With a flash of steel, you manoeuvre towards the enemy swordsman, your two daggers falling first thanks to the Combination attack that combines movement with a downward slash. The opponent isn’t out of the game yet, though, and raises their…
There are always tons of different festivals and sales going on across Steam these days, with an absolutely massive one at the moment being the Steam Medieval Festival. This yearly festival has a wide mix of games to purchase as well as…
Laburnum Creek is about to be wiped off the map by an approaching comet, We Stay Behind puts you in the role of Laura Tanner, a writer who has travelled to the town to speak to those who have decided that they simply won't leave. Almost a…
Take on the role of a dungeon custodian, keeping the dungeon loot-worthy and its dwellers motivated between card-based battles in Mops & Mobs. If you've ever looted a dungeon in a game then you'll know that they're meant to be good for…
I’d not thought that a game about running across walls and zipping through the air at the speed of sound would end up at the top of my list for this year, then came along Bloodthief, and my brain chemistry has forever been altered by this…
Escape From Tarkov: Arena Season 2 will be released today, following an update, bringing with it the much awaited Season 2 battlepass and associated rewards. Battlestate Games' recent adaptation of Tarkov into a more competitive formula —…
For many RPG fans, Morrowind is the go-to for describing what an experience should look like. An open world, interrogatable characters, simple combat that is more about player choice and preparation than minutiae like “Movement” or…
The last RTS I played with any consistency came out the same year as Shrek 2, when I was just a wee lad of age . Dawn of War, from 2004. I learnt how to assign units to control groups, how to manage two resources (Or more, as certain…
Poppy Playtime is an episodic horror game that has you taking on the role of a former employee of Playtime Co who returns to the facilities to discover that the toys aren’t quite as docile as they remember. As you venture around the now…
Over the years I've come across so many, varied cooking games. Many of these feature foods that I love dearly, such as hot pot. I've got, as you can likely tell, a soft sport for cooking games, as I love cooking so much and quite enjoy…
Vampire Crawlers recently showcased its 'Turbo Wildcard Dungeon Explorer' twist at London Games Festival and I managed to get my hands on it to see what's in store for this new spin on the trend setting monolith. Vampire Crawlers takes the…
Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime is an odd proposition. The game is witty, charming, and is clearly well-crafted. So why am I finding myself bouncing off it? Bonnie Bear is one of those genre-bending games that will end up being given a generic…
Finding the solutions to a puzzle will involve you finding and reading a great deal of those logs, as well as esoteric objects, and human or otherwise remains. As you find these, they’ll be added to your vault, with some of them posing…
Screamer is absolutely gorgeous to look at. The environments fly by at a hundred miles per hour and still manage to look great, but it’s the cars that steal the show. They’re all absurdly proportioned, with every colour in existence on them…
It's probably no surprise that we've been living in 'interesting times' since time immemorial, however, the way that news travels — and the news that does travel — is largely defined by the fourth estate. In News Tower you take charge of a…
Hive Blight is the latest in a growingly established subgenre of roguelikes – that is auto-battler ones. Rather than turn-based tactics or deckbuilding, Hive Blight instead opts for a hands-off autobattler where placing your units and…
With good horror, the kind that sticks in the mind, it's always about something. That can be deeply personal; grieving a relative, trauma that changes you, a desire to instill a fear of clowns in anyone who reads your work. Cronos: The New…
Last year's Tiny Book Shop, from neoludic games, is the latest game to get a physical release, this one coinciding with the console release. Tiny Bookshop is a cozy, slice of life style game where you play as the owner of a traveling…
Outright Games is known for creating a bunch of family friendly games with popular children's licenses. Most of these launch across both PC and consoles, and sometimes accompany TV series and movie releases. We've previously had a look at a…