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Breathedge — Space Survival Comedy
Recent survival simulators have explored forests, jungles and even the deepest oceans but Breathedge mixes things up in zero gravity from the beginning with a deep space setting.
Spacebase Startopia is a welcome return for an almost forgotten simulation classic
When intergalactic travel is possible, and many, varied races co-exist in peace, places need to exist for them to rest, recuperate and spend their hard-earned cash. In Spacebase Startopia you are a commander on an intergalactic rest-stop,…
Dandy Ace is a fast-paced roguelike that will put a spell on you
Some games have an incredible ability to drive you mad with anger and frustration, whilst also giving you some of the most satisfying victories, and still being so engaging that you can't help but have 'one more try'. Dandy Ace embodies…
Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure — Play pretend with Disney Characters.
If you are a fan of Disney, then you probably have seen most of the characters in Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure. This game, aimed at younger children, contains a bunch of mini-games that are from Disney movies like The Incredibles,…
Island Saver is a game all about saving money and the environment
Often when non-games companies produce games to promote their other services, sometimes they can end up being unfun and acting like a giant advertisement that is just slightly interactive. I always do an internal sigh when I start to open…
Frog Fractions: Game of the Decade Edition — I didn’t even learn math.
To be completely honest, I have never played Frog Fractions before, because why would I have? I hate fractions. I am not a big fan of frogs, why would I want to play a math game. As it turns out, Frog Fractions has some bad branding, as you…
It’s a hard-knock life for Sir Brante in The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Think you have what it takes to turn a bad situation around? Take hold of Sir Brante’s life and you’ll soon think otherwise.
The We Were Here Series Bundle compiles the co-op escape room experience
Although three separate games, each game in the We Were Here series follows the same premise. You and your companion take on different roles and must cooperate together using whatever you can find to escape from your mysterious captors.
Nuts — No, I’m not going to make a joke
Nuts is a very pleasant, relaxing puzzle game that won’t tax you too much whilst giving you a nice experience. Its unique art style and well crafted environments are a visual treat, and the story will push you towards its conclusion. It’s…
Valheim — For Odin !
Valheim tasks players with adventuring and proving their worth across massive randomly generated worlds whilst learning to survive through the collecting of resources and the crafting of new weapons, armour and a construction system to…
For Sparta is a fun, single-screen arcade game of juggling dodges and power-ups
In For Sparta, a fast-paced, single-screen action-arcade game, you take on the role of the final Spartan in the battle of Thermopylae. That is about where the historical connections of For Sparta end. In fact, it would arguably be just as…
Days of Heroes: D-Day takes VR to the Normandy beaches
Five years after the start of World War II, the Third Reich continued their occupation of Europe. Allied forces decide to open a so-called “second front” in Western Europe to turn the tides of war.
Moving Out’s Movers in Paradise DLC is a sequel-quality expansion to the couch-co-op champ
SMG Studio has dropped a new DLC for Moving Out, Movers in Paradise, alongside the free Moving In update, and it's fantastic. Moving Out has been a staple in my household since it first released last year. Even though we are living in a…
Littlewood — The world is saved, but now you must rebuild
So the world is saved! The monsters are vanquished, villages freed and the evil wizard routed, it's time for the world to recover in Littlewood Now comes the fun part, making a new life. In Littlewood you wake up after your final battle,…
Nioh 2 — Dying Is Apparently Commonplace
Team Ninja's Nioh 2 sees you taking up the mantle of a demon slayer, and uncovering your past along the way.
Doors of Insanity — Apertures of Absurdity?
This visual style is an interesting element too, as the monsters you fight look absolutely beautiful, having that classic cartoon style recently seen in Cuphead. The enemies have a great deal of personality and are animated really nicely,…
Hitman 3 — Bald and Brazen
Hitman 3 continues the freedom-of-choice formula that has made its series so successful and drops our clean-shaven anti-hero into a myriad of new environments and moral choices. Does he succeed in his mission, or does this third entry in…
Yupitergrad — Comrade Spider-Man
Yupitergrad’s puzzles are mostly fairly basic but the action of solving them is very satisfying and getting a handle on the momentum physics suddenly becomes second nature after 20-30 minutes
Eternal Hope — A Candle in the Wind
Immediately drawing parallels with indie classics Inside and Limbo, Eternal Hope presents a somewhat more colourful premise than the gloomy grayscale approach taken by Limbo
Cyber Shadow — Dashing to the bits
Shadow awakens in a contained city of ruin, Mekacity; finding fallen clan members along the way to stitch together his future. Platforming through the city tempered by a slow burn of gameplay. Timed dash moves and bail me out airstrikes…