Nekkestu Curling Girls: Hurry Hard

Curling with power moves

Nekkestu Curling Girls: Hurry Hard is a curling game for PC in which you throw stones, call to your sweepers and compete to become top skip. Its single-player campaign, the Last Stone Circuit, puts you against six CPU teams, from the Quiet Openers to the Circuit Champions. You choose a captain from four curlers and pick a partner for her.

You can play by voice or entirely with keyboard and mouse. In voice play, yell “HARD” to get your sweepers scrubbing; a strong call makes the stone speed up and shed embers as it slides. The game frames matches like a manga tournament, with heavy ink outlines and impact pauses followed by slow motion.