[17] On February 5, 2024, Brookhaven RP was acquired by another game developer Voldex, with funding from Raine Partners and Shamrock Capital.
Sophia Kim, writing for Los Angeles Times High School Insider, commended the game's simplicity, elaborating that "it doesn't strive to sugarcoat anything at all", further praising its addictivity.
[‡ 2][32] A nod to Rooms was added as part of said update, featuring a revamped version of the game as a secret level.
[36] Carlos Mestre, writing for TheGamer described the game as a "spine-chilling adventure" and said that the hotel is "Victorian era-esque".
[42] In August 2024, the game partnered with English music artist Charli XCX to promote her 2024 album Brat.
[48] Since its release, the game has received widespread acclaim, primarily for its graphics, which have been described as "not looking like Roblox" and leading to comparisons between it and the Call of Duty series by critics.
[57][58] Released in April 2017, Jailbreak's gameplay consists of players in the role of criminals escaping prison and committing crimes such as heists, as well as players in the role of police and SWAT officers trying to stop them, which Barry Stevens of Entertainment Focus likened to the Grand Theft Auto series.
[64] MeepCity's creator, Alex Binello, stated in 2018 that he was making enough money off the game to pay two employees and support his mother and brother.
[65] Binello is noted for his development techniques, which include playing the game on alternate accounts to gauge the reactions of new players.
[68] However, the real world disaster response advice that the game was seen to be imparting was criticised by Bevan Findlay of the University of Auckland.
[80] Phantom Forces is a first-person shooter game that has been positively compared to the Call of Duty, Battlefield, and Counter-Strike franchises.
[81][83] Additionally, players are able to perform various actions, such as the ability to crouch, lie in a prone position, flank, and jump to cover.
[‡ 10][non-primary source needed] The demo to another entry, Piggy: Intercity, an open-world survival game, was released on January 28, 2021.
[88] Rainbow Friends is an episodic horror game developed by Roy & Charcle[‡ 11] where players attempt to escape the titular group of monsters (namely, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow and Cyan) by collecting items.
[‡ 12] Jacqueline Zalace of The Gamer described the game as a "horror-themed Miss Frizzle field trip where monsters lure you into a scary theme park to collect items".
[66] The game is set in a magical universe and deals with a fantasy school where players dress-up as royalty or supernatural creatures.
[93] Launched in 2017, Royale High had more than 8.2 billion total visits as of October 2022, regularly achieving thousands of concurrent players, making it one of the most popular games on the platform.
Barry Stevens, writing for Entertainment Focus, applauded the game's intensity, elaborating that he felt "genuine panic as [he tries] to swim away without being noticed [by the shark]".
is a survival-battle game where players attempt to survive a range of disasters from fires to explosions over the course of two minutes, with the last person standing winning.
[103][104] John Julians, writing for Radio Times, complimented the game's fast pace and premise, further elaborating that the players would "find [themselves] with a whole new threat to contend with just after escaping the last".
[106][107] Also featured in the game are online leaderboards, allowing the player to compete with others globally in revenue and guest attendance numbers.
[108][73] The Mimic is a horror game that consists of four distinct "books" based on Japanese folklore where the player is the main character.
The game description states that players are put into the role of "Fazbear Security's newest team member".
The game was met with backlash from fans of the series due to its unfinished state, with Dexerto's Rishabh Sabarwal describing the gameplay as a clone of Dead by Daylight.
[133] It is an adventure game released on October 15, 2022, where player can level up by eliminating the legion of bad robots and collect coins by exploring the Kota Hilir town.
[141][142] Within the game, the player is required to level up by moving around and collecting Chaos Orbs to run faster and jump higher.
[147] The player controls their avatar or a character from the franchise and journeys Bikini Bottom collecting doubloons and rubies through the use of their "buddies".
[‡ 16][non-primary source needed] Pokémon Brick Bronze was a role-playing game released in 2015 and developed by Llama Train Studio.
[173] David Jagneaux, writing in PCMag, also spoke positively of the game, stating that it had "enough original ideas to occupy several days of your time".
[171] Steven Asarch, writing in Player-One, gave a negative review of the game, criticizing what he considered the "poor implementation of the battle system".