Tofu Topple

Tofu Topple is a competitive puzzle game that is highly enjoyable. And is an easy recommend to anyone who has fond memories of Arcade VS. Puzzle games. In this match three gem game, you have several characters to choose from, and from chaining matches or making several matches in a row they will send over character specific garbage blocks to the opponent. Instead of pushing the opponent off the top of the screen (though it is still a valid win condition) the main focus on the game is to be the first to reach a set score goal known as quota, and the unique trash blocks that each character sends will either give you score when the opponent clears them, or stalls to give you time to pull ahead. It is in this regard that the character that you select matters more to your opponent then you, as your opponent is the one that deals with the character specific blocks, this makes mastery of all the different block types crucial to becoming very skilled at the game, as quick thinking on how deal with trash while minimizing the time spent waiting or score given to the opponent can make all the difference. Also since you are not flooding your opponent with trash blocks and instead focusing on scoring to get your quota up, it often means that late in a battle one miss drop won't completely take you out of the game like in Tetris or Puyo Puyo, and if your fast and skilled enough you can easily recover from a few mistakes. The story in the game is light, but hints at a much larger world and story which I personally enjoy, though since it is a puzzle game if its not your thing then it can be skipped with no loss to the game play or anything. The music is excellent, which is important if you grind at the time attack or endless modes as, at least to me, it doesn't get old. There are only a few minor bugs that I have come across, but as of now the developer is active and trying to sort them out. The main complaints I have are, controller support seems to be limited to Xbox controllers, I have tried a few other controllers that I have and seems to have trouble keybinding some of the buttons, and that as of now, I the online lobby's are almost always empty, but both can be solved, one with some bug fixing and hopefully this gem of a game will gain enough traction to solve the other as well. TLDR: This is a great game for anyone who loves arcade style competitive puzzle games, with few complaints and many positives and more then worth the price.

A fantastic little puzzle game, pretty clearly a work of passion! the gameplay fits right in among the greats like Tetris or Puyo Puyo. The characters are diverse and wonderful, but there's little story which sounds like a negative, but rather works to its advantage. The game feels like a spin-off, where you're expected to know the information and gets down to the meat of it which leaves the characters feeling set and complex. Since this is a puzzle game first and foremost, little story is hardly an issue but I do hope there comes future instalments that actually explore the plotlines hinted during this game. I concede I haven't played a massive amount so I might just be missing something unlocked later. I only have two gripes with the game that can easily be fixed, and hopefully will be in a future update. First is that fullscreen doesn't seem to work. It'll display in fullscreen for a moment but then as soon as you return to the menu it returns to windowed. Secondly, there is no controller support from what I could tell. While the game runs fine with a keyboard, it would be nice to have that option. Again, both minor things that can and hopefully will be fixed. Overall, if you enjoy fun puzzle games or fascinating casts of characters that leave a fun amount of story to the imagination, I highly recommend this!

This game takes a new spin on gem drop games. It is very charming and is meant to be played through multiple times to unlock different unique characters. I have enjoyed playing through it several times. My only critique is that I wish the tutorial automatically loaded at the start of the campaign and then was an option in the menu to repeat it after the first time though. I didn't see the tutorial the first time and was quite lost on the controls until I backed out and found the tutorial section that I had missed.

Good competitive puzzler. It's nothing super special, but I enjoyed playing through it a lot. The music is great - I hope for an OST release every day of my life. Maybe someday...