
You’ve always been watching, but what happens when the screen watches back? Channel Surfing is a mysterious desktop idle game disguised as a retro TV. Click, spin, pop, and discover unique gameplay on each channel as you progress.
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Channel Surfing is an idle game that sits directly on your desktop, disguised as an innocent retro television set. But this is no ordinary TV - each channel holds unique gameplay experiences waiting to be discovered. With connections to be made
Spin fidget toys, pop bubbles, hunt for treasure, and many more activities across the various channels. Each offers different ways to earn resources, unlock upgrades, and progress through the game.
Multi-Channel Experience: Navigate through multiple distinct gameplay channels, each with its own mechanics, visuals, and progression systems
Idle Progression: Every channel continues to progress even when you're not actively playing
Cross-Channel Interactions: Actions in one channel affect others in surprising ways
Desktop Integration: Sits unobtrusively on your desktop while you work or play other games
Mysterious Unlocks: Discover hidden actions, and combinations
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Languages: English
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Finally some innovation in the desktop idle space. So far all games in this genre have been your typical idle collectathon experience. This game stands out with its design - multiple games with unexpected connections between them that you figure out over time. This caught me off guard and made it much more engaging once I understood its premise.
A seriously unique desktop idle game. I loved the connections between the channels and I especially liked that some of them were instant and some took more time to connect. And the theme is on point! Very entertaining and a happy escape!
It's like an idle clicker with little surprises. Without spoiling too much, I was really happy to get full fledged episodes to watch to make it feel like a real crtv experience. I don't think you can turn off just the music though without it muting everything together. But still cool concept and I wish it had more involved, definitely worth the price.
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Hours played at review time, across 27 reviews with recorded playtime.
Channel surfing is a quirky, yet fascinating idle game that lives quietly in the corner of your pc... Do you dare disturb it and surf through the channels? The game starts slow at first, but quickly picks up pace as you become more skilled at surfing the channel and their individual mini (or rather micro-) games. It is a very focused experience, but very much worth it at its full price point. If you are contemplating the choice between watching a creepy Youtube video and palying this game: play this game!
Tried this as a recommendation, wasn't sure what an 'idle clicker' was. This was very interesting and entertaining!! The channels are different 'mini-games' which give 'coins/points' to the other 'channels'. Could totally spend hours on this while waiting for a meeting/phone call without getting too involved in a 'game'. For the price add this to ur library and keep it handy for a 'Happy Distraction'
Clever how many parts of this game are connected! Def gonna be a nice break from my adult responsibilities!
Honest & delightful game~ There's a lot of things going on here and I honestly don't know what the expect next from it. Overall, there are like 12+ mini games that all seem to interact with each other. Glad I tried it~ surprisingly engaging.
This game is a huge waste of potential. The core idea is great, but the execution is incredibly shallow and half assed. If you came here looking for a short incremental game look elsewhere. Even if the game wasn't bugged it would still be bad. The core idea is that there are 12 channels that each contain a different little minigame or feature. Each of these channels is then affected either directly or indirectly by the other channels, and progressing in one will speed up another. Or atleast, that is the idea on paper, as it doesn't work in practice. For starters, as of right now the game is either bugged or unfinished, and if so, neither of these things have been fixed in the almost half year that it has existed. You unlock more features by completing quizzes and watching cartoons on channel 12. However, at the moment there is only one quiz and by extension one unlock. Of the 12 channels in the game, 4 of them are entirely useless, and 2 of them are dedicated solely to progression. That leaves 6 channels left for the incremental gameplay. Of these remaining channels, all 6 of them are basic clickers of varying, but always low, complexity. While some of these affect other clicker channels, most progression flows into the useless channels. To top it all off, there is hardly any progression in the first place. The most redeeming thing is that you can watch a couple old time-y cartoons on channel 12. But who are we kidding here? If you really wanted to watch stuff like that you would just find it on YouTube. The TV aesthetic is nice but you cannot make a game on aesthetic alone. There is also some conflict with making watching cartoons be a part of the progression, as you can't do other stuff while watching the cartoon which makes you feel like you are wasting precious time. In its current state it honestly hardly counts as a game at all. There are many, much, much better things out there to waste your time on if that is what you are looking for. And if you are looking for anything else? Not a chance.
this is really cool. i like how connected the different games are and the nostalgia of the channel browser. good looks hope the devs will add some cosmetics or something in the future as rewards to customize the TV. would also like to make the TV a little smaller. otherwise really enjoying it
The music is a vibe and I could see having this up through the work day. The fact that everything is interconnected and has an upgrade system per mini game makes it feel like there is a purpose to swap games.
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