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Estate Agent Simulator is only a pretty good simulator, but a great sandbox
In Estate Agent Simulator, you unsurprisingly play as an estate agent, however — as per recent simulator games — there’s a lot that you can do outside of the core game loop including some RPG mechanics and, bizarrely, crypto trading. Estate…
Rough Justice ’84 – Roll with the punches
You play as Jim Baylor, a former police officer who was set up by a corrupt force and sent to prison. Upon your release, you find that the city’s crime has escalated considerably, and you join a friend’s private security company intending…
Solace State puts you at the heart of a political, emotional powder keg
Technology races ahead, authoritarianism is at a concerning high and activists are being suppressed. Solace State is a narrative adventure game that puts you right in the thick of a political hotpoint. It's easy to look at Solace State's…
World Wonders is a beautiful and generous city builder
In World Wonders from Zé Mendes and Arcane Wonders, players will plan out and construct an ancient city, adding production, food and luxury goods to their output and building monuments to demonstrate their wealth. With more than twenty…
A Horror Game A Year for the Last Decade – Ten years of terror
Regardless, here you will find a horror game a year for the past decade, along with the occasional honourable mention. You’ll find fewer major releases here, as I’m much keener to shine my torch on something you may have missed, forgotten,…
Sheep Dip is a family friendly game of stealing sheep and packing pens
A set-building game with a woollen twist, Sheep Dip is a short and simple game for 3-6 players. I was actually very pleasantly surprised by Sheep Dip, which is pitched as an approachable family card game but actually features a couple of…
Baldur’s Gate 3 has shadow-dropped on Xbox One Series X – Here are the Ten Things You…
Baldur’s Gate 3 has been out on the PC and PlayStation 5 for months now, and is already being declared as Game of the Year (and perhaps Best Game Ever) by large sections of the community. I’ve been waiting with bated breath for the Xbox One…
Criminal Expert – Barely proficient
You play a police detective who is trying to solve the case of a seemingly kidnapped woman appearing in the middle of the road. You’ll find the perpetrators by interviewing people in FMV interrogations, looking through the police database,…
Business Heroes: Street Grub – Food Truck’s Open!
I am a big fan of cooking games and games that revolve around managing some sort of kitchen. Business Heroes: Street Grub is a food truck simulator game, with lots of different menus to manage and track, so that you can have a whole food…
Star Wars Villainous: Scum & Villainy – “Never a more wretched hive of …”
Returning players will be glad to know you can mix and match Villainous Scum & Villainy with the original “Power of the Dark Side” and have Darth Vader match up against Boba Fett if you so choose.
Obey the Clay is fast action clay creating
Obey The Clay is a very simple game to pick up and play based around quick modelling and whacky antics. A family-friendly game where players split into two teams, Obey The Clay even fits if you have a smaller group or an odd number of…
Mistward has you peel back the poison to create a new home
Mistward is a systems-based strategy game that can be played in a variety of ways. This unique edge to the game comes from it being a relaxing game that allows the player to travel at their own pace. Mistward takes place on an island…
Wartales offers an amazing, personal journey, but lacks clear narrative
Like an open-world Fire Emblem, Wartales focuses on character development through a series of complex, interlocked systems. But, unlike the classic series from Intelligent Systems, Wartales relies a lot more on its world and the characters…
Sugar Mess – Let’s Play Jolly Battle – Candy Blasting Fun
Now, we aren’t a big gun-game household. My parents didn’t let me play gun games, and I am just not a fan of them as a result. There are a lot of games with guns or blasters, and Sugar Mess - Let’s Play Jolly Battle, is one such game,…
Pirate Tails is all about remembering what you’ve buried
Squirrels and pirates have, as it turns out, more than a few things in common. In Pirate Tails you play as pirate squirrels, taking turns to bank, hide or dump cards before grabbing a stash and trying to get the best horde each round. We've…
Out of Order claims to be the Trivia Game with a Twist – and so it is!
As winter draws in and people are forced to stay indoors and remain in proximity to their friends and family, the need for distraction increases. Out of Order provides just such a distraction by offering a consistently brain-melting…
Phantom Galaxies – Ghost of a chance
Enemies glitching around as though they’re at a different frame rate to the rest of the game are more of an issue, and your guns sometimes firing three shots, sometimes one, sometimes not at all are far bigger problems. In fact, during one…
Age of Grit takes steampunk strategy to the skies
Take to the skies in Wild-West-inspired, steampunk RPG Age of Grit. Age of Grit drops players straight into the shoes of Jebediah Rockwell, an ex-military cargo-ship captain who is firmly established in his Wild-West-inspired world. It's…
Manitas Kitchen has you becoming a pizza-making dinosaur!
Cooking games always have a soft spot in my heart, but Manitas Kitchen is far more than just your average cooking game! You play as a Tyrannosaurus who has had a dream of making pizzas! However, you are a bit shy and can get easily…
Quirk! is a familiar feeling card game for younger players
In Quirk!, from Gibson's Games, players of all ages compete to score as many tricks as possible in the style of the classic card game Go Fish! However, where the old favourite is known and loved by many, Quirk mixes things up with a unique…