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Powerwash Simulator 2 – Cleanin’ up
Other changes are minor, but welcome. You no longer need to buy soap if you want to use it. Instead you have a reserve that refills over time which means you don’t have to waste money on replacing it. This is nice considering soap really…
To a T – earnest heart, choppy frames
To a T has all the right elements you'd expect from a Keita Takahashi game. It is earnest, charming, simple and full of the act of play, both mechanically and aesthetically. The music is joyous and the visuals are a lovely mishmash of…
Abiotic Factor – Saving The World One Experiment At A Time
If you’ve dreamt of being one of the Half-Life 1 scientists except that instead of a resonance cascade the situation is far more bleak then now’s the time for you. Abiotic Factor’s full release delivers universes waiting to be explored and…
Foundry takes automation to the Nth degree
FOUNDRY is the epitome of automation and a factory simulation.
Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner – Food for fraught
Anyway, spooky things do happen, and you’ll be under threat from them before too long. Keeping the doors closed is easy enough as there aren’t any shenanigans involving them beyond you opening or closing them to pass through. The jukebox,…
6 years after its physical counterpart, Set a Watch on iOS still burns brightly
Speaking as someone who played and enjoyed the original card game, I can say with confidence that Set a Watch on iOS is a faithful, polished adaptation of Rock Manor Games original title, and it’s one of the rare digital board games that…
Misery – Tearing The World Apart One Emission At A Time
Misery is a look into a Stalker-inspired world filled with monsters, anomalies and sometimes the odd polkadot-clad dwarf, brought to you by Playtypus Entertainment. It really does put you into a miserable situation where you relive the…
Spongebob Squarepants: Titans of the Tide – The Hoff is Back
Spongebob Squarepants: Titans of the Tide is a single player platforming adventure game that is highly reminiscent of the PS2 classic, Battle for Bikini Bottom. Featuring all of the beloved characters you know well from the series it’s jam…
Yield! Fall of Rome has you pick apart the collapsing Imperium
As the world crumbles, rebuild civilization and shape your people’s destiny.
Escape From Tarkov – An Immense Journey in an Abandoned City
Escape From Tarkov has been in active development and beta for around ten years now, with the Beta being in a playable state for the good portion of that featuring events, quests and a lot of chaos as you try to Escape the region safely one…
Micromacro: Crime City on iOS is a near-flawless evolution of the tabletop game
MicroMacro: Crime City was already a standout in the tabletop space — a small, affordable cooperative detective game that turned a sprawling black-and-white city map into a living crime scene. Designed by Johannes Sich and published by…
Could Spiralburst Studios’ adaptation of My City solve the awkwardness of campaign board…
Even though we never quite got as far as reviewing it, My City was already a quiet triumph in the tabletop space — a legacy game from Reiner Knizia that managed to distill decades of urban development into a breezy, tile-laying campaign.…
Overkill’s The Walking Dead – A Solo Look Into a Dead World
Overkill’s The Walking Dead was a bizarre child of Overkill and 505 Games, published by Starbreeze. It featured a four player co-op adventure that had you explore various fictional areas of Georgia as well as maintaining various safe zones…
Active Matter – Getting Vertical With A New Extraction Shooter
A healthy blend between Stalker and Escape From Tarkov, Active Matter encompasses the grit and fear that both games instil into you as a player, but pushes you to explore deeper with a more distorted and warped world that begs to be…
Kingdoms and Castles is cozy – but there’s nothing but crunch beneath the surface
Kingdoms and Castles lulls you into a false sense of security. You start with a single keep, a handful of peasants, and a patch of fertile land. The music is gentle, the visuals are bright, retro and deliberately blocky, and the early game…
Amanda the Adventurer 3 – Tape player
If you’ve played the previous games, then you likely know what to expect, and if you haven’t then starting on the third game seems a bit silly. For the uninitiated, you’ll need to watch the video tape and pause it at certain points to go…
Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol.1 and Vol.2 feature some of the best shooters in history
If you’re a fan of classic arcade shooters — the kind that throw you into a cockpit, flood the screen with bullets and dare you to survive — then the twin release of Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol.1 and Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol.2 is a…
It Takes A War – An Experience To Remember
It Takes A War is the second game from Thomas Mackinnon after the hugely popular The Corridor. It’s marketed as a Co-op tactical shooter but if you’re familiar with The Corridor — and watch the trailer — then you should know you’re sure to…
D*Fuzed – A New Game For A Nostalgic Handheld
It’s not everyday you get your hands on a new Gameboy game, but D*Fuzed is just that. From Incube8 Games, your journey with your new bomb defusing buddy, Deef, begins as you control him and help rescue his friends while a big bad boss tries…
Karma: The Dark World – Deep dive
The purpose of ROAM agents is to investigate people for anything that might be opposed to this regime by diving into their memories to find any evidence of wrongdoing. Daniel’s initial investigation into someone seemingly stealing from work…