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From the very first moment that Space Marine II boots, you can feel the crushing weight of the Warhammer 40k lore bearing down upon you.  We’ve seen the quote “in the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war” so many times now…

A lot has been said about Cyngi: All Guns Blazing, and even before it was officially available I’d started to see people offering opinions that suggested it might be something special. Now that it’s been out for a few weeks, we know a lot…

I have memories from when I was about seven or eight years old of using my dad's graph paper to plot maps for a game that I was never able to fully realise. It was some kind of adventure through forests and mountains, and in my mind it was…

Ascend to the golden temple in this multi tiered worker placement puzzle for the gods. Don’t you want your potato?

I am not sure what I picture Heaven to be, but The Holy Gosh Darn has a version of heaven that can be destroyed, is primarily full of dogs, and has angels that haven’t even met God! It’s a wild place, and one that needs saving. You play as…

Save the woodlands by cleaning up a mysterious goo and the creatures that it has afflicted in Nif Nif, a deck-building, run-based game designed with approachability in mind. Nif Nif, if you haven't already gathered from the imagery, is a…

Hire a crew, take to the seas, collect bounties and save the world in Seablip, a freeform sailing adventure. After a while of obsessively searching most people reach a point where they stop and suddenly realise that the search itself had…

I feel like I’ve played a large number of word-based puzzle games, as there are just so many out there. LOK Digital, however, does something completely different, as you don’t actually need to know any words to solve this puzzle. You just…

Strap in and get behind the wheel for a frantic race to the finish line set in Corvus Belli’s infinity universe. There are no banana skins in sight or Koopa shells to swerve in this high tech raucous racer. Plasma canons at the ready and…

The narrative is told in an interesting way, with lots of visual interpretation and foreshadowing, even though this game only clocks in at two hours or so. It’s helped considerably by the hand drawn art style that gives everything an almost…

Pine Hearts is an adorable adventure game where you play as Tyke, a young adult looking to re-discover some of his memories by visiting their quiet hometown in the mountains. It all starts  after you’ve gotten off your train, with quests…

Highschool is a hard time for any teenager. Pineapple: A Bittersweet Revenge takes a Reddit story about a highschooler and brings it to life. This story is one of revenge, of getting back at your bully, and about standing up for yourself —…

Cozy games, particularly ones with crafting aspects, are popping up more and more. This is great for me, personally, because these types of games are some of my favorite. Pieced Together is a cozy, scrapbooking puzzle game.  You play as…

Each day Lorena heads to work, chats to the locals, and heads home. Before long though, she finds out that young women have been disappearing from the area. In fact the position she fills at the store is only as a result of her predecessor…

Echo of the Waves is a stunning, puzzle-based adventure game set in a watercolor world. Playing as Zephyr, a cartographer-musician who is looking to discover this new place, you’ve got a lot of exploring to do and mysteries to solve.  Echo…

I've now clocked over 200 hours in recent Steam Sensation Rusty's Retirement. I should have written up my thoughts long ago, but, as it turns out, I wasn't at my computer for most of those hours; in fact, I'm playing it right now. Rusty's…

Willow Guard feels like it combines a bunch of different elements; an action RPG with deck building and a strong narrative drive, that takes you through a world where animals are the dominant, intelligent creatures and must survive against…

Built like a classic point and click adventure game, but with a new story, Wildwood Down is a funny, coming of age style story game about a bunch of teenagers on Spring Break! Making their way to Wildwood New Jersey, you play as Daniel, a…

Puzzles were equally frustrating as well, but not due to them being difficult as such. It’s often fairly obvious that combining something acidic with a padlock will allow you to open a door. The annoyance comes from how difficult it is to…

Miniatures is an artistic, thoughtful anthology of four games that touch on childhood experiences with deeper, darker undertones. I've played through the two-part demo of Miniatures a couple of times now, each time spending maybe 20-25…