Island Experiment vs Monster Harvest
Island Experiment
Island Experiment is a fun and addictive simulation game whereby you’ll get to join your fellow young adventurers on a treasure hunt to a remote and mysterious island. In this game, you’ll need to ensure the survival of your people on the island, as well as having sufficient resources, food, and tools to explore and map out the island. Experience various strange events and try to solve problems that arise in your adventures including how to cross a ravine. You can go spelunking in a deep cave for rare resources like iron and other valuable artifacts that you can then sell for cold hard cash too! If you’ve enjoyed games like Coral Isle, you’ll surely enjoy Island Experiment.Monster Harvest
Monster Harvest is a very promising game that features a refreshing blend of monster-collecting and farming simulation. In this game, you grow various “pocket monsters” called Planimals at your farm and bring them to the local rec center to test your mettle or the dungeon to gather special materials. You'll get to develop both your farm and your skills as a Planimal trainer.If you love farming sims and collecting Pokemon - or any other types of pocket monsters really, then Monster Harvest is the game for you! The game features the very interesting premise of turning your crops into battle pets, and how you “slime” them will result in different kinds of pets with varying power. There’s even a roguelite dungeon and a gym for you to test your mettle at and, in the case of the dungeon, gather special resources for upgrades.
The sad thing is Monster Harvest is woefully early access and a work-in-progress. The game still has some pretty massive bugs and pending content (such as the empty-feeling “festival”), though none of them are completely game-breaking. In the worst case, you’ll just have to restart the game, though some players have reported corrupted saved games where all their planimals stored in the pen went missing.
Due to this, I’d not recommend getting the game right now. If you’re really interested, try the free demo and wishlist the game to keep an eye on it. Once the bugs are squashed to a more manageable level and some more features and content are added, then you might want to splurge and grab the game.