Time for another Hidden Gem and this time it comes courtesy of Local Space and their Pyra Tower Defense game for Android. While this game features a lot of what you would find in tower defense games, it also brings some new features as well, plus it gets incredibly challenging.
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There is a great retro-style game on the Android Market that seems, as with all Hidden Gems we write about, to have gone with not a whole lot of notice. The game itself is quite fun and is sort of in the style of a Geometry Wars type of game.
It has been a little bit since we have done a Hidden Gem article and even though some of these indie games we talk about could fit into that category, there is one new title this month that warrants it right now and it is called Arenas Trail of Valor by EmeryOnGames.
A little over a week ago a new game landed on the Android Market by Catfishblues Games, developed of the rather popular Hyperlight game. This particular game is called Tiny Comet and has you playing as a little lost comet who got separated from his family when he got too close to the Earth’s gravitational pull.
In concept Wavecrest Entertainment’s new game, Tree Jumper, isn’t really new as it is similar to games like Mega Jump, however, it does feature some new mechanics that are not really found in similar titles plus the graphics are pretty polished as well.
About a week ago we were told about a new physics-based puzzle game with some similar mechanics to Angry Birds that had landed on the Android Market. Developed by Primadawn, Lazy Snakes does indeed take a couple of the gameplay mechanics from Angry Birds but widely expands on how you solve each stage.
There is a neat little casual maze/puzzle game that landed on the Android Market a few days ago called Marball Odyssey by LABBE Sylvain a.k.a Sunday Coderz. The premise of the game is simple. just roll your ball through the maze on each stage, collecting items as you go until you reach the exit.
In this edition of our Hidden Gem series, we have an interesting puzzle game going by the name of EDGE from 365 Games. In EDGE you move around a block with the intent of collecting the smaller multicolored cubes while on your way to the end of each stage.
Today, considering it being Cyber Monday and we as society have been dealing with craziness since Thanksgiving with family, Black Friday sales, weekend sports (and recovery) and Cyber Monday deals now, it’s only fitting we bring a Hidden Gem of a game to the table that is down right insane. Coming from Xbox Live is Techno Kitten Adventure.
Proving that sometimes even the best sites sometimes miss under the radar games, Xenowar was recently released to the masses in the Android Market. For those of you who remember the true X-Com (and not that FPS title currently in development) you are in for a real treat.