Minit

Made me happy and i think that its the best thing a game can do

An exploration focused adventure game played one minute at a time, where progress is carried over from one minute to the next. Items you find are left at your doorstep, making it easy to choose the right equipment for each puzzle. As you find new homes, you will be able to relocate, making it easier to cover more ground in your exploration. Overall, the game is light on combat, with one notable exception. The game also works without issues on Linux.

Minit is a game that plays on a similar concept to Half Minute Hero, only with no way to extend your time and prevent your death, which occurs every 60 seconds. Knowing that basic concept, how does Minit play out?
Story
For all intents and purposes, your goal in Minit is to shut down the mass production of swords in your world. You'll help people out along the way. Well, anthropomorphic animals anyway. It works, although it's definitely at the forefront of this game overall.
Gameplay
This is where it's at with Minit. Beyond the obvious 60 second life cycle/resurrect in nearest shelter/home/rinse and repeat, which drives everything else in the game, there is a lot within to really make this game interesting and fun.
For one, everything you unlock/gather (for the most part) will remain unlocked and/or in your inventory as you progress, and so death isn't a punishment, but rather the main puzzle gameplay device. Planning out your 60 seconds will be crucial to advancing the story and the game. But, as mentioned, you retain your progress between deaths, and so it is far less cruel than you might imagine.
Speaking of puzzles, there are a nice variety of them in the game, and each of these presents you with a new piece of the overall puzzle that will lead you to the game's conclusion.
There is some minor, Zelda-esque combat, including a fun end game boss fight. You do have a sword to accomplish this. Additionally, some objects can be destroyed or activated by attacking them. Occasionally, you might need a different item such as a camera or a watering can. These replace the sword, and you can only carry one object at a time.
There are side quests, but each of them does further serve to advance the story. There are also coins which can be used to buy "fast" shoes and an additionally life heart. Speaking of which, you do have a Zelda life meter (hearts). It is to my knowledge possible to acquire six of them. Maybe more, but six for sure. Ultimately, they are less an issue since you don't ever truly die, although the trip back to wherever you died might use up some of your precious clock.
Once you complete the game, you are given a NG+ option, where your timer is shaved from 60 seconds to 40 seconds. Since you will pretty much have the entire map memorized at that point, this shouldn't be such a big deal, but it does provide an interesting additional challenge.
Graphics
This is retro all the way. Almost Atari/Intellivision era...and it looks awesome. Despite the simplistic pixel graphics, everything really looks great, and it really evokes a sense of fun throughout.
Audio
Similar to the graphics, the audio is pretty old school and really is there to enhance an already cool experience. Fun is the (other) name of the game lol.
Verdict
Ultimately, despite the fun and interesting twist, I didn't find Minit to be too challenging at all. Instead, what I found was a casual and very fun game that I thoroughly enjoyed. Recommended
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A bit too expensive for how long you can play it. I 100%'d it in 4 hours.
However!
The game itself is really funny and cute, the characters are pretty memorable due to their funny voices and feel. Even though it's all in black and white, the areas are easily recognisable and nice to look at. The little puzzles are fun as well. Not to mention the music is pretty darn amazing and catchy.
Gameplay: 9/10
Music: 10/10
Visuals: 9/10
Price: 5/10
Totally recommend, just maybe wait till it goes on sale?

This is an interesting game. The core concept is that you're cursed, so you die every 60 seconds (Minit, get it?), only to wake up back in your house with the world reset other than a few permanent changes.
Naturally, this means that the game world is fairly small, and experimentation and repetition are core gameplay elements. You'll be exploring, see something interesting, die before reaching it, bee-line to that same thing next time, fumble a bit before figuring out what you're supposed to do, die before doing it, and head back out once again to get it right this time.
That might sound frustrating, and it can be (especially if you're a completionist), but I never found it to be overly offensive. Being given only 60 seconds each life, things have to move rather quickly, so you're adding new abilities and discovering new areas with alarming regularity.
It plays out a bit like a metroidvania, too, in that your new abilities are used all over the map to unlock previously-locked areas, so even though the game world is quite small, there are a lot of little hidden things scattered all over to find. Many of them are optional, too, so if you don't want to explore, you can ignore all the side content and just focus on the main quest.
Almost everything plays out quite organically, as well. There were a few times where I found the solution to something on accident while messing around, but for the most part, things made sense and were quite well signposted. Towards the end of the campaign, there were a decent amount more try-try-again shenanigans, but it never took me long to figure out what I was supposed to be doing. Usually, it came down to me not paying attention to the NPC characters, but since I didn't want to use any of my scant 60 seconds per run on dialog, I'm not sure if the blame there lies with the game or with me. Either way, pay attention to the NPCs if you're lost.
Overall, I liked this game. I could see some people being immensely frustrated with it, but I thought it was a novel idea executed pretty well. Not perfect by any means, but entertaining, and it didn't seem to outstay its welcome too much. Some parts of the achievements were frustrating, but you don't have to do them either, so that's on me.

This is a really fun game!
You found a cursed sword that kills you and resurrects you every 60 seconds, however part of the progress continues.
The game can be finished in a single seat, but is still a nice adventure.
I mark it 9 out of 10.

Fantastic little Indie Gem!