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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami – Silly and Challenging
I love ducks. I love salami. Clearly, Duck Detective: The Secret Salami has somehow hit a weird cross section of things that I am interested in. This narrative-driven detective game has you becoming the Duck Detective, who has run out of…
Cryptmaster – Spell slingers
This wordplay ties into pretty much every element of Cryptmaster. Combat is driven by it and takes place in real time, with your heroes having cooldowns after each word. Type “hit”, and your warrior will strike a blow, whilst “sing” will…
Ransom Notes – Fridge Magnet Fun
Ransom Notes is an adult party game where players are tasked with grabbing random fridge magnets and creating sentences that may or may not make sense. This is the type of party game that works well with groups of people that have the same…
Nacon Revolution 5 Pro Controller – Worth the price?
The Nacon Revolution 5 Pro Controller is quite an expensive alternative controller for the PlayStation 5. It’s one that has a mass of of features, however does feel like its missing something when compared with other controllers of similar…
Happy Salmon is an incredibly fast-paced matching game
Matching cards gets up and out of its seat with Happy Salmon, a game all about clearing your hand by performing the actions on the cards when you pair up with others. Happy Salmon is probably one of the simplest games that I've reviewed…
Broken Roads – Wasteland Walkabout
As I get older, I find that I am rarely surprised by new games — I’m not saying that everything is a rehash of something that came before, but I guess I feel that we’re running out of themes, mechanics and settings and that leads to…
Stargate: Timekeepers – SG Wannabe?
Your team members are not even remotely hardy, dying very quickly if a firefight opens up. In fact, if you’re spotted and there’s even a hint of open combat, you may as well load your last save as you’ll probably be swamped and killed…
Team GB: Ready Set Win – Planning Teams for the Future
Team GB: Ready Set Win challenges players to create teams that are battling it out against each other in the Olympics. You will spend your turn trading in specific points for members of your team, who will then be needed when their activity…
Project 13 – Unlucky for all
Project 13 is another entry in the rapidly-growing 3D spot the difference genre. If you consume much gaming content on YouTube, you’ve probably seen The Exit 8 crop up here and there. If you aren’t familiar, it’s a game in which you walk…
Cards vs Gravity is a card-stacking game of careful balance
Stacking games, as well as other physical games, have intrinsic ties to both the toys that we played with as a child and also with idle-hands activities like cairn-stacking and the assembly of house of cards. Cards vs Gravity takes this and…
Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom is a great platformer with no jump button
With a name like Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom, there's probably very little imagination required to start conjuring up an image of the kind of game that it is. If your mind goes to Crazy Taxi, from catching the odd screenshot then you might…
Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place – Absolute Scenes
This is not a jump scare filled horror tale. Whilst I felt the discomfort that Phil feels for his predicament, as well as the burden he feels he places on others, I also appreciated the respectful nods to handling mental health issues like…
Between Two Cities: Essential Edition – Create Your City
Casting players as renowned city planners, Between Two Cities is a tile laying and drafting game for up to 7 players that challenges players to divide their attention between a pair of cities. Each player collaborates with the person to…
Camp Canyonwood – The Adventure of a Lifetime
Released in 2022, Camp Canyonwood sets you off on an adventure set within a camping setting. It's full of soft colours and fun graphics, which might give off the impression of it being designed to appeal to a younger audience. As does the…
Roguelight – Darkness Everywhere
Roguelight is a 2D pixel art roguelike made by Daniel Linssens. Fans of Game Jams will be very familiar with his work, and he won't need much introduction, but needless to say it means that we're not talking about a beginner here.…
Tiny Epic Crimes is a fun crime caper!
Having already reviewed numerous Tiny Epic games — including Tiny Epic Quest, Tiny Epic Pirates and Tiny Epic Dinosaurs — I should no longer be surprised at how well these games live up to the Tiny Epic series moniker. In the latest…
Cute Farmer Life – A Mystery Hidden Within
Being SE32’s first game, Cute Farmer Life holds more secrets than you might expect from a farming simulation. Putting you into the shoes of Matt, our protagonist, from the get-go, it immediately throws a hard message at you living to work.…
Death of a Wish – Divine, furious
How many times have you played a game that seethed? One that had such a clear voice of absolute fury? I can’t really remember the last time I played a game that was so viscerally charged with one emotion in all its violent depths. Death of…
It Sleeps Below the Haar – Two Sides of the Stone
Be prepared to face its wake in It Sleeps Below the Haar. Have you ever wondered just what goes on in those small, coastal villages you barely hear of? With the speeds of modern life, it might never have crossed your mind until now. But if…
Escape From Norwood – A world full off magic
A world full of magic and discrimination, as you explore Norwood gather materials do quests, all to aid your attempted escape with your father. will you make it out ?