Think indie WarioWare, Pureya is all about bite-sized minigames leading with a fast gameplay loop of collecting marbles and dropping them into one of those gacha game style coin drop machines to unlock various prizes. The minigames are reasonably fun, and it's all about trying to get as many marbles as you can rather than a pass/fail system. If you mess up, you're just stunned and don't have as much time to collect. Do well and the minigames will speed up, giving you a chance to collect more marbles in a run but with a higher level of difficulty. All of the minigames are based off of two buttons which makes for a simple arcade feeling to it all.

I definitely found myself growing weary playing the coin drop game so constantly after a while, which is why I fell off playing this game fairly close to unlocking all the minigames and by extension reaching the credits. Pureya is fun in bite-sized chunks, the sort of game you can put on for a few very quick rounds before your friends get on to play whatever the main game you all might be playing that night. That's how I've treated it at least and have had a fairly okay time with it.

Reviewed on Dec 17, 2023


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