Skyling: Garden Defense

It is a fun game but it requires an active Steam connection to launch. The game froze when Steam disconnected (even though my internet was still working for everything else). I closed the game and relaunched it... It then gave me a message to reconnect to Steam and then relaunch the game. There was no warning on it's store page that an active Steam internet connection is required to run the game. Refunded.

Fun and addictive! works on steam deck

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a charming little game

I think it would've been more fun if they'd chosen between a stronger puzzle aspect or given the player more resources to deal with the enemies. The isometric view + controls are challenging enough: I lost far too many times because I accidentally went the wrong direction and a single mistake can be fatal. The movement feels unforgiving - encounters you'd hope would be a close call will almost certainly result in a loss. The enemies being able to mob the player instead of following a pattern is another annoyance. Shame, because the premise is good and the early levels are fun.

Very simple, old-school puzzle "action" game, in the vein of Q-Bert. This game could have existed on the NES. If you can get past the boilerplate UI and the downright simple graphics, the controls are quite alright and the levels well made. There is enough depth in the 30 levels to keep you playing for a bit. Not that much depth, mind you, but at that price, it's quite enough bang for the buck.

Skyling: Garden Defense mixes action and puzzling in a fast paced and challenging game where you have to run over all the squares in each level, optionally collecting apples and killing enemies (if there are any slugs to pick up) for increased score and a higher level ranking. Given the close timing and endless risks you tend to have to take as the enemies close in on your position I initially used a controller but found myself going the wrong way at critical junctures too often, so switched to keyboard which was less comfortable but more accurate, especially needed for those larger and longer levels later on. A key thing that made the game so much fun for me is the enemy AI - each enemy has a fixed behaviour that you learn over time and which is critical to take advantage of so you can manipulate them to going where you want them to go, all at high speed normally. In certain levels you have to deliberately lure certain enemies to certain areas to make it safe to capture certain area...