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Fury Unleashed — A review and subsequent defense of the genre
A Roguelite goes heavy metal with Awesome Games Studio's recently released Fury Unleashed. Guns, gore, and guitar galore.
Knights of Tartarus — Explore and fight your way
Journey through a wonderful tribute to retro adventure and role-playing games as you restore the kingdom in Knights of Tartarus. Knights of Tartarus is a role-playing game where you must enter the underworld to fight an order of knights,…
Creature in the Well — Underhanded
Creature in the Well adds pinball elements to a top-down hack and slash dungeon crawler about a robot simply trying to serve his purpose in a post-apocalyptic world.
Flash Point: Fire Rescue — Co-op emergency services
A turn-based, single-screen, local co-op game about battling flames, breaking through walls and saving the incapacitated, disaster-prone residents of a world where every house is on fire.
Red Matter — Still Cold in Space
Red Matter offers you the unique opportunity to become a spy for the Atlantic Union and infiltrate an abandoned Volgravian base on Rhea in order to find and decipher top secret documents to discover the truth of what really happened in this…
Metal Wolf Chaos XD — A sheep in wolf’s clothing?
You take on the role of Michael Wilson, the president of the United States of America ㄧ something that he constantly likes to remind people ㄧ who is forced to fight to reclaim his country from a military coup led by his villainous…
The Forbidden Arts — Twisted Firestarter
The Forbidden Art takes the form of a 2D platformer with a fully fledged 3D world map to explore across five beautifully realized levels, each lovingly representative of the biome in which they are based.
Sagebrush — A game inspired by real-world apocalyptic cults.
When I heard about Sagebrush releasing for consoles, I just had to play it. I had seen people talking about it on Steam for a while and a ‘walking simulator’ with a compelling story involving murder and mystery is right up my street. …
The Black Widow — A historical murder mystery that leaves you wanting more
The Black Widow is a noteworthy example of a historically accurate game that lends valuable insight into the lives of real people.
Must Dash Amigos — Real Friends Required
Inspired by the Micro Machines formula, Must Dash Amigo is best played when there are a bunch of you with your own controllers huddled around a TV, maybe with a Pizza and some drinks.
Control — Fun with Faden
There must be something amazing in the water at Remedy Entertainment’s offices. To come up with something as intelligent, mind-bending, and ambitious as Control is no mean feat, and yet the Finnish developer makes it look so simple with its…
Galerider — Inflight Entertainment
Galerider is a high-speed rail-shooter where you take to the skies on the back of a Wind Drake to defeat the chaotic Overbeasts and save the world.
Strategic Minds: The Pacific — Ocean warfare
If boaty fights of fire and sulfur be not ye pleasure, then Strategic Minds : The Pacific may not be for ye. Or it might, as it's quite fun. Strategic Minds: The Pacific places in the role of a big, head-honcho admiral dude who controls…
Dicey Dungeons — Slice and Dice
Dicey Dungeons takes the best part of classic roleplaying — the dice — and allows you to make calculated strategic choices with them that will determine your fate.
Raiders of the North Sea — Hand Axe
As if some mystical, heavenly floodgate has opened recently (all hail the great God Dire Wolf Digital and their vast riches) there has never been a better time to be a fan of video game adaptations of great board games. The Nintendo Switch,…
Void Bastards — A Series of Unfortunate Beginnings
When I first looked at Blue Manchu's Void Bastards I knew I had to get my hands on it. The comic-style art, and rogue-lite gameplay seemed to suit what I look for in a game down to a tee. Rogue-lite shooter; silly adventures in space;…
Desert Kill — A shoot-em-up roguelite that should work but doesn’t
When I first saw this game’s trailer, I was thrilled by the numerous explosions, guns, vehicles and more. In an industry filled with frantic and violent roguelites, Desert Kill appears to be a bright and enjoyable, if derivative, into the…
Cytus Alpha — Pitch perfect panic
Some fifteen or maybe even twenty years ago, I was good at rhythm action games. It began with the likes of Parappa the Rapper and Final Fantasy Theatrythm, but with the advent of instrument based games like Rock Band and DJ Hero, my…
Raccoon Lagoon — A helping hand
In Racoon Lagoon, it is your job as the Island Spirit to maintain and keep your island prosperous. Do you have what it takes to keep the castaways that landed there happy?
The Blackout Club — Spare pants required
The Blackout Club classes itself as multiplayer psychological horror, and that's a great label for the game, indeed, it starts with one of the most effective hooks I’ve experienced in a while.