Alright recently I’ve been trying to focus more on smaller games or by small teams. So inevitably I was going to cover Untitled Goose Game, however a few major hiccups happened. Thank Goodness You’re Here released late last year in August and I wasn’t really interested in talking about it. Well it just went on sale on Switch not long ago and I wanted to talk about more Indie games so this happened. Both focus on slapstick humor taking place in English towns. House House being Australian and Coal Supper near Yorkshire being incredibly small Indie Studios and both published by the same company perhaps the most inappropriately named Panic Inc. Given they are also responsible for Firewatch, Arco, and multiple mobile games they publish great stuff that doesn’t always get the attention it deserves.

Both these games have their focus on comedy, but I found Thank Goodness You’re Here is actually funnier mostly due to trying to be a cartoon rather than more realistic and grounded like Untitled Goose Game. Now Thank Goodness You’re Here has a shorter game time, but you’ll be free to explore until all of the objectives finish up then the area and there are only the move, jump, and slap buttons. Untitled Goose Game works the same way, but rather than the player finding the objectives on their own it has a checklist that crosses out as the player completes it. Along with its stealth gameplay, you have a raise and lower head movement to stay hidden, a honk button to cause distractions, a flap wings button that is useful in some circumstances, basic controls and a run button.

Both are very simple games that can be beaten relatively quickly. They are oddly more satisfying than the $60 full priced game. At $20 each they aren’t long, but great games that deserve attention.