As of late, when there’s so many video games popping out that I really feel like an overwhelmed canine with free reign in a butcher’s, there isn’t any sweeter sentence to me than “this recreation will take you now not than two hours.” I do know for some folks size is every thing (do not), however personally I like a brief, good time (critically, depart it out). So the second I noticed Formless Star, an eclectic little creature cataloguing recreation, and skim that it was one to 2 hours lengthy, I used to be instantly in.
Here is the low down: you’re Anemo, a researcher despatched on a mission in a spaceship to a planet referred to as the Formless Star to gather knowledge on the numerous animals that reside there. There’s round 60 so that you can discover and study, all of them weirder than the following. You may discover Flodeboller, a marshmallow-looking creature that hangs out in sizzling areas despite the fact that it’s extremely uncomfortable with the warmth, however simply forgets it might depart any time it needs. There’s Boy, who’s a boy! Or Sylvia, an animal that advanced from a crashed spacecraft (you need to positively hang around with Sylvia, I’d die for them).
Formless Star is out now!
Journey to a mysterious ever-changing planet and collect knowledge on the animals that reside there.
There’s 60 totally different creatures to search out, all with distinctive behaviours and descriptions!
Get the sport without cost (or pay what you need) right here!
splendidland.itch.io/formless-star— splendidland🌱 (@splendid.land) May 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Gameplay is fairly easy, you simply type of go as much as every of those animals and work together with them, and then you definately get a Pokedex-esque entry that’ll possible be a unusual goof. The world itself is randomly generated, altering itself each time you step out, totally different animals showing on a recent era.
It’s primarily a recreation about vibes, these vibes being a humorous, oddball, Sport Boy Advance trying recreation with a, I wish to say, therapeutic soundtrack. It is only a beautiful place to hang around for an hour or two, simplistic or not. Consider it nearly like a strolling simulator, however in 2D.
Maybe most spectacular of all is how distinctive every of the animals really feel. One thing I usually really feel let down by in non-Pokemon creature collectors is how uninspired the designs are. I perceive that which may come right down to not having the sources, however the vary of designs in Formless Star, a recreation predominantly made by a single individual, splendidland, does type of present that with regards to such a design work, you simply must get bizarre with it.
On prime of all that, it is pay what you need over on Itch.io! That means you may simply obtain it for free for those who like, or you may chip in a little bit of dosh to assist the dev. Which you need to do, as a result of it is a pleasant little gem that has a pleasant easy message to it.
