The "UFO 50" Mega Review (Part 1)
Added 2026-01-15 21:11:44 +0000 UTCUFO 50 is a retro throw-back collection of fifty games made by fictional company UFO Soft. It is one of the most interesting, fun, in-depth video game experiences out there.
Piph has been trying to get anyone in the world to play this game for over a year just so he can talk about it, and after literal months of playtime Jello is ready to chat with him. For 8 hours.
Part 2 is available for all Patrons. Watch it here!
Part 3 is available for $5 Patrons. Watch it here!
While the first part of this review is free on YouTube for everyone, this Patreon post is currently paywalled because it has this exclusive link to our chart rating every game in the collection here. Roll over each rating for fun and difficulty to see our notes. Jello's ratings are on the left and Piph's are on the right underneath each game.
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS FOR EVERY GAME IN THE COLLECTION. Some games in "UFO 50" are best experienced blind. If you want to play the game (you do) then we recommend skimming using the timestamps below in order to find games that interest you.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Introduction
10:31 - How Does "UFO 50" Work?
24:15 - #1 Barbuta
26:55 - The Fictional Developers (Part 1)
31:38 - #1 Barbuta (cont.)
42:12 - #2 Bug Hunter
51:33 - #3 Ninpek
56:00 - #4 Paint Chase
1:03:45 - #5 Magic Garden
1:07:47 - The Fictional Developers (Part 2)
1:10:18 - #6 Mortol
1:15:48 - #7 Velgress
1:16:55 - Jello and Piph's Favorite Type of Games
1:20:18 - #7 Velgres (cont.)
1:31:33 - #8 Planet Zoldath
1:37:00 - #9 Attactics
1:41:12 - The Fictional Developers (Part 3)
1:45:52 - #10 Devilition
1:52:52 - #11 Kick Club
1:59:03 - #12 Avianos
2:06:25 - #13 Mooncat
2:18:40 - #14 Bushido Ball
2:26:55 - #15 Block Koala
2:32:39 - #16 Camouflage
2:36:36 - #17 Campanella
2:41:32 - #19 The Big Bell Race (paired with Campanella)
2:46:20 - #18 Golfaria
2:52:57 - #20 Warptank
Almost all music by UFO 50's composer Eirik Suhkre
Art of Jello and Piph by krisandthebluesurgeons
Big Dunkies commercial audio by Will, visual by Plaster
Comments
I think the best compliment I can give to this mega review is that it made me reinstall UFO 50
Yellow Ladybug
2026-01-29 13:44:50 +0000 UTCI actually started with Barbuta. I didn't bounce off for lack of enjoyment though, I bounced off cause ADHD made me want to play something else, and instead of something else being another UFO50 game it was Skullgirls for another 4 days. If you have a pen and paper and start drawing a map in Barbuta it becomes more fun, though there is some BULLSHIT
Daniel
2026-01-20 15:38:55 +0000 UTCYou always do way more than most ppl would for side projects, it's insane. Every day I wonder how high the production value wouldve gone with Sweetwater
dollqueen
2026-01-19 02:48:59 +0000 UTCConsider me sold, I'll catch up with you guys in the other parts once I can put this thing down
Probably An Owl
2026-01-17 01:29:02 +0000 UTCPiph says Campuflage, I recommended Vainger
JelloApocalypse
2026-01-16 05:21:56 +0000 UTCI don't know if you're the type with any interest in strategy guides as collectibles, but Fangamer is putting out a UFO 50 strat guide sometime this spring
Aggressively Nill
2026-01-16 04:43:04 +0000 UTCFor someone who has bit sitting on this game for a while, but who doesn't want to spoil themselves too much, what game do you recommend as the starter pick?
Noah Finch
2026-01-16 02:20:00 +0000 UTCokay, when you said on stream that Barbuta was the first game the company ever made, i assumed that it was an unlockable "secret first unpublished game in the company's history" and the joke was that after playing all these good games you go back to a purposefully bad game and see how far the devs have come the fact that it is Game #1 and THIS is the game that most people start with... yeah i see why piph tells people not to start with this one. thats an insane decision. thats how you kneecap your game's first impressions instantly. dont do that game devs it wont work out for you
PurpleIsDebeste
2026-01-16 02:15:20 +0000 UTCI DIDNT THINK THE QR CODE WOULD BE REAL!!!! thats so plaster coded tho
PurpleIsDebeste
2026-01-16 01:38:00 +0000 UTCThat Big Dunkies QR code... I mean, I guess twelve hours of a rotating ASCII donut *is* some pretty big dunkies. Did you put that in yourself, or is Plaster to blame for that? (also, fun experience listening to this review: it's not a very common name, so whenever you'd go "Benedikt" with the stank on it because another game is *almost* good due to some questionable design decision, i'd keep having a half-second moment of panic like "huh?! what'd i do? i'm sorry!!!")
Benedict Ide
2026-01-16 00:51:38 +0000 UTCThe AI patches for Bushido Ball is correct, I think it's been nerfed like three or four times? My favorite other trick about the game is that it's exponentially easier to gold/cherry in 2 player mode, because you only have to win 2 matches. I was absolutely flabbergasted when some friends of mine did that together while I was still struggling to gold SP.
Aggressively Nill
2026-01-16 00:42:58 +0000 UTCI'm not even done with Marvel yet!!
Dompap
2026-01-15 22:31:12 +0000 UTC
