Molecats Reviews

Cute, quirky yet challenging, Molecats is the tastiest indie mushroom.

Fun at first, some mechanisms make the puzzles ultra boring.

Yes, definetely! I work in game industry and I really like to discover something intersting, like this game. I prefer casual games and I really like the Molecats' gameplay. Fascinating story, really nice graphics&music, great and fun atmosphere. Higly recommended.

This game is much harder and smarter than it looks. There are pretty good idea with polished implementation and hard, very hard puzzles. I hope I could bite it, but at present I get stuck. :)

Edited to Add: Changed my mind as by the second act, the hair-yanking has totally won out over addictive. For a thinking game about collecting stuff, it's *entirely* too reflex driven. I rage-quit after Ruins and after several weeks can't convince myself to go back. -------------- It's still early days, but it's already clear that Molecats is going to be a mix of addictive and hair-yanking. The lack of a fail-state is very nice (you might have to loop around the level one more time, but you don't have to *start completely over* as in a lot of puzzle games). Runs sensibly on dual monitors. Runs great on my Linux set-up. (Mint 18.2 Nvidia 384.130 GTX 1060)

Tag "Casual" is definitely not suitable for this game. It is a true hardcore old school puzzle with a lot of things to do and plenty of different mechanics to explore and learn. Despite giving it a positive review, I can't recommend Molecats for everyone. If you want to play some mindless nice-looking casual time killer, you should absolutely stay away from this game. Turning to actual gameplay, it is really difficult to describe it - it would be the best to try it yourself. Several first levels can be deceptively easy, however, difficulty rises really quickly and in no time you start to use levers for rotating tiles, avoid Molecat-eating flowers, use some kinds of multidimensional elevators and so on. In addition, controls are steadily becoming more sophisticated while you progress through the game because of acquiring some additional powers to use. Finally, be aware of the fact that this game has just recently been released in Early Access. That is why it still has some issues with controls, some hints and indicators can be quite unclear and the game even crashed for me once. Therefore, it can be better to wait for a full release if you want a smooth experience. On the other hand, developers are quite active and responsive. For example, I had some issues with my xbox360 controller, which were solved with a patch in less than a day. So, does this game worth its price tag? Absolutely! Is it suitable for everyone? No. Nonetheless, I totally recommend giving it a try if you like complicated puzzles with unique gameplay. UPD. Have just finished all the levels available. Have to say that the second chapter was a lot more fun for me; it has some really interesting and enjoyable puzzles. Looking forward to new levels!