Most rules have exceptions. For example, one of my rules is that I don't like pixel games. Cloudpunk is a hell of an exception.

Tieng Valley, you will always be famous.

GRIPPING. I played this game straight through without stopping, which is extremely rare for me, no matter how short the game.

The plot of this game was completely incomprehensible to me, and the only reason I understand it even a little is because I read the Wikipedia page. But you know what? I don't care. Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, sliiiiiiiiide.

"I'm just not really a fan of grand strategy games," I say, before clocking 80 hours in 2 weeks

This is a weird-ass mindtrip of a game. The story feels near-incomprehensible, but the atmosphere is top-notch.

A Her Interactive Nancy Drew game, except you're a safety inspector instead of a socially awkward teen detective, and you compulsively climb things instead of compulsively asking invasive personal questions.