Minit

Within the first 60 seconds you can just tell Minit is a Devolver Digital game. This was a day-one purchase for me and I quite enjoyed it.

Minit is a zelda clone with a twist (the player is cursed with a 60-second time loop), an Earthbound-esque sense of humor and pixel art sensibilities. Your progress is cumulative, so you may spend 60 seconds obtaining a key, then the next 60 seconds using it to unlock a nearby tomb to retrieve an item, and so on. The map is necessarily compact, though the player is able to claim new starting points in various locations–a trailer, a hotel–and move between these strategically depending on which objective lies ahead.

I recommend going in blind on this one. It’s a short game and you can expect to spend about an hour and a half on your first run, more if you want to collect all the hearts and items, and you can chase that with a higher difficulty + game if you’re up for it. I had to look up a few things but overall the puzzles work and are a good challenge to sort out.

The world of Minit is a fun one to explore, and the game is just long enough to provide a sense of accomplishment without wearing out the gimmick.