Fire up your beloved browser because here comes my first list, the bontegames 2019 top 10 browser games:
10. Goodbye, doggy by PicogramHelp your family deal with their grief in this sweet game. (original post)
9. Hoshisaga Monochromatic by Yoshio IshiiA new expansion of the 'find the star' puzzle series. (original post)
8. Pip! by RarelikeaunicornFind your way back home to the nest in this retro-inspired platformer. (original post)
7. Pupy World by SylviefluffJump and dig around this sugar sweet world on a platforming quest to please all the forest animals. (original post)
6. VEXT EDIT by Jack LancePush everything into place and figure out how to accomplish this in this brain-scratching puzzler. (original post)
5. Tiny Islands by David KingOrganize and draw tiny islands to achieve the highest score, each day again. (original post)
4. Temple of the Four Serpents by FerociterOutsmart deadly traps and many puzzles to make your platforming escape. (original post)
3. ENIGMASH by Jack LanceOne big mashup of puzzles and a true ode to puzzlescript. (original post)
2. The Tail of the Serpent by Lucas Le SloWhat if Snake was a puzzle game, a devious puzzle game. (original post)
1. 5 Step Steve by Ethan ClarkA crew of kittens needs to be rescued with dozens of puzzles standing in your way and each time only 5 steps to solve them, it's my personal number 1 browser game of 2019! (original post)
And now for the second list, this blog has been covering lots of mobile games too this year so, hand to phone, here are the bontegames 2019 top 10 mobile games:
10. KIDS by PlayablesMove with and against crowds until everyone is gone in this mesmerizing playable animation. (original post)
9. Kubrix by Kenny SunComplete connections in constructions based on the works of the fictional engineer Stanley Kubrix. (original post)
8. Home Runtaro by Hap IncHit homeruns while enjoying the slapstick humor and quirky style. (original post)
7. Inbento by AfterburnSolve hand-crafted recipes in this culinary brain-teaser. (original post)
6. Secret Signs by Wouter WalminkEach puzzle hides a purpose but it is shy to show. (original post)
5. Naboki by Maciej TargoniA minimal puzzle game about taking things apart. (original post)
4. OXXO by Michal PawlowskiGroup similar blocks because they like each other and discover the ever changing mechanics. (original post)
3. Total Party Kill by Jussi SimpanenControl three different heroes and solve tricky puzzles by sacrificing your teammates. (original post)
2. Pilgrims by Amanita DesignRoam the land, make friends and help them complete their little stories in a playful adventure. (original post)
1. Song of Bloom by Philipp StollenmayerAn intense tale about everything, packed into a playful experience in rapidly changing handcrafted art styles, this game is my personal number 1 mobile game of 2019! (original post)
I managed to create a new mobile puzzle game myself this year: Blue and created my first commercial PC release: Factory Balls. For the next year I'm full of exciting new ideas, so I hope to see you back here in 2020! Wishing you all a very happy 2020, this was Bart Bonte digging through this year's browser and mobile games for bontegames dot com!
I have been following this blog for many many years, but I go through busy spells where I miss a lot due to work. The year end game list is one of my favorite post every year since I always find a game or two in it that I missed. Thank you and Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteTop list, thanks Bart, happy 2020!
ReplyDeleteI like the list (I noticed both Lucas Le Slo and Sylviefluff made it again), but I thought Ferociter's August platformer Amidst the Sky was a better, more engaging experience than Temple of the Four Serpents (May), with a world that felt more complete and atmospheric. Admittedly there were some cool inter-room puzzles in Serpents that didn't have any equivalent in Amidst the Sky, but the temples and powerup "tutorials" in that one were very well designed, and it had a very clever use of the concept of stasis which was very different from, say, Breath of the Wild.
ReplyDeleteOh, also I didn't like Kubrix very much. It went on forever, lost its novelty factor pretty quickly, didn't present any difficult, thought-demanding puzzles, and had no difficulty curve whatsoever. It also used up lots of my phone's processing power.
ReplyDeleteHoshisaga Monochromatic was definitely one of my favourite games this year, and I'm glad to see it made the list! This list just reminded me that we didn't get a Neutral game this year, which I'm sad about, but here's to hoping that there's a new one in 2020!
ReplyDeleteHey, I really love all your flash games and I was wondering if you are going to change all of them into html5 since Flash is going away in 2020. It will be a shame to not have the chance to play all of them without flash :(
ReplyDeleteIn all these years, there still hasn't been a single "game of the year" as good as 2008's, "You Have To Burn The Rope" Hard to belive I've been reading this page that long.....
ReplyDeleteHappy new year!