and totally subject to genres I like and I don't feature an author twice even if they had two good entries so as to spread the love etc etc):

And here are some Honorable Mentions (games that were close contenders for the top, additional games from an already highlighted dev this month, games that are still demos but promising, games that are clones of existing games but still good, applications and art collabs, etc):

Thanks to all the portal warriors that sifted through all the games to find the best in the bunch for me to check out in the first place! And as always, even if your game wasn't listed by me personally, hold your head high as I enjoyed playing all of them nonetheless as they are, after all, the best of the month!

This month we had a Bonus Game that wasn't requested, but I did it anyway! Tidying Up from @Intrapath and @Bleak-Creep got an update with its Secrets of the Sewers expansion, and I wanted to go check it out! You should check it out too!

Every month I see to review all of the games that were nominated as the Best of that month, which you can view in the link above!

As a game developer myself, I know how difficult it can be when you are starting out and how tricky it can be to tell how your game will be received by users. After all, you know how your game is meant to be played, and you can't just wipe that from your memory when you're building and testing it!

Therefore, I record myself playing all of the games for the first time for 10-15 minutes and try to voice how I'm feeling when I'm playing it, so that developers can see how a user might experience their game for the first time, especially for things like tutorials. I also try to provide some advice as well, but it might not always be the best: what I'm really hoping is that developers can draw their own conclusions on what might need work from how I stumble through their game.

Game Devs Reviewed: @Damek @Chris @F1Krazy @speed8327 @furano @aplovestudio @ArtistGamerGal @zzox @Miroko @CruiseElroy @NullTale @prsaseta @musrattus @Sjhillustration @LiLg @RainbowCemetery @Pitigamedev @ArcadeHero @natomarcacini @Chaz @aapiarts @whimsical-wife @Luis0413 @bySamuelTome @MarinoDev @crow-seeds @HelperWesley @thatjoshoverthere @Roverkibb @decafpanda @brokellusion @chimpcollective @brwler @DaemonPlus @KittyhawkMontrose @Butzbo @TristoneThePerson @CryptVoice @Moonth @emontero @Sodoj @VascoF

While all of these games were the best of the month...

MY PERSONAL ARBITRARILY-RANKED TOP 10 GAMES OF THE MONTH

My Top 10 was (in sort-of ranked order and based on my own criteria which is some weird sense of 'memorability' for me personally and totally subject to genres I like and I don't feature an author twice even if they had two good entries so as to spread the love etc etc):

Unfortunately Ritual Bound wasn't actually submitted this month, only featured, so it wasn't eligible. Still, I wanted to put it up here because it was a shoo-in for 1st place until I realized! Ok, back to the actual Top 10!

And here are some Honorable Mentions (games that were close contenders for the top, additional games from an already highlighted dev this month, games that are still demos but promising, games that are clones of existing games but still good, applications and art collabs, etc):

Thanks to all the portal warriors that sifted through all the games to find the best in the bunch for me to check out in the first place! And as always, even if your game wasn't listed by me personally, hold your head high as I enjoyed playing all of them nonetheless as they are, after all, the best of the month!

This month we had a Bonus Game request and played G-Switch 4: Creator from @VascoF, check it out for yourself below if you want as it was pretty neat!

https://seriusgames.com/g-switch-4.html

Oh yeah, and I also did a review on Steam Next Fest October action games if you want to check it out: there are even some Newgrounds games in there! (the recording quality was pretty bad though, big goof on my part)

Every month I see to review all of the games that were nominated as the Best of that month, which you can view in the link above!

As a game developer myself, I know how difficult it can be when you are starting out and how tricky it can be to tell how your game will be received by users. After all, you know how your game is meant to be played, and you can't just wipe that from your memory when you're building and testing it!

Therefore, I record myself playing all of the games for the first time for 10-15 minutes and try to voice how I'm feeling when I'm playing it, so that developers can see how a user might experience their game for the first time, especially for things like tutorials. I also try to provide some advice as well, but it might not always be the best: what I'm really hoping is that developers can draw their own conclusions on what might need work from how I stumble through their game.

Game Devs Reviewed: @LeviRamirez @ExtraMustard @TheSailorDev @prsaseta @BigTooth @soniclinkerman @swackyGCF @TeamTrivial @errorerratum @Chris @voidgazerBon @RepriseAgain @sysl @BecSantus @Pitigamedev @JackAstral @jebouin @dennatolich @JAM-POWER @Diotoons @HeavyBro @masa500 @DTRGames @RichardNinetyThree @TomaFokio @crow-seeds @snowflakestudios @Saucekye @paulfromsmite @JGOware @Gibton @rcab @TD2TL @FishDev @Webyte @VGE-SV @ImmanentDeath @decafpanda @Arfhis @amyspark-ng

While all of these games were the best of the month...

MY PERSONAL ARBITRARILY-RANKED TOP 10 GAMES OF THE MONTH

My Top 10 was (in sort-of ranked order and based on my own criteria which is some weird sense of 'memorability' for me personally and totally subject to genres I like and I don't feature an author twice even if they had two good entries so as to spread the love etc etc):

And here are some Honorable Mentions (games that were close contenders for the top, additional games from an already highlighted dev this month, games that are still demos but promising, games that are clones of existing games but still good, applications and art collabs, etc):

Thanks to all the portal warriors that sifted through all the games to find the best in the bunch for me to check out in the first place! And as always, even if your game wasn't listed by me personally, hold your head high as I enjoyed playing all of them nonetheless as they are, after all, the best of the month!

Here are some Bonus Games that were featured this month that I enjoyed but weren't actually released this month so weren't eligible for the running:

Every month I see to review all of the games that were nominated as the Best of that month, which you can view in the link above!

As a game developer myself, I know how difficult it can be when you are starting out and how tricky it can be to tell how your game will be received by users. After all, you know how your game is meant to be played, and you can't just wipe that from your memory when you're building and testing it!

Therefore, I record myself playing all of the games for the first time for 10-15 minutes and try to voice how I'm feeling when I'm playing it, so that developers can see how a user might experience their game for the first time, especially for things like tutorials. I also try to provide some advice as well, but it might not always be the best: what I'm really hoping is that developers can draw their own conclusions on what might need work from how I stumble through their game.

Game Devs Reviewed: @JamesChapp @0roshi @CubePunks @BlueEagle421 @Diadantist @FCPXAV @bannanalizard @JackAstral @litroj @Drowsierstone @brokellusion @Romance @Little-Rena @PeterMosevich @ScolonDev @dietzribi @analworm18 @aplovestudio @mmattugh @Just-a-ng-dummy @Chris @HealliesGames @Stepford @DALAP @Ferociter @KittyhawkMontrose @MarsUnderground @Asdonaur @tscoct @crow-seeds @Deklaration @rm120 @BrianGatorComic @chimpcollective @musrattus @WildWorkshop207 @Chdonga @schauermann @bokononyossarian

While all of these games were the best of the month...

MY PERSONAL ARBITRARILY-RANKED TOP 10 GAMES OF THE MONTH

My Top 10 was (in sort-of ranked order and based on my own criteria which is some weird sense of 'memorability' for me personally and totally subject to genres I like and I don't feature an author twice even if they had two good entries so as to spread the love etc etc):

And here are some Honorable Mentions (games that were close contenders for the top, additional games from an already highlighted dev this month, games that are still demos but promising, games that are clones of existing games but still good, applications and art collabs, etc):

Thanks to all the portal warriors that sifted through all the games to find the best in the bunch for me to check out in the first place! And as always, even if your game wasn't listed by me personally, hold your head high as I enjoyed playing all of them nonetheless as they are, after all, the best of the month!

Every month I see to review all of the games that were nominated as the Best of that month, which you can view in the link above!

As a game developer myself, I know how difficult it can be when you are starting out and how tricky it can be to tell how your game will be received by users. After all, you know how your game is meant to be played, and you can't just wipe that from your memory when you're building and testing it!

Therefore, I record myself playing all of the games for the first time for 10-15 minutes and try to voice how I'm feeling when I'm playing it, so that developers can see how a user might experience their game for the first time, especially for things like tutorials. I also try to provide some advice as well, but it might not always be the best: what I'm really hoping is that developers can draw their own conclusions on what might need work from how I stumble through their game.

Game Devs Reviewed: @brokellusion @Chris @Emizip @Saucekye @jacklehamster @stirfrydotwad @BakethedBean @Snow-Hex @DrDevGuy @bokononyossarian @Izzi8bit @Stopsignal @Spebby @Davbo37 @TwistedByArt @PeterMosevich @ElRandomGMD @Salamandre @TristoneThePerson @Dazlog @masonmcleen @JuniperPinPan @ArlucGames @Jampley-Dev @StuffedWombat @traguilar @Luaonhercomputa @Tombdude @chimpcollective @MoonMoleGames

While all of these games were the best of the month...

MY PERSONAL ARBITRARILY-RANKED TOP 10 GAMES OF THE MONTH

My Top 10 was (in sort-of ranked order and based on my own criteria which is some weird sense of 'memorability' for me personally and totally subject to genres I like and I don't feature an author twice even if they had two good entries so as to spread the love etc etc):

And here are some Honorable Mentions (games that were close contenders for the top, additional games from an already highlighted dev this month, games that are still demos but promising, games that are clones of existing games but still good, applications and art collabs, etc):

Thanks to all the portal warriors that sifted through all the games to find the best in the bunch for me to check out in the first place! And as always, even if your game wasn't listed by me personally, hold your head high as I enjoyed playing all of them nonetheless as they are, after all, the best of the month!

A little bonus game that was featured this month was Boss Rush Delivery from MoonMoleGames! I try to stick to just the nominations, but I'm glad it was brought to my attention as I do think it is a bit of a hidden gem that felt through the cracks: consider giving it a play yourself!

Also there were a bunch of games featured this month that came from the recent Newgrounds Treasure Hunt which I made a post about for my top picks. It's a shame that they weren't eligible to win this month since they were technically submitted long ago, but definitely play them as they are true buried treasure!

Every month I see to review all of the games that were nominated as the Best of that month, which you can view in the link above!

As a game developer myself, I know how difficult it can be when you are starting out and how tricky it can be to tell how your game will be received by users. After all, you know how your game is meant to be played, and you can't just wipe that from your memory when you're building and testing it!

Therefore, I record myself playing all of the games for the first time for 10-15 minutes and try to voice how I'm feeling when I'm playing it, so that developers can see how a user might experience their game for the first time, especially for things like tutorials. I also try to provide some advice as well, but it might not always be the best: what I'm really hoping is that developers can draw their own conclusions on what might need work from how I stumble through their game.

Game Devs Reviewed: @TeamTrivial @JamesTDG @kaiakairos @TanoCollective @QuietBenchZen @Chris @platformalist @FCPXAV @jontopielski @YollieDevving @ArmoredSouls @Wiserim @Kultisti @JKSun22 @GlitchBuddy @Trashedy @HearsePileup @bugoffstudio @izakgumcherry @HEARTDRIVEN-GAMES @squidly @rmcco @blit-blat @JackAstral @TwistedByArt @gmsndfxn

While all of these games were the best of the month...

MY PERSONAL ARBITRARILY-RANKED TOP 10 GAMES OF THE MONTH

My Top 10 was (in sort-of ranked order and based on my own criteria which is some weird sense of 'memorability' for me personally and totally subject to genres I like and I don't feature an author twice even if they had two good entries so as to spread the love etc etc):

And here are some Honorable Mentions (games that were close contenders for the top, additional games from an already highlighted dev this month, games that are still demos but promising, games that are clones of existing games but still good, etc):

Thanks to all the portal warriors that sifted through all the games to find the best in the bunch for me to check out in the first place! And as always, even if your game wasn't listed by me personally, hold your head high as I enjoyed playing all of them nonetheless as they are, after all, the best of the month!

Cheers everyone! Bringing you something different from my usual Best of The Month reviews...

As a judge for the Treasure Hunt 2024 event, I've been going through and playing a bunch of games that were nominated as hidden gems that have slipped through the cracks and not gotten the praise they so richly deserve. As someone who already does the Best Of reviews to share the love and highlight some neat stuff that can get overshadowed, this event greatly appealed to me, and it was fascinating to see what got dug up by these diligent treasure hunters!

While we're still waiting on the grand results and my favorites aren't necessarily going to be the grand winners, I'd like to show some of my favorites off to give them a pat on the back and get some more people to play them: who knows, maybe they'll end up getting a belated Featured from it, and then they'll be in my Best Of videos after all!

EDIT: The final results are out now!

Game devs featured: @dkdoot @Ghilsh @Vonka @F1Krazy @Fiddleling @litroj @RyanSilberman @succojones @ComfieDev @Fyar @DevGio @BestLeatherEver @FreakyDAYZ @Mantis1 @ClayLoam @natomarcacini @DrDevGuy @Default @FeverDev @Charmanderember @bokononyossarian @Davbo37 @Spebby

Let's take a gander at that unearthed treasure, shall we?

🪙🥉---COPPER COINS---🥉🪙

🐍🥈---SILVER SERPENTS---🥈🐍

👑🥇---GOLDEN GRAILS---🥇👑

Thanks again to the game devs for making these great games and those treasure hunters for digging them up!

Every month I see to review all of the games that were nominated as the Best of that month, which you can view in the link above!

As a game developer myself, I know how difficult it can be when you are starting out and how tricky it can be to tell how your game will be received by users. After all, you know how your game is meant to be played, and you can't just wipe that from your memory when you're building and testing it!

Therefore, I record myself playing all of the games for the first time for 10-15 minutes and try to voice how I'm feeling when I'm playing it, so that developers can see how a user might experience their game for the first time, especially for things like tutorials. I also try to provide some advice as well, but it might not always be the best: what I'm really hoping is that developers can draw their own conclusions on what might need work from how I stumble through their game.

Game Devs Reviewed: @AlexToolStudio @RinexusGames @MyNextGames @TheBurntToast @bobatealee @amidos2006 @MetaMike @GamesByLaurence @milkyace @brokellusion @kr0tyara @CarsonKompon @mmattugh @BakethedBean @brwler @mrstiK101 @Eydi @Hattsoff @Kolumbo @Guy-Unger @tydaze @FishDev @53xy83457 @jupitron @zzox @Mantis1 @applessmillion @TwistedByArt @GNOSTU @RetroCroww @GalaxyOfVal @yahhcheee @voidgazerBon @Deltakai

While all of these games were the best of the month...

MY PERSONAL ARBITRARILY-RANKED TOP 10 GAMES OF THE MONTH

My Top 10 was (in sort-of ranked order and based on my own criteria which is some weird sense of 'memorability' for me personally and totally subject to genres I like and I don't feature an author twice even if they had two good entries so as to spread the love etc etc):

And here are some Honorable Mentions (games that were close contenders for the top, additional games from an already highlighted dev this month, games that are still demos but promising, games that are clones of existing games but still good, etc):

Thanks to all the portal warriors that sifted through all the games to find the best in the bunch for me to check out in the first place! And as always, even if your game wasn't listed by me personally, hold your head high as I enjoyed playing all of them nonetheless as they are, after all, the best of the month!

Other neat games that were featured this month but were ineligible because they were technically made in a different month but still check them out~

Every month I see to review all of the games that were nominated as the Best of that month, which you can view in the link above!

As a game developer myself, I know how difficult it can be when you are starting out and how tricky it can be to tell how your game will be received by users. After all, you know how your game is meant to be played, and you can't just wipe that from your memory when you're building and testing it!

Therefore, I record myself playing all of the games for the first time for 10-15 minutes and try to voice how I'm feeling when I'm playing it, so that developers can see how a user might experience their game for the first time, especially for things like tutorials. I also try to provide some advice as well, but it might not always be the best: what I'm really hoping is that developers can draw their own conclusions on what might need work from how I stumble through their game.

Game Devs Reviewed: @aplovestudio @Ant @Bleak-Creep @Jaxks @MrDoth @voidgazerBon @Pitigamedev @Notakin @Fiddleling @ProsciuttoMan @HatiValcoran @bokonoyossarian @theyippiesdev @Deaen @HelperWesley @Guy-Unger @Dazlog @gheedu @squidly @OblivionCreator @Kwing @Veinom @EmsDeLaRoZ @Kolumbo @StormyDew @Emrox @Chris @crow-seeds @Jin @SleP16 @AwkwardSilenceGames @SaveSlothStudios @BluePinGames @fmdavid @sizescape @BeebGameCode @CuatroAssets @RunicPixels

While all of these games were the best of the month...

MY PERSONAL ARBITRARILY-RANKED TOP 10 GAMES OF THE MONTH

My Top 10 was (in sort-of ranked order and based on my own criteria which is some weird sense of 'memorability' for me personally and totally subject to genres I like and I don't feature an author twice even if they had two good entries so as to spread the love etc etc):

And here are some Honorable Mentions (games that were close contenders for the top, additional games from an already highlighted dev this month, games that are still demos but promising, games that are clones of existing games but still good, etc):

Thanks to all the portal warriors that sifted through all the games to find the best in the bunch for me to check out in the first place! And as always, even if your game wasn't listed by me personally, hold your head high as I enjoyed playing all of them nonetheless as they are, after all, the best of the month!

Every month I see to review all of the games that were nominated as the Best of that month, which you can view in the link above!

As a game developer myself, I know how difficult it can be when you are starting out and how tricky it can be to tell how your game will be received by users. After all, you know how your game is meant to be played, and you can't just wipe that from your memory when you're building and testing it!

Therefore, I record myself playing all of the games for the first time for 10-15 minutes and try to voice how I'm feeling when I'm playing it, so that developers can see how a user might experience their game for the first time, especially for things like tutorials. I also try to provide some advice as well, but it might not always be the best: what I'm really hoping is that developers can draw their own conclusions on what might need work from how I stumble through their game.

Game Devs Reviewed: @freds72 @ImmanentDeath @Diotoons @ShortCakeCafe @BLACKPINT @saltandpixel @aplovestudio @Chris @amidos2006 @EmsDeLaRoZ @yokoboko @nulledwine @ThatWormStudios @mateusboga @Night-Kolo @smartalloc @Octopus9000 @Veinom @CubePunks @tonyfinale @brokellusion @Murgn @rmcco @UnitedFailures

While all of these games were the best of the month...

MY PERSONAL ARBITRARILY-RANKED TOP 10 GAMES OF THE MONTH

My Top 10 was (in sort-of ranked order and based on my own criteria which is some weird sense of 'memorability' for me personally and totally subject to genres I like and I don't feature an author twice even if they had two good entries so as to spread the love etc etc):

And here are some Honorable Mentions (games that were close contenders for the top, additional games from an already highlighted dev this month, games that are still demos but promising, games that are clones of existing games but still good, etc):

Thanks to all the portal warriors that sifted through all the games to find the best in the bunch for me to check out in the first place! And as always, even if your game wasn't listed by me personally, hold your head high as I enjoyed playing all of them nonetheless as they are, after all, the best of the month!

OTHER COOL STUFF:

These games weren't submitted this month, so they weren't eligible, but they were still pretty neat!