[quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_slop][b]Warning: AI Slop[/b][/url]
This game is partially or completely made with talentless, soulless AI generated content.[/quote]
[b][quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/quote][/b]
Chronime Puzzle: Girls is an asset flip, what Valve calls a "fake game". The "developer", Quantum Quiver Games, took a template from Clickteam Fusion, reskinned it with AI SLOP, and dumped the results onto Steam as a cash grab scam.
Quantum Quiver Games has shown a repeated pattern of ripping off Clickteam Fusion templates and dumping them on Steam.
This Russian developer operates under a number of aliases in an attempt to hide their identity from gamers:
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[*] Cute Hannah's Games
[*] Blender Games
[*] Quantum Quiver Games
[*] Green Goose Corporation
[*] My Label Games
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All the same developer. Multiple accounts just to mislead gamers.
Don't believe me? Here's some other "flips" from exactly the same template, all shamelessly dumped on Steam as nasty cash grabs:
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[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2729040]Twizzle Puzzle: Animals[/url]"
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2815590]Twizzle Puzzle: Birds[/url]"
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2704230]Twizzle Puzzle: Cats[/url]"
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2680800]Twizzle Puzzle: Dogs[/url]"
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2875920]Twizzle Puzzle: Monkeys[/url]"
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2850680]Twizzle Puzzle: Predators[/url]"
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2757530]Twizzle Puzzle: Reptiles[/url]"
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3199490]Twizzle Puzzle: Flowers[/url]"
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2989680]Twizzle Puzzle: Dinosaurs[/url]"
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3138800]Twizzle Puzzle: Dragons[/url]"
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3095660]Twizzle Puzzle: Mushrooms[/url]"
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2948060]Twizzle Puzzle: Horses[/url]"
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2918580]Twizzle Puzzle: Rodents[/url]"
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/4925330]Chronime Puzzle: Cats[/url]"
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Look for yourself... these are all exactly the same game!
The products that result from asset flips aren't "real" games. They lack depth and content, because they're just simplistic copies of demos or tutorials. In this case, "Chronime Puzzle: Girls" is just a ripoff of a basic ClickTeam Fusion "rotating tile" puzzle template filled out with some pictures stolen off the internet, and a lame, badly done filter slapped over the image to try hide the origin, and doesn't have any merit as a proper, fully fledged PC game, so this copy+paste of it can't be recommended.
Asset flips don't involve any professional game development. Sure, sometimes they may change a few cosmetic things, swap out different assets etc, but at heart it's functionally identical to the asset they're ripping off. Asset flips are an insult to both PC gamers and to professional game developers who create genuine, high quality PC games. Asset flips like this are harmful to the gaming industry and to Steam because they reduce the visibility that sincerely made indie games should have. They make it harder for gamers to find genuine games made by honest developers.
To cement the position of this asset flip as nothing but a cash grab, it was dumped onto cheap DailyIndieGame shovelware bundles very shortly after launch. Don't reward this morally bankrupt, unethical behaviour from Quantum Quiver Games.
Because this is just a fake game/cash grab scam, and due to the sheer unethical nature of the developer, you should avoid this completely.
Next is pricing and value. Is this game worth buying from among the 140,000+ games on Steam?
Chronime Puzzle: Girls is relatively cheap at $2 USD, but it's not worth it. This is also competing with over 14,000 free games available on Steam, many of them far better than this paid product.
The poor quality of this game is reflected by how many people spent time with it. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was [b]only 2 players[/b]. This is a remarkably low number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 130 million gamers on Steam and well over 140,000 games for gamers to choose from, the overwhelming lack of interest in this low quality game is to be expected.
Given the defects and quality issues with the game, coupled with the unrealistic price, and the questionable ethical nature of the developer and/or their associates (as outlined above), this is impossible to recommend. Because this is just a fake game/cash grab scam, and due to the sheer unethical nature of the developer, you should avoid this completely. Don't reward this morally bankrupt, unethical behaviour from Quantum Quiver Games.
The use of AI slop is a direct insult to gamers and real, ethical content creators and artists everywhere.
[quote][b][url=https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/marketing/profile]Profile Features Limited![/url][/b]
Valve have marked this game as "Profile Features Limited" at the time of this review. This is usually caused by poor sales figures and low community acceptance for the game (to date). Until this status changes, this game will not give you +1 to your Game Collector badge count, appear in profile achievements or any other Steam meta-accomplishments, nor can it be displayed in some profile showcases. If these factors are important to you, it may be worth holding off before buying this game.[/quote]
