Variable is a very poorly made 2D "card game" slapped together with Unity, by the infamous Russian asset flippers/plagiarists at Kedexa. Although this time it seems to be a genuine attempt to make a game, only because I can't believe a Unity Asset Store game pack would be this badly made. It's a dumb card game where cards flip across and you get more points for having more high value cards than your opponent. It doesn't make a huge amount of sense and it's not a lot of fun... less fun than a game of Snap or Go Fish.
Kedexa have shown a repeat pattern of unethically dumping other people's work onto Steam as a cheap, nasty cash grab. Here's some examples so you can see for yourself:
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[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1709950]Lounge Zone[/url]" = [url=https://flippednormals.com/downloads/dice-board-game-starter-kit/]Dice Board Game Starter Kit[/url] developed by Adam
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1218440]Tanks 2020[/url]" = [url=https://learn.unity.com/project/tanks-tutorial]Tanks Tutorial[/url] developed by Unity Technologies
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1431620]Cybercube Battle[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/unitz-unet-33494]UnitZ UNET[/url] developed by Hardworker Studio
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Taking this shovelware seriously as if it was a genuine attempt to make a game, it doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard.
There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customise the graphics settings. There's no way for gamers to ensure this is running at the native resolution of their displays... there's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision. There's no way for gamers to try improve the low quality graphics.
The game features somewhat lazy, simplistic 2D graphics, of the type you normally expect to see in low effort Flash/browser games and mobile apps. Considering this is being evaluated as a PC game, having the graphics phoned in like this isn't going to result in a high quality, visually impressive game that PC gamers are used to seeing.
The controls can't be customised because the game has such a dumbed down, simplified interface that it's just point and click stuff like a browser/Flash game. The fact that the interface is this dumbed down might be seen as a problem in itself, however... this is a fairly shallow experience if you're the kind of gamer that likes to play games with deep, rich control schemes and interaction. You'll get none of that here.
These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game.
The poor quality of this game is reflected in the general public reception. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was only 2 players. That's right, only 2. This is a pitiful enough 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 120 million gamers on Steam, the overwhelming lack of interest in the game is remarkable, but also to be expected. This complete and utter rejection of the game from gamers should be a keen information point for anyone considering buying shovelware like this. Gamers just didn't take this seriously, and for good reason.
Variable has the total ripoff price of $20 USD, for which you could easily get any number of older AAA games, let alone the sheer number of free games available on Steam. 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.
