Those Games lets you play all ‘those games’ you’ve seen in ads

Think you can beat the ads?

Have you ever been absent-mindedly scrolling, or maybe watching YouTube, and been pulled in by the sudden and absurd interjection of a mobile game ad? Maybe even thought to yourself, ‘hey, I can solve that.’ Well, Yeah! You Want “Those Games,” Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let’s See You Clear Them! might be for you.

This collection is a video game that I’m going to shorthand down to Those Games, and it is indeed centered on ‘those games’: the kind of absurd logic problems that you see pop up over and over again in dime-a-dozen mobile game ads. Well, rather than download something that might be filled with extra transactions and bizarre stories, Those Games lets you have at it right now.

Climb the towers! Mix the solutions! Escape parking lots! Do…  I’m really not sure what you’re doing in some of these, but you can certainly slide and tap your way through them. Those Games is on both PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch, for a fairly reasonable $9.99 at that.

Clear Those Games off

Interestingly enough, the developer behind this isn’t just anybody. Studio Monkeycraft Co. Ltd. worked on the Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series and Katamari Damacy HD updates. Seems like they did a pretty alright job, too.

Is this what we expected from the folks working on Klonoa and Katamari to move onto? Maybe not quite, but it’s certainly whimsical and interesting. And now, I can finally see if I can pull all those slider bars right, to keep the puppy safe. Or clear the parking lot, or safely travel across a long walkway using only a giant stack of wooden beams. There’s even a little gacha-style machine in there, for collecting titles. Guess you can’t avoid every segment of mobile games, but at least there doesn’t seem to be an energy meter in sight.

Eric Van Allen

Senior Editor – While Eric’s been writing about games since 2014, he’s been playing them for a lot longer. Usually found grinding RPG battles, digging into an indie gem, or hanging out around the Limsa Aethryte.

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