Revolutionary Casual Game Award | Casual Game Revolution

Revolutionary Casual Game Award

Casual Game Revolutionary badgeThe games that have received the Revolutionary award are not only considered to be Recommended by our staff, but also in our judgment meet one or more of the following conditions:

• Can be considered as "best-in-class" or genre-defining
• Have achieved a world-class level of quality and originality
• Have impacted the casual game industry in a major way

 


 

The Exit series by KOSMOS stands out as a captivating array of puzzle games, offering a plethora of distinct and enjoyable challenges spanning a wide range of themes. Its varying difficulty levels cater to different player groups, making it accessible to both newcomers and experienced puzzle enthusiasts.

MicroMacro: Crime City is a mashup of a crime-solving detective game with a Where's Waldo-style hidden object map. Players work through 16 different cases where crimes were committed somewhere on the giant city map. Using observational detective skills, players identify the victims and trace their path through time in the city to find suspects and ultimately indentify the perpetrator and solve the case.

Super Mega Lucky Box is a "flip and write" game where each player fills in spaces on individual cards using a dry erase marker. Each player begins the game with 3 scoring cards and obtains more throughout the course of the game. During each round, 9 number cards are flipped from a face-down deck and each player simultaneously crosses out a large number matching the flipped card on one of their scoring cards (sort of like BINGO). When you complete a row or column on your scoring card, you earn a bonus.

Slide Quest is a truly unique dexterity game, inspired by video games, in which players must work together to help a hero complete his quest.

Each player takes one side of the board, and must tilt the hero around, avoiding holes and completing objectives such as trapping enemies and avoiding dynamite.

Drop your piece and hope it lands true, in this simple yet challenging game that’s played with a vertical 3D board. If your piece doesn’t following the dropping rules you won’t score any points, while the higher piece the more points its worth.

Winner of the 2018 Spiel des Jahres, this tile-laying game will send you to Portugal, as players take turns selecting tiles and trying to collect the correct number to decorate their wall in specific patterns. Collect too many and you’ll lose points, collect too few each round and your opponents may out-build you!

 

Construct buildings and be the first player to reach the third level in order to win this ingeniously simple (yet immensely fun) abstract game. On your turn, move one of your builders to an adjacent space, then place a building section on an adjacent space. Block your opponents with domes to ensure that they can't win, and use your player's special ability at the right times to capture victory!

Logic and puzzles are beautifully paired in this intriguing game about figuring out the secret rule behind the structures you build.

One player is the moderator, who alone knows the secret rule. The other players build structures and the moderator informs them whether they fit the rule or not. Once you think you've figured out the rule, you may spend a guess token to find out if you're right!

 

Each round, players are secretly assigned roles of either the gods or the mortal. At the start of each round four images are placed on the table. Three of them are false; the fourth is the image the gods are trying to turn into a constellation.

Dixit meets cooperation in Mysterium, a gorgeous game about solving murders, speaking to the dead, and using your psychic powers.
 
One player is the ghost, using pictures as clues to help the other players figure out several dastardly murders.
 

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