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JD Saltz lives in a small German street shaped like an egg. He enjoys playing and writing about all kinds of games, big or small.
Synthetik 2 is Berlin-based Flow Fire Games follow-up to the 2018 cult hit Synthetik Ultimate. Like its predecessor, Synthetic 2 (currently in Early Access) is a top-down action rogue-like with striking style and a tactical core. It’s a…
Northern Journey has a startlingly cohesive atmosphere and feel
Created by one man, and drawing inspiration from the landscapes and folk mythology of Norway, Northern Journey has a startlingly cohesive atmosphere and feel.
Jett: The Far Shore shows you what’s beyond the stars
Jett is split between limited first-person interludes and extended sections where you, in distant third person, take flight in an atmospheric jett plane to explore the flora and fauna of alien planets.
Troy Mythos: A Total War Saga — Refreshed and ready to play
Tighten your loincloth! Lace up those sandals and pick up that spear! And get ready to run for the hills! It’s time for some ancient Bronze Age warfare in Troy Mythos.
Welcome to Hell [Let Loose]
Hell Let Loose is a unique first-person shooter that prioritizes teamwork and communication to such an extent that you begin to feel like a small soldier on a real-time strategy battlefield. A first-person shooter that prioritizes…
Revisiting Broken Lines, a squad-based tactics game
In “We-go” tactics games, turns are removed altogether and the player and enemies move simultaneously. Broken Lines is the most recent iteration of this style and a darn good implementation of it too. Instead of turns, the gameplay in…
Yes, Your Grace — Royal Pixel Management
Yes, Your Grace mixes RPG and management elements with a colorful pixelated look. You are the king in his castle, lord of Davern, husband, and father to three daughters.
El Hijo — “Extremely Dangerous Carries a Slingshot!”
The stealth-puzzler revolves around a 6-year old boy on a quest to escape from a monastery and make his way through the desert to reunite with his mother. Mixing stealth traversal with environmental puzzles and a fixed isometric view, El…
Disco Elysium — No Donuts for this Detective
An RPG by ZA/UM—an artist-collective-turned-development-studio based in Estonia and the UK—Disco Elysium’s setting and lore is drawn from a custom tabletop scenario played by the group for the past seven-or-so years. Given an isometric…
Overland — Go west young pup
Overland is a turn-based roguelike that casts you as a survivor on a more-often-than-not doomed road trip through a devastated American wasteland. Driving from the East Coast to the West, you must scavenge for supplies, invite other…