Forbes’ 10 Overlooked Casual Games
Financial magazine, Forbes, just featured a list of their favorite casual games. Well, at least those that they believe, didn’t get all the bells and whistles that each deserved.
The article also mentioned the start and the boom of casual games which forked in millions of dollars for developers like PopCap and others. Then suddenly people realized that with a little know-how on programming game logic, one can create a title, hoping they can take a chunk of the pie. That’s why casual titles started mushrooming everywhere.
There are also some industry executives claiming that the casual gold rush is over, now that the market is fast becoming saturated. Many casual game buyers found out that they’re having a hard time determining which ones are worth buying. So is it really “game over” for the casual game business now that so many crappy clones and half-baked titles are out there?
So here’s Forbes’ list of games that are worth one’s time, effort and money:
- Peggle (Developer: PopCap, $19.95, popcap.com)
- Aquaria (Developer: Bit Blot, $30, bit-blot.com)
- Mr. Robot (Developer: Moonpod, $24.95, moonpod.com)
- Snapshot Adventures: The Secret of Bird Island (Developer: Large Animal Games, $19.95, largeanimal.com)
- Defcon (Developer:Introvision Software, $19.50, everybody-dies.com)
- Galcon (Developer: Imitation Pickles, $19.95, imitationpickles.com)
- Wonderland Adventures (Developer: Midnight Synergy, $19.95, midnightsynergy.com)
- Venture Arctic (Developer: Pocketwatch Games, $19.99, pocketwatchgames.com)
- Cortex Command (Developer: Data Realms, $18, datarealms.com)
- Eschalon: Book 1 (Developer: Basilisk Games, $19.95, playgreenhouse.com)
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