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On-Together: Virtual Co-Working
Genre: Life Sim, Relaxing, Co-Working
Developer: GigaPuff
Publisher: Future Friends Games
Release Date: January 19, 2026
Playtime: N/A
Difficulty Level: No difficulty level
Platform: Steam, PC and Mac
Website: https://gigapuff.co/

On‑Together: Virtual Co‑Working is a digital space where friends or strangers can work on their individual projects while staying connected. I’ve seen co‑working streams on Twitch and in various Discord servers before, so I was definitely intrigued by the concept. As someone with ADHD, I’m always looking for ways to stay focused throughout my workday and on other tasks and projects. And as someone who works from home due to chronic illness, I miss the sense of community you get in an office—even though working from home is ultimately what’s best for me.

It was an absolute pleasure to play On‑Together: Virtual Co‑Working over the last two days. In that short time, I was able to build a small community within the app, and it was absolutely wonderful.

When you first start the game, you’re asked to create your avatar. There are plenty of customization options, allowing you to make a character that feels like you.

Your avatar also gets a pet. The pets are absolutely adorable and customizable as well. Everyone starts with a cute game‑playing duck, but you’ll eventually unlock other adorable little friends.

This isn’t just a co‑working app—you can also play mini‑games and unlock new pets and clothing. One of the most ingenious features is the in‑game currency, tickets. As you complete task and focus times, you earn tickets. The amount of tickets you get for task are very reasonable and so is the cost of upgrades and items!

I was able to buy an item the first day after only being in the game for three-ish hours.

During break time, you can enjoy mini‑games, go fishing, have a jam session, or simply explore the island like I did.

The art style gives me such a warm, inviting feeling. The cartoon‑like visuals make the world feel more welcoming than many other games in the same space.

The game includes a soundtrack of 18 lo‑fi tracks. They’re beautiful—calming when needed and upbeat when appropriate—but they can become a bit repetitive over long sessions. I just wish for a bit more variety.

In addition to the music, there are eight environmental sounds (rain, waves, wind, etc.) that add to the ambience. I personally love the ocean waves.

Another great factor in the games favor is that game is being updated once a month per the Steam page. They recently released DLC introducing new summer features, which is great to see. I’m all about the customization!

This game is definitely worth checking out—and worth grabbing all the DLC. My only real critique is the limited number of music tracks, which is why I deducted half a point.

4.5/5 🍿Popcorn Buckets

*Thank you to GigaPuff and the Future Friend Games for the review code to this game.

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Asfalia: Panic at the Mansion
Genre: Point and Click, Adventure
Developer: Funomata
Publisher: Funomata
Release Date: September 9, 2024
Playtime:About 3 hours
Difficulty Level: No difficulty level
Platform: Switch, Steam

I’m always looking for new game for my Switch.

This is mostly due to the fact that while accessible they weren’t always intuitive. Which leads me to another area the game struggled a bit and that was controls. So, on the Switch, you moved the character of Charlie using the left joystick. To interactive with items in the game you must first use the right joystick which then actually show the cursor of the screen. It was just frustrating mechanic.

Then there was also the issue of it not always being clear what you had to do to move the story. Yes, solve the puzzle but where is the puzzle. If you missed one part of it, you were stuck until you either figured it out or you look up the solution. Again, there were a few that stumped me but once I know the starting part it was pretty easy to solve after that.

Asfalia did also offer a mini game that you could play that was fun and remind my a lot of the Space Invaders.

There were a lot fun characters, but I found that Lily was my favorite. Lily is small flame that accompanies Charlie on his adventure offer encouragement, companionship and a way to scare away way the darkness when it way too close. There is was fun little mini game with her too. When Lily need to the banished the darkness you had make sure the temperature gauge was in a certain zone the that would the make it go up and as it did go up Lily would grow brighter.

Once you get deeper in the game there were couple puzzles that if didn’t do the right you were stuck and you couldn’t reset them. The only way to proceed was to quit the game entirely and then start the game back up. Which could make you loss some of the progress that you made. But there was no loading issues and other the a few things I mentioned before the game control were pretty smooth.

I would rate this game 3.5 🍿. It was fun little distraction and perfect for those afternoons when you want a challenge but just a tiny one.

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On‑Together: Virtual Co‑Working Game Review

Asaflia: Panic at the Mansion Game Review