Screw Jam 12+

Good but has lives system

Tl;dr: actual game good fun but don’t expect to binge it

All in all this is a pretty fun puzzle game, and the actual mechanic of trying to work out which screws to take out when is great. Forewarning though, don’t get too attached to actually getting to play it!
It has one of those annoying lives systems where once you’ve used your 5 lives, you have to wait for them to refill, and it takes forEVER(30 mins for 1 life!) this means on the harder levels it takes even longer if you haven't got the memory for the tricks you worked out on the previous go, or if you make a silly mistake early on.
You can pay for or win infinite lives, and this is a much better experience, but only for a short time! I think £9.99 for an hours infinite lives and some coins is a bit steep personally.
You can pay for no ads permanently as well. The ads impact my enjoyment much less than the lives system though! I’d much rather pay a small fee for permanent infinite lives than for no ads, so that would be my main message to the developers: please, an infinitely playable version!
Other than this big thing, I can recommend the puzzle element. It just isn’t a bingeable game like some others of its kind. And I want to binge puzzles.

Good game

Match screws to the coloured box at the top. Sounds easy, and sometimes it is, but other times you have to try and think which screws to use first etc to unlock other screws. You get 5 holes to store extra screws you need to get out the way, and I knocked a star off because even though it gives you 5 holes, if you use them, it automatically ends the level and you lose. Why give 5 holes if you can only actually use 4? It’s messed me up a few times and really annoyed me the first time because I strategised using the 5 holes only for it to kick me off the level for doing so.
Other than that it’s a great, if irritating (for the right reasons) game, and I would recommend. I’ve enjoyed it for several days now completely free.

Fun game but ruined by ads and lives

This is a fun game, but it is completely ruined by ads, at first they don’t come up that often but once you get a few levels in they are almost constant. You can pay to remove them but at £7.99 it’s a lot considering the game also has a system of lives, you only get 5 and they take 30 minutes to refill so it’s not like you can play the game for long without paying to refill and again the price point is expensive. I don’t mind paying for games I enjoy but if I’m going to pay for a game I expect to be able to actually sit and play it for more than a handful of levels without having to either pay out or wait a few hours to play again. I wish games like this had a reasonably priced ‘no ads, unlimited lives’ option.

Developer Response ,

Hello Jenfarfar,

We completely understand your frustration. 🙁 However, although there are levels categorized as hard and very hard, we ensure that each level is certainly beatable without the need for boosters or purchasing gold.

If you have additional thoughts or need assistance, we’re here to help. Reach out anytime! 👋🏼

Sincerely,
Rollic