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Seven Dwarfs: Legends Untold pits four players against the forces of evil
Co-op roguelite meets one of the Brothers Grimm's best-known stories in Seven Dwarfs: Legends Untold. Blick, Flick, Glick, Snick, Plick, Whick and Quee, or the verb-y ones, are out though. Instead Surprised Turtles' dwarves have names that…
Nine Sols combines a beautiful futuristic setting with deflection driven Sekiro-style combat.
Take on the role of Yi in their arduous journey to take revenge on the Nine Sols, a mysterious group of beings that have built a whole world around their own preservation. Did you play Sekiro? Well, whether you have or haven't it's become a…
Astro Duel 2 is a refreshing arena shooter.
There are a lot of top down, arena fighting games that can have you facing off against another player, controlling your own spaceships. Many of them have a pixel style, upgrades, and differences between the different machines. However,…
Demon Spore places you right at the heart of a deadly contamination breach
I don't know about you, but one thing that I definitely don't want to find myself having to do the next time I'm at the office is fighting my way out of a laboratory that's being overrun by an expanding, deadly lab-created viral horror born…
Munch is an evolutionary adventure of careful dodges and decisions
One of the most underused but effective design choices in action games (and cleverly used in puzzle games) is a transforming and evolving main character. In Munch it's core to the action-adventure experience. Imagine yourself as a blob, or…
Circle of Kerzoven is a city builder about balancing ecology and economy
Setting up frontier settlements is probably already hard enough as it is, but in Circle of Kerzoven you also need to factor in the fact that the weather, flora and fauna are all set on following their own patterns regardless of your plans.…
Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine is the match-3 game you didn’t see coming
I feel like I played Super Meat Boy a lifetime ago as a completely different person. I remember the rage platformer well: I hated it. So when I saw Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine — a game that takes place in sort of the same world, I was…
Go-Go Town! has you creating a cute world
Slice of Life adventure games are ones that I simply love. Creating my own little world, building up a town, and managing different characters always feels like a fun time. In Go-Go Town, you are able to build up your own small town, for a…
Shattered Heaven Demo – No Stairway?!
So the gameplay is really fun, the story is interesting in its own way, and all this is supported by wonderful art and great sound and voice work. The art in particular is worthy of mention as it’s absolutely gorgeous, giving me The House…
Bat Boy hits one out of the park
Bat Boy by X PLUS Games is an ambitious 8-bit side-scrolling tribute to some of the best platformers around.