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Thank Goodness You’re Here! – Wacky adventure game!
Playing as a traveling salesman in a slapstick, comedy adventure, Thank Goodness You’re Here! Is a game that will likely bring a smile to your face. You’ll be playing as a little man who has arrived early in a town in Northern England,…
Climb to the top in Valley Peaks
Valley Peaks is a puzzle game where the puzzles are mountains to climb. Its world is wild and wacky, and there are tons of frogs about! It all starts as you have taken a job to drive to the middle of nowhere, a town full of mountains, and…
Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge – Create a place for Frogs!
Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge reminds me of a more fleshed out version of Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector, but with a bit more depth and meaning to it. In Kamaeru, you must bring frogs to your frogland, so that they can rest and gather some tasty…
Zet Zillions is a cross-cosmos deck builder with great deck-building systems
There's not much that you need to know about Zet Zillions' backstory beyond the fact that you are the freshly awakened commander of a ship-planet and you've got to find humanity's new home. This isn't Battlestar Galactica though, this is…
Bioframe Outpost combines study, experimentation and exploration into a fantastic 2D-metroidvania
Seven years on from when we saw it last, Starlit Colony is now Bioframe Outpost. It's the same compelling game, with slightly different skin in a very different time for the industry. Back when we first played Bioframe Outpost in 2017, we…
Trash – Morph Your Character
Although the idea of Trash may not be something you find appealing, Trash, the game, is about being in a world full of garbage and using different morphs on your character to overcome obstacles around you. This game is procedurally…
Power Sink – Underwater Puzzles
Go into the depths of the ocean, find various power orbs and connect them onto dodgy, old buildings to ensure that the colony has power. In Power Sink, that’s your job. As a little creature, you need to jump and sink your way through a…
South Pole Bebop’s turn-structure makes its PVP duels sing
At the bizarre intersection of very specific Jazz subgenres and tight-tactical gameplay comes South Pole Bebop, where penguins, seals and puffins face off against each other and zombies! I've got to be perfectly honest, there's a lot to…
Capes Preview – Super-Powered Strategists
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to take control of a team of silver age superheroes? If yes, then Capes might just be for you. If you’ve ever played a squad-based strategy game before, then you’re going to immediately recognise…
Among Ashes – Dusty
You are casually playing Quake knock-off Demon Blood one cold December evening in the year 2000, when your friend Mark messages you on Awesome Messenger to tell you about a weird game he’s been playing. Already this is giving me nostalgia,…
Become an adorable cat in A Day with Mochi
Oh, to be a cat out in the world! In A Day with Mochi, you get to do exactly that — play as a young cat who is currently living on a tropical island. There are tons of local cats here that just wander around doing whatever they want to do.…
GladiEATers has you fighting with your food
GladiEATers is an interesting mix of a fighting and cooking game, combining into something you’ve likely never played before. Before you are able to battle against different chefs, you must cook your ingredients, building your battle party!…
Empire of the Ants is a beautiful looking strategy game that plays great on console
Guide your colony through a deadly forest as they escape from a flood in their search for a new home in Empire of the Ants. The secret to getting strategy or tactical games to work on console is an incredibly closely guarded secret,…
Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island shows greek gods in a new light
Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island is a goofy, charming puzzle game where you find yourself shipwrecked on a strange island, with some people who seem somehow familiar. You play as Alex, who is now tasked to figure out a way off this island all…
Noun Town Language Learning helps you learn a language!
There are lots of different language apps out there, but certainly not many that are in VR! Noun Town Language Learning is a VR (and PC) game where you can tinker around with objects in a quirky, 3D World, to learn a different language.…
Morgan: Metal Detective – Explore a small island!
There has been an increase in cozy, first person adventure games, the latest to join the trend is Morgan: Metal Detective. You play as a young woman who has returned to the Island of Glasden after her grandfather has passed away. There is a…
Flint: Treasure of Oblivion continues the cRPG revival with tactical pirate combat
Stevenson's Captain Flint might be best known as a diligent treasure burier and, well, rum-soaked corpse. But, Savage Level believe that he might just be the perfect main character for Flint: Treasure of Oblivion, a pulp-adventure styled…
Frogsong has you becoming a tiny warrior
Frogsong is a wholesome adventure game where you play as a little frog called Chorus, who wants to protect the world from any sort of baddies that might be around. You’ve recently decided to go to Boreala, a small village, to join its…
The Sacred Acorn has you trying to save the world
The Sacred Acorn is an adorable, narrative-driven adventure game where you play as a little squirrel who is looking to fix a tree of life that has fallen ill. Because the tree is no longer acting the way it should, the creatures of the…
SULFUR is a pulpy first-person dungeon crawler with roguelike sensibilities
A cartoony, dungeon-diving shooter, SULFUR is both unpredictable and fun in equal measures. If you turn back time several years you couldn't move for first-person, roguelike dungeon-crawlers. There were some real gems out, and by the end of…