Gyro13 – Steam Copter Arcade HD

After an Unreal Engine splash screen that lasts approximately 14 years, Gyro13 has you pilot an unwieldy helicopter in gloomy mines, picking up miners close to asphyxiation.

The controls are unique and initially fiddly, but provide a great deal of precision; the mines are brown, detailed, brown, packed with obstacles, and brown. And the gameplay… well, the tight time limits force you to make dangerous manoeuvres, often necessitating myriad restarts in more complex mines, but it’s all terribly samey.

As a rescue-’em-up, Saucelifter’s under half the price, brighter and far more fun. Get that instead.