Jude Plays The Obscure

A curated games blog where I bring you under the radar gems, some may be years old, some may be current. This is a substack for those looking for the deep cuts

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Do you like cats? Do you like seeing the world? Play this delightful puzzle game wherein you find cats in different locations and get to fill the world in with colour as you do so. From Berlin to Tokyo.

Hidden Cats

A wonderfully peaceful game about finding furry friends

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Sometimes after cracking a case you just want to retire to eat your bread in peace.

The Duck Detective is a quirky puzzle game about a Duck PI who is tasked with finding some stolen salami only for the case it flip on it's head.

The Duke Detective The Secret Salami

Sometimes in this crazy world you just need a little bread.

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Good help is hard to find even as Death.

In Have A Nice Death you take on the role of Death the CEO of the afterlife.

In this 2-D Rougelite Hack &Slash Game there is a lot to love, including the funny and well written dialogue

Have A Nice Death

Death as a business

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Shovel Knight is a 2D action platforming game, all about knights, magic and shovels.

With wonderful dialogue, a gut full of N64 nostalgia and beautiful pixel art this is a platforming game that you should not ignore.

See the full free write up below.

Shovel Knight

Digging it's way into your heart.

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A sweet treat! Fight bakery items come to life as you seek to chase after your brother and stop the evil that has taken over the land.

A must play for fans of platforming and collecting items in games, with a good level of challenge.

With some of the best pixel art you might ever see, which you'll both want to eat but also take a photo of.

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Super Perils Of Baking

A Sweet Treat

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Calling all fans of Cthulhu, fight back against the corruption.

Gothic, lovecraftian, RPG with management elements, interested? Then check out our latest write up wherein we shine some light on

Darkest Dungeon

Darkest Dungeon

Fight back against the corruption and defeat the maddening hordes.

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For our second post we are looking at Dredge, a hidden gem if ever there was one. A cozy sim with a sinister secret. In the day time you can fish and upgrade your boat, you're a lone fisherman propping up the economy of a small island community. However, at night there be monsters and mysteries and secrets begin to play out. The games horror elements have a lovecraftian vibe, and if you are caught out at night unprepared there is a real sense of danger.

If you would like to hear more about the game then our full write up is below

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A cozy sim with a sinister secret, by day sale the ocean blue catching fish or engaging in quests to help the mysterious locals who all seem

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The Sun is dead and you must save your caravan from the encroaching darkness.

Mixing management elements and random events ala the Oregon Trail, with turned based tactical gameplay, like Final Fantasy Tactics, this game creates something special.

Ex Bioware Devs, Norse mythology, and choices that matter. If that sounds like something you might be into then check out our new post, we go into all the aspects about the game you might want to know.

The Banner Saga trilogy

Norse mythology meets turn based strategy.

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Hey Everyone we are a new under the radar games blog focusing on games you might have missed during the near constant new game release cycle.

The champion of the forgotten, the overlooked, the under marketed, and the indie.

If that sounds cool to you then please connect with us and read our new substack post where we lay out a more direct mission statement.

Who we are

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