Like Dino! is an adorable music rhythm game with a cute love story, a minimalistic design, simple gameplay, and soothing music tracks.

The core gameplay has us select a song, and then move our small dinosaur character from left to right to catch the notes that fall from the top of the screen. Each song continues until we have made three mistakes, and every time it loops, the speed increases. The goal is to score as many points as possible.

When we eventually die, we gain gold equal to our score, which we then spend on buying new songs or progressing the love story that is told through unlocking new dinosaurs. We can then select any of these dinosaurs to play as.

Everything about the game just oozes of quality and cuteness, from the animations to the small encouraging messages that appear if we miss a note.

Don't let all the fluff and sweetness fool you, though - since every song repeats indefinitely at ever-higher speeds, the game gets incredibly challenging really fast. Its gameplay does eventually get repetitive, but since everything else about the game is perfect, it’s difficult to hold that against the indie developer.

Like Dino! monetizes through incentivized ads for more gold. But since it doesn’t take more than a week or two to unlock everything, there’s no need to watch these.

The game is clearly a work of love, and its polished experience and relaxing music make it a perfect casual time-killer that you can take as seriously as you’d like.