TL;DR Three games from solo indie developers this week. Possessed Kingdom is a PC deckbuilder where you steal the enemy’s cards. Clean The Map is a free iPhone game about cleaning up 10 million pieces of trash. Puntokus is a free, ad-free logic puzzle game. Two of them cost nothing, so wala kang dahilan para hindi subukan.
Possessed Kingdom (PC, Steam)
Made by solo developer Josep Pi, Possessed Kingdom mixes tower defense, RTS, and deckbuilding. Your cards become buildings, so you set up your economy and defenses first. Then you draw the exact path your troops will follow around the enemy’s defenses, and the battle plays out on its own.
The best part: when you destroy an enemy base, you steal their cards and turn their own strategy against them. If you like games where planning matters more than reflexes, this one’s for you. There’s a free demo on Steam, so try it before buying.
Clean The Map: City Cleanup (free on iPhone and iPad)
After a big festival, the city of Brightwater is buried under 10 million pieces of trash, and every piece you see can be picked up. You start with your bare hands, then work your way up through 12 tools and vehicles until you reach the Mega Vac Truck. You can also hire a crew of volunteers, robot vacuums, drones, and even an alien UFO that keeps cleaning while you’re away.
There are nine districts to clear, and you can play in first or third person. According to developer Afonso Quinaz, ads only play if you choose to watch them for a reward. It’s surprisingly relaxing, lalo na kung OC ka sa kalat.
Clean The Map on the App Store
Puntokus (free on iPhone and iPad)
Puntokus by Spanish developer Ángela Vázquez has just two rules: each number tells you how many dots go in its row or column, and every dot must touch exactly one other dot. No timers, no luck, and every board has only one solution.
You get 1,498 puzzles plus a daily one, with no ads, no energy system, and no account needed. A pixel-art guide named Toku teaches you one technique at a time, and hints explain the logic instead of just giving the answer. Optional themes help support the developer. It’s available on the Philippine App Store.
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