Bundle Stars Delirium

So many bundles, so little time to play all of the games…which is why I'm here to at least sort through the deluge and hopefully pick out some of the better offerings. Bundle Stars has just launched their Delirium Bundle, which gives you 12 games (Steam codes) for a current price of $3.49 for the next two days, at which point the price will probably go up a dollar or so. That's a lot of games, but I'll be honest: Bundle Stars has a habit of picking decidedly mediocre games so many are likely to be marginal at best. Here's the usual list, in alphabetical order:

• Blue Toad Murder Files (N/A, 12/2010): an episodic murder-mystery with a humorous story and the ability to play as one of four detectives. Co-op up to four players is also supported, though I don't quite know how that works. The puzzles can be a bit much at times, unfortunately.
• Cube & Star: an Arbitrary Love (~60%, 02/2014): an exploration/experience more than a game as such, you basically control a cube that spreads color through a geometric world…or not. It can be painfully slow, but some people love the "game as art" idea and others think it sucks.
• Garshasp: The Monster Slayer (49%, 05/2011): a total knock-off of God of War, built around Persian mythology. It's a budget game to begin with ($5 normal price) with around six hours of gameplay, depending on your skills.
• Huntsman: The Orphanage (~45%, 09/2013): apparently a horror game rushed out for last Halloween, with an emphasis on story rather than blood and guts. You explore an abandoned orphanage in search of twelve missing orphans while avoiding the creatures stalking you. It's a dark (as in, the screen is dark and it's hard to see) game, it can be slow, and it's basically an exploration game where it's quite difficult to die but also not very scary (for most people anyway).
• Jack Lumber (~70%, 04/2013): a port of a tablet game to PC, which misses some opportunities for refinement along the way. This is basically Fruit Ninja with log chopping in place of fruit and a few additional gameplay mechanics; good for wasting time in short bouts.
• Little Racers Street (~65%, 02/2014): a top-down arcade racer with 3D environments, with up to 12-player multiplayer support.
• Miner Wars Arena Special Edition (~45%, 08/2012): a spin-off of Miner Wars 2081 with an overhead view. You dig trenches looking for power ups and try to kill your opponents; has split-screen and multiplayer support.
• Not the Robots (~60%, 12/2013): a Rogue-like game where your goal is to eat furniture, while using the same furniture as cover in a stealth-style mechanic. It can be fun once you unlock some of the additional challenges (after playing for a few hours), but as with many Rogue-likes it can also be very frustrating.
• Party of Sin (~50%, 12/2012): a puzzle-platformer putting you in control of the seven deadly sins as you escape hell on a quest to…annoy humanity or something. Reviews rate the game mediocre to poor, so probably not much worthwhile here.
• Sacraboar (~50%, 11/2009): an RTS of sorts where the goal is to capture the opponent's boar trophy (so CTS, basically). Supports LAN multiplayer, but good luck finding an opponent, and most of the user reviews are negative as well.
• Scourge: Outbreak – Amborsia Bundle (~70%, 04/2014): a third person "cover shooter" in the vein of Gears of War, with co-op and multiplayer support as well as perks you earn as you gain experience points. There's nothing really revolutionary here, but if you like cover shooters it's worth a shot. This bundle also includes the Blindside DLC Pack, Digital Art Book, and Digital Soundtrack.
• Survivor Squad (~70%, 11/2013): top-down strategy/action game puts you in control of a squad of four survivors as you try to survive a zombie outbreak. It's like Left 4 Dead from a different perspective; multiplayer is supported.

Okay, there you have it: twelve games for $3.49 works out to just $0.29 per game on average. The problem of course is that if you average the scores – and many of the games don't have enough reviews to even result in a Metacritic score – you end up with most of the games right around the 50% mark (give or take 10%). I've played plenty of games that scored 50-60% that I still enjoyed, but there's very little here that hasn't been done before – and often done better. Little Racers Street, Survivor Squad, and Scourge: Outbreak are probably the best candidates here, and I'm always good for a Rogue-like so Not the Robots gets an honorable mention. The rest, I'm not sure I'll ever get around to playing them.