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Oddman is a pretty simple concept, done with a bunch of polish and consideration. This mobile game sees you trying to stay on the screen while attempting to knock everything else off.  Playing as a funny, little yellow creature — until you…

There are a ton of game jams happening online at any point during the year. Many of these jams follow a theme and a timeframe, giving developers the challenge of creating a game within a specific jam’s restrictions. I am able to record…

Racing around gorgeous tracks, customizing your vehicle, and finding the perfect car for you. Pacer is a wonderful racing game that puts you up to the challenge. In Pacer, you’ll find yourself very quickly racing around a not-so-sleek…

Veteran Pico-8 developer, BGelais, has released another game for the fantasy platform. This time it's Bandits, a game he has derived the idea of from an old, Canadian TV-game from a few decades back. Bandits is extremely simple in design: A…

In most multiplayer games you are able to see and communicate with the other player — or at the very least have a clear idea of who they are. In Man of Medan, this isn’t exactly the case. Not only are you unable to communicate with the…

When it comes to the Western movie formula the first thought which crosses most people's mind is a pistol duel between the hero and their adversary. Hit Me Cowboy takes this iconic moment and turns it into a rhythmic minigame. The sheriff…

Journey through the savage lands and defeat the evil warlock before he summons the demon in Demon Castle, a Castlevania-inspired Pico-8 game. Mush's Demon Castle is a wonderful little browser game which channels a lot of the pace of classic…

However, when Shoryu introduced their limited time, set menu throughout their UK branches there was no way I was going to miss out.

Cuphead is a hard-as-nails platformer but also a beautifully crafted modern take on what made classic cartoons so appealing.

Hello and welcome back to another free game of the fortnight. This time we've got a great selection of free games for you to dip into during your free moments. In this selection of five we've got a cute take on PT in QT, a Kirby-twist on…

Steer an orb to push back the darkness and find your way free of a sinister temple in Morkredd. Morkredd, from Hyper Games, is a puzzle platformer all about steering a giant orb of light through a mysterious, deadly series of locations. The…

A strange woodland space and a pocket universe waiting to be brought alive by music are the two settings of Haunted Garage. Haunted Garage, from Games for Ghosts, is a wonderful, hand-drawn musical experience. It all begins with you leaving…

Knocking down a wall of bones, getting crushed by a pyramid or being caught between two planets kissing — there are a lot of ways to die in Fly Punch Boom! Fly Punch Boom! is an action packed, two to four player game where you are looking…

This, Too, Shall Pass is an experience which posts to, and populates, a Twitter profile with wonderful visions of strange lands. Every few days or so, a world has continued to grow and unfold on my Twitter feed. Among the general spray of…

It's that time of year again. Steam has put so many games on sale, and all so that you can fill up your library just as school lets out and summer begins. We have a few suggestions of what to grab in this massive sale to help you get…

Tiny robots, each hoping to be the best toy of all, fighting it out between them. Wind Up is a local multiplayer game where two to four players each take the form of little wooden robots, fighting it out against each other on top of a…

When it comes to dice rolling, I rarely play video games that allow me to roll dice within them. I tend to think of it as more of a tabletop affair. However, Verdungeon combines board game concepts and turn-based roguelikes together to make…

Point and click adventure game Mutropolis takes you into a dig site full of some old stuff to be discovered and some strange new items to check out. Mutropolis is a pixel art, sci-fi, post-apocalyptic adventure — and that’s a lot of words…

Explore a world of sliding tiles and peculiar puzzles in EdgeFlip, a game which challenges you to wonder about a world which functions like a Rubix Cube. Lume Studios' EdgeFlip was an unexpected delight, especially as I don't normally spend…

Epic dogfighting in the sky always makes for an intense time. In Wingy Shooter, you’ll get to participate in a blocky, 3D war full of boss fights and bullets. Despite the silly name, Wingy Shooter is a pretty intense mobile game. You are…