Video Game Previews

Family recipes are very important things, often passed down through the family and frequently wrapped up in memories. Sopa follows Miha, a young boy who is suddenly whisked away to a magical world while helping his grandmother with…

Shipwrecked on a strange island by a terrible storm, you'll need to trade with the strange, humanoid frog locals in order to fix up your vessel and get back to see. However, there's quite a lot to see, and a LOT to do, during your Time on…

The world is flooding, rising tides have started to claim large parts of the world and the oceans remain far from calm. In Diluvian Winds, you must build and manage an everchanging colony of travellers who pass by your lighthouse while…

Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure is a cooperative adventure game all about exploring, crafting on and customising a beautiful island and returning it to splendour. Do you ever rummage through your game library and stumble across a game…

You're outgunned and outnumbered in Swordship, a stunning, moreish Dodge'Em Up.  The classic shooter, or shoot'em up (or even shmup, if you're really big into smashing words into the smallest possible form), is possibly one of the…

Explore and populate the surface of Mars with experiments and projects in Terraformers a single-player, combat-free strategy take on space-colonisation. We've been to Mars in games more than a few times over the years, it has an incredible…

Plenty of games threaten you with death, but few make walking into the light your first action. Souldiers does, and you'd best become familiar with death quick, because it's a key part of its learning curve. I've been slashing and dashing…

Uppercut Games’ standalone sequel to Submerged — Submerged: Hidden Depths tells the story of the protagonist Miku alongside her younger brother, now a teenager in this third-person "relaxploration" game.

I've learned to temper my expectations when it comes to new releases with Games Workshop IPs. Having now played and reviewed multiple Warhammer titles, I often find their releases to range from slightly underwhelming to buggy and near…

Aeterna Noctis sees the Queen of Light and the King of Darkness in an eternal strife for power over Aeterna.

It’s the 90s again, with video stores, no modern cell phones, and with massive debt sharks about to take control of your mom’s store. She's planning on sending you to bandcamp, in the hopes that you will become whatever she isn’t. Yeah, The…

We got our hands on Spire of Sorcery, a turned-based-strategy game in Early Access on Steam. It has a little way to go, but shows promise if you like a lot of complexity to sink your teeth into.

Grungy cyberpunk, espionage and patience combine together in Mechajammer, the next title from Serpent in the Staglands developer Whalenought Studios. Mechajammer is a lot of things, and while, at its core, it's an open-world game set in the…

Take on the elements in a first-person survival game set in a brutal, alien desert.

In Dream Cycle, step into the shoes of Morgan, an arcane apprentice who is caught up in her uncle's schemes within the Dreamlands.

The main draw for me with Demon Turf is its obvious blend of 3D platformer with 2D visuals. Beebz is the main protagonist who set out to conquer different turf in order to become queen demon — but, there’s plenty for fans of the platforming…

What better to attract to your business establishment than cute and adorable little animals as staff? In Blooming Business: Casino, you are creating an attractive and fun casino for a bunch of animal friends, looking to spend their hard…

The popularity of MMO-wargames such as World of Tanks and War Thunder has raised interest in military history since the 2010s. Both games still enjoy substantial popularity, but their niche is still very much underserved even now. This is…

Want to drop nukes on elves, or level a volcano with a meteorite? World Box has you covered. Titled on Steam as a God Simulator, World Box exists in an interesting space. You can play an active role in your planet's human life, tweaking…

Operation: Tango is an asymmetrical spy co-op that pits you and a friend against a looming international terror.