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Hidden Gems Appreciation Topic

A topic by Ilya Shevelev created 18 days ago Views: 380 Replies: 18
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Submitted (1 edit) (+5)

Hello folks!

I’m a dev of the Late Night Pawn Shop, somehow my game got some interest in a community and became popular, so I want to somehow return this favor to the community.

Recently I found some time to play your games and as in every jam I’m finding great games that lack attention.

So here I do plan to keep my list of hidden gems of this jam that I found and recommend you to play and rate. I’m duplicating this list on my submission page in hope that through my page those games will get at least some more attentions.

As I’m still playing your games I do plan to update this list both there and on the submission page.

NOTE - ** THIS IS NOT A RATE FOR RATE TOPIC**

Please don’t post your own games there. If you genuinely have some games that you found and feel they are cool but lack attention, please post them in the comments.

THE LIST:

Submitted

This is not the topic to post your own games, please, there is like a thousand of other topic for that.

Submitted(+1)

These have been some of my favourites so far!

https://latrai.itch.io/as-i-remember
https://gglor.itch.io/kallaxity

Submitted

Here is one more I would like to recommend - a slow paced puzzle shooter with cool visuals and overall vibe /jam/brackeys-16/rate/4949768

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Submitted(+1)

This one I've found to be super fun: /jam/brackeys-16/rate/4947434

Criminally underrated

Submitted

Wait you're actually right, their game is very enjoyable woww! Thanks for the recommendation

Submitted(+1)

Brought some more, since I've noticed they aren't getting enough attention either:

This is a fresh discovery for me, but I had a lot of fun - /jam/brackeys-16/rate/4952847

A nice take on the rhythm games - /jam/brackeys-16/rate/4952457

And a very cute platformer with an interesting mechanic idea, would really love to play a full-scope game of it - /jam/brackeys-16/rate/4948527

Submitted

One more, but please be aware that is a dark and harsh one before playing, here is what devs say:

This game is really edgy so if you are easily offended by gore, offensive humor, gross bodily shit, and visuals depicting suicide DO NOT PLAY.

/jam/brackeys-16/rate/4953671

Submitted(+1)

This is a very fun one that I found - takes the Trust No 1 theme literally. It is a minesweeper game, so that may not be for everyone if you don't enjoy the original puzzle. But was a 5 start for me

/jam/brackeys-16/rate/4947599

Submitted(+1)

I really enjoyed this one a whole lot and the way I found it was by selecting least rated of games unrated by me. Now it is one of my favorite entries:
Rate A Taste of Treason by charge1500 for Brackeys Game Jam 2026.2 - itch.io

Submitted(+1)

This grandma on the internet immersive sim felt so relatable I just had to bring it here

/jam/brackeys-16/rate/4912064

Submitted(+1)

This one's a gem though not sure if it's a hidden gem. Try it out if you haven't yet! It's a neat take on the dating sim genre but you're not the one dating

Catnip Trap

Submitted (2 edits) (+3)

Ah, I was so devastated to find out their art was ai-generated 😭 I feel so betrayed, I totally fell in love with their project, recommended to a friend, and they were like, "yo, the details are melting", I check and find this 💀


Edit: To be fair, it's only the menu art and the comic story panes, the other sprites and props in the game seem legit to me. Still hurts. :(

Submitted

Probably they were in a rush so they dropped the original art to AI to generate some missing screens. Sad, but still a good game and a lot of human work has been done there.

Submitted(+2)

That sounds so much more sad though, feeding your own work to ai, the game would already be amazing without it :( All ai does is undermine the trust among creators and being unfair to those of us who had to make sacrifices due to the time limit we all had.

Submitted(+2)

Nice post, I really like ones like this, thank you!

I think this is a really cool application of the theme/jam/brackeys-16/rate/4951785

this one reminds me of portal/jam/brackeys-16/rate/4952919

this has a really nice visual aesthetic/jam/brackeys-16/rate/4946982

pretty cool design and atmosphere and only 6 ratings: /jam/brackeys-16/rate/4937593

Submitted(+2)

Found some more solid games around the ~20 ratings mark

The Farmyard Files (21 ratings) 

  • Silly farm animals x detective deduction game  
  • Floorplans and crime scene photos were a solid touch

Welcome Home (22 ratings)

  • Atmospheric pixelated stranger danger
  • Heartfelt ending (you'll need to find the dev's spoiler comment to get the full impact of the ending)

HOLISTIC (22 ratings)

  • Surreal cosmic fever dream of creative energy packed into a narrative card game
  • Disco Elysium vibes
Submitted(-4)

here's mine and i hope you can clear it on your first try : D

https://gunti-hemanth-kumar.itch.io/secondshot

Submitted(-3)

Hi! Hope you'll enjoy it!

/jam/brackeys-16/rate/4929069