I'm not really sure if Trump Jigsaw qualifies as an asset flip. Usually it's obvious when Tero Lunkka steals someone else's game assets (he does this
a lot) and tries to scam people into giving him money for them. But today, we have even less content than an actual game should have... this is just a stolen Unreal jigsaw template with some almost certainly AI slop "art" for the puzzles. Needless to say, the quality of this game is identical to any of Tero's other asset flip scams. Not a sincerely made game, just a cash grab.
And, while Tero usually reaches out to his Russian business partners to buy fake reviews for his games to mislead and fraudulently scam people into buying them (check it out
here, (and Tero is one of thier biggest customers)), it's too early for those reviews to appear on this yet. Time will tell. But Tero managed to shove keys to this crapware into garbage game bundles a full week before it even launched... I guess he has to get his roubles somewhere.
Tero Lunkka/Valkeala Software have shown a repeat pattern of unethically dumping other people's work onto Steam as a cheap, nasty cash grab, through this account or through closely linked/alt accounts. Here's some examples so you can see for yourself:
So now we know we're dealing with a scammer, a copyright thief and a creatively bankrupt asset flipper and review manipulator. But game reviews must be all about the games (of course, gamers won't want to buy games from scammers and unethical developers, but anyway), let's talk about why this is garbage.
Taking this shovelware seriously as if it was a genuine attempt to make a game, it doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard.
It's obviously just a ripoff of someone's Unreal jigsaw puzzle code with a bunch of fake images slapped on it, either stolen off the net or AI slop. It's not even in 3D (at least Tero used to try steal mostly 3D assets from other people in the past to try to get your money for them). This compares badly to Adobe Flash jigsaw games. And what's with Tero's weird and quasi-religious obsession with worshipping Donald Trump? Tero simply can't stop making games all about Trump... and they're awful. And this is just another entry in that tired history... it doesn't have any value as a real game.
So, should you buy this game? Is this one of the best of the 110,000+ games on Steam?
Trump Jigsaw is relatively cheap at $1 USD, but it's not worth it. Given the defects and quality issues with the game, coupled with the unrealistic price, and the questionable ethical nature of the developer and/or their associates (as outlined above), this is impossible to recommend. This is also competing with over 14,000 free games available on Steam, many of them far better than this paid product.
Profile Features Limited!
Valve have marked this game as "Profile Features Limited" at the time of this review. This is usually caused by poor sales figures and low community acceptance for the game (to date). Until this status changes, this game will not give you +1 to your Game Collector badge count, appear in profile achievements or any other Steam meta-accomplishments, nor can it be displayed in some profile showcases. If these factors are important to you, it may be worth holding off before buying this game.
