Timberman

Very fun game, has leaderboards which I love, great devs, many different characters and unlockable characters, simple but addicting. Absolutely worth the 99 cents.

Despite the Overwhelmingly Positive rating from Steam I am giving this a downvote. Now, before the fan boys start bashing me for going against the wave, I'd rather you read the review first and see for yourself if I have a legitimate reason for not recommending this.

The game is addictive..... or not?

The top reviews you'll see on the store page will say the same thing. This game is very addicting. Maybe that's true.. maybe it's not it varies from person to person as for me, it's not addicting one bit. I was itchy to keep retrying and beat my previous score when I first bought the game but after closing it one time I never bothered playing the game again. (though I did relaunch few times for one of the achievements) The mechanics is simple and yet hard to be very good since there will always be people faster than you. This is not bad overall and I've seen worse games but, I could not find the reason to buy this on my next life regardless of price.

Lack of Content

What you see in the screen is what you get. No upgrade, no other game modes. The only thing you can change is the appearance of your character which wouldn't really matter that much as most of the time you'll be focused on the tree and your score. There is a multiplayer which is pretty neat but in the end its exactly the same as singleplayer except your competing with actual humans.

But, the price is cheap!

The price of a game being cheap is not valid for it to suck, to be boring, or to lack content. You might be able to get this for less than a dollar or even free but, games like this should remain to where they originally belong. Mobile play-stores.

Timberman is a very simple, yet addicting game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erDSD1M5MOo
This is a port of a mobile game, although it totally works fine on the PC.
There are only two controls, cut left, or cut right. Which means that both controller or keyboard controls are sufficient.

Your objective is to cut the tree as much as you can without dying. On both sides of the tree, there are branches. If you cut the tree from the left side, and a branch falls onto your head, you lose. So instead, you switch to the other side to cut from the right. It's a very simplistic idea, but can have you constantly trying to top your previous score.

As you play the game, you'll unlock new characters to use. They don't play different, it's purely cosmetic.

You can also play local or online multiplayer. You win a round by either cutting your tree a lot faster than your opponent, which causes your side of the bar to reach their side, or if they simply mess up and die from a branch.

Overall, it's an incredibly cheap game, with added multiplayer and characters over its mobile version. Simple, yet very addicting.