Unlock Me

"Unlock Me" is another case of Itch failing to contain this kind of crap... a minimalist amateur puzzle game involving rotating a safe lock to unlock it. The player must decipher a six-digit password based on sounds. This is dumber and more limited than the lockpicking minigames of Oblivion/Skyrim. The graphics here are particularly awful, the developer barely bothered. Yes, just like the screenshots show, the visual presentation of the game can be be described as "A circle done in MS-Paint". It's a big contributor to the failure of the game to attract gamers despite having no up-front cost. Gaming is a primarily visual medium, and if developers want to succeed, they must understand that it's not an area for compromise. Zero effort was put in here. This is "free" enough, at least you won't be expected to spend any more money after you download this, but just because something is free doesn't mean it's good. Despite having no up-front cost, this failed to appeal to the 120 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the game peaked at only 3 concurrent players... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? Not this time. This isn't worth downloading. While this won't cost you any money, you get what you pay for, and sometimes, even when the game is free, it's still not enough.