Swords & Soldiers is a fun little game, my brother played/plays it quite a lot. It's intense in a good way, doesn't take itself seriously and puts a twist on strategy games by offering a side-scrolling perspective.

Is it similar to Legendary Wars for iOS? I played that a bit.

I'm gonna be buying an Android soon, so I think I'll pick up some Android games from this sale. Does anyone have any to recommend?

Gaslamp Games (the Dredmor guys) just joined this sale.

Oh yeah, thanks, I overlooked Vessel. That's indeed one to look out for. It wasn't in a bundle yet and I heard good things about it. I think it won't run on my current system, but if the price is right, maybe I'd be interested in the DRM-free version.

And it seems the sale is getting more interesting as time goes by and more devs join.

The list is growing - this could be a bargainfest

I don't have an iPhone, thus I've never played Legendary Wars, so I have no idea. I quickly looked up a YouTube video of it, though, and they seem to be similar - however, in Swords & Soldiers, you have no real control over your units, let alone micromanage them. You mostly decide what units to produce and then support them with a large array of "commander powers".

A word of warning about Swords & Soldiers for those who'd like a DRM-free version: Even though you can buy a copy directly from the developer, the fineprint on the website says that you'll still need a Steam account to install and play it. A DRM-free version was available in the Humble Bundle, but apparantly that doesn't necessarily mean it's sold DRM-free now. If you're interested in such a version, best consult the developer first before making a purchase from the website.

I could not recommend Bean's Quest enough. If you like platformers at all... well, honestly, you should go on Desura and buy it this instant. It's well worth the price. If you want to get it for a steal with this May offer, then by all means.

Just get it, and don't put it on your backlog, either. Masterful spritework, music, level design, it's absolutely charming. I don't like to throw around the word "perfect", but I would place this game exceptionally high on the very long list of platformers I've played without hesitation. I'm not very good at writing reviews, but if you wish to see what I had to say, I wrote a review back in March (Currently the most recent review, from "Kuruku").

So yeah, that's definitely a highlight.


As a fan of vector graphics, I quite liked Swift*Stitch. I'm probably going to consider Q.U.B.E. It doesn't look all that interesting from what I've seen, but I've heard good things, and if it's cheap enough... well, it's likely to exceed my low expectations, at any rate. The Wonderful End of the World was trash. I didn't think you could mess up Katamari Damacy that badly. I could go on and on about the offerings here, but most of them are popular enough that I'm sure you can do without my input.

Whatever you do, just make sure that you get Bean's Quest, people. Just be warned that your character auto-hops and you simply use left and right to move. If you think you might have some odd aversion to this... well, there's a demo now. Honestly, this game exudes polish, quality, and charm. It's just plain fun. :D

Got pretty much i want on the Direct and Steam list. Suspect most of us will have most of the games we want on those lists already......

And do you think indie devs can and will control the $1 = 1€ crap ?

Hm, the selection has definitely gotten a little more interesting during the last days, even for those who've got all the previous indie bundles and are not into Steam. I'll keep an eye on the price of Defender's Quest, Dark Scavenger and Frayed Knights (although I don't have much hope that the discount on the latter will be significant enough for me to buy it, but the other two have good chances). Sugar Cube: Bittersweet Factory looks interesting, too, has anyone played it, or the free prequel / demo of it?

Looks like a good way for people who missed out on bundle games to fill a few holes in their libraries - I'll pick up Jolly Rover, Vertex Dispenser, Serious Sam Random Encounter, maybe Really Big Sky too.

Interesting. I'm curious how the prices will look like in the end.

I just noticed Cortex Command Alpha was on the list (for $0.09...), is it still in development? I thought it was dead a year ago.

Some of the prices seem to be in need of readjustment ... POP is listed for $0, but has a minimum price of $1. "Super Office Stress" is listed as reduced from $3 to $99.99 ... ;)

Also, you can get the Windows version of Rochard for 10$ - but if you pay one cent less, you'll also get the Mac version. Or, looking at it from the other direction, they pay you 1 cent back if you burden yourself with the Mac version. ;)