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Captain Backwater

41%Game Brain Score
music
graphics, gameplay
67% User Score Based on 12 reviews

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Mac OSMac OSNintendo SwitchNintendo SwitchPCPCWindowsWindowsLinuxLinux
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Captain Backwater is a challenging puzzle game. To solve the 100 Levels you need to slide items around the playfield. If they collide with similar ones they magically disappear. This sounds simple, but it's getting more and more challenging...

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67%
Audience ScoreBased on 12 reviews
music3 positive mentions
graphics3 negative mentions
  • The game features colorful graphics and a fun pirate theme that adds charm to the puzzle mechanics.
  • There are 100 levels with various mechanics and challenges, making it engaging and suitable for introducing children to puzzle games.
  • The gameplay is simple and enjoyable, with quirky elements like collecting bananas and hidden coins that add variety.
  • The game suffers from technical issues, such as crashing when switching to full screen and a lack of achievements or trading cards.
  • Progression can be frustrating due to linear level design, with some players getting stuck and losing interest.
  • Collectibles like coins and bananas feel pointless, as they do not significantly impact gameplay and can be annoying to collect.
  • graphics
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's graphics are described as colorful but limited, with non-widescreen visuals that appear stretched on modern monitors. While there are some options for high-quality visuals, the overall presentation feels outdated, and the lack of updates over five years has left players disappointed.

    • “Graphically, Captain Backwater is colorful and the soundtrack is cool!”
    • “Colorful graphics.”
    • “Non-widescreen graphics are the usual casual-colorful kind, stretched to fill the screen on widescreen monitors, which I'm sure were available back in 2017 as well.”
    • “Even more ridiculously, 5 years weren't enough to add a speech slider, so you don't even get a better experience for double the current price of this, just some slightly different graphics.”
    • “Graphically, Captain Backwater is colourful and the soundtrack is cool!”
  • gameplay
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay features quirky mechanics such as arrows, stop signs, and rapiers across 100 progressively unlocked levels, offering a variety of actions beyond simple sliding. However, players have noted issues with bugs, annoying speech, and collectibles, which detract from an otherwise straightforward core experience.

    • “The game has some quirky mechanics like arrows, stop signs, and rapiers that you can utilize to complete the level.”
    • “The core gameplay would be fine, shame about the bugs, annoying speech, and collectibles.”
    • “In regards to the gameplay, it is very simple.”
    • “100 levels unlocked one by one, and besides the sliding action, there are a bunch of mechanics.”
  • music
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is generally praised for its quality and coolness, but it suffers from repetitiveness and some annoying soundbites that detract from the overall experience.

    • “Graphically, Captain Backwater is colorful and the soundtrack is cool!”
    • “Music is surprisingly good, if very repetitive.”
  • story
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story revolves around a straightforward mission where players are tasked with eliminating all pieces from the board, suggesting a focus on gameplay mechanics rather than a deep narrative.

  • monetization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The monetization of Captain Backwater has been criticized as a poorly executed cash grab, with users noting that it feels like a hastily ported free mobile app rather than a polished Steam title.

    • “Captain Backwater is a free mobile app that's been dumped on Steam as a cheap, lazy cash grab.”

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