Thank you to all who took the time to post comments/feedback yesterday, it was appreciated. I didn't get back until the early hours of this morning so today's review is a little rushed and is missing several of my usual elements. There's a free game (ends soon) on the same lines as today's game, but far superior called Age of Wonders III via Steam HERE and don't forget to check out Epic Games weekly freebie, this week its the excellent Action RPG Torchlight (approaching its 10 year anniversary), which you'll find HERE.

Finders

In Brief

Finders is an arcade strategy/sim game.

Introduction:

Carve a path through an unforgiving wilderness to rescue a hero trapped by a villain! For years, the valiant Altair safeguarded the world from disaster and ensured a peaceful, prosperous existence for mankind. But a madman bent on doing evil figured out a way to confine him. In the wake of Altair's disappearance, disaster struck Earth, with one calamity after another shaking the planet to its core. Now you must lead a band of brave workers on an epic adventure to find the hero, using the cryptic clues on an ancient artifact to guide the way.

To endure the harsh conditions, you will learn to take what you need from the land. Gathering food and water, housing your workers, and mining gold from tunnels will make each new level a breathtaking challenge unlike any you have experienced. As you balance time and resources, you'll also invent clever machines to accomplish special tasks, make friends with a Yeti, and prepare for the impending showdown against your enemy. Developed to provide gamers with a thrilling and accessible adventure, Pathfinders will provide hours of unforgettable fun!

Reference accessed HERE. 14th July 2019

Gameplay:

Following plane crash on an island your task is to find the hero Altair. to do this you’ll need to recover the artifact that can release Altair from his alternate reality prison. You also need to and take care of the survivors of the air disaster.

Today's game Finders is a fusion of several popular genres such as Time Management and Strategy with some Adventure and Puzzle elements thrown in. It’s similar to other strategic sim games like Virtual Villagers.

On the left side of your screen, you will find a list of tasks you need to complete. Each task will reward you with experience points that enable you to level up to the next land. These tasks range from easy to challenging. For example you will need to send workers to perform several tasks such as building houses/tents to accommodate your population, finding food and water your people and searching for raw materials such as wood and gold as well as curing your people when they become ill.

The developer has included features such as the ability to send your workers to the forest to chop wood and find food that you often find in some rts empire building games like Age of Empires and Cossack's: Art of War plus there are several different types of mini games available such as match 3’s although most of them are quite simple and nothing extraordinary.

The game starts out very slowly and continues in the same vein throughout the game. What’s more frustrating is that the tutorial is totally inadequate; telling you very little about what to do next, so the first hour of the game is basically trying to figure out what’s going on and what to do next.

Whiterabbit-uk 14th July 2019

Other Reviews and Videos of Finders:

You can read mostly positive reviews of Finders via the Steam community HERE and via the Big fish community HERE. You can also see a couple of game play videos HERE, & HERE