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Stellaris: Console Edition — Galactic conquest
In 2456 they awoke. Whilst I had always known of their palpable hatred for humankind, I had never known the true wrath of the Bruggan Zealots, nor faced them in battle. For two hundred and fifty years they had watched, seething at us with…
Melon Journey 2 — But what’s hidden beneath the surface?
Melon Journey 2 takes you into a retro-themed RPG where you play a young animal character, whose world is seemingly wonderful. However, in Froach Club’s Melon Journey 2, not all is as cute and charming as it seems. Your character is looking…
When Ski Lifts Go Wrong is a physics puzzler about ski resorts
Apparently, ski lifts can go very wrong very easily...
Shump is an explosive vertical platformer with a few neat tricks
Blast your way to the top in Shump, a juicy, three-button, shoot-‘em-up platformer. Shump, from Alex Johansson, is an effort created to solve a problem the creator saw in the vertical platformer sub-genre: ‘They often feel clumsy and…
Audica — Musical Action Hero
Audica is one of those magical games that you play when you get home from work, find a smidge of free time after class or just play until its 3 AM in the morning.
11 purr-fect games full of cats
I am massively allergic to cats. I can’t really be near them for long without getting a stuffed up nose, streaming eyes, and a dry throat. With that said, I’ve always found their relaxed nature, lack of worries (like taxes), and demand for…
Balloonbound is a same-screen brawler fought between floating foes
Soar like an eagle (an unconscious eagle lashed to a helium balloon) as you try to send your friends spiralling to the ground in Balloonbound. Perhaps the best way to describe Balloonbound, from Awkward Silence Games, is how they did it on…
Destiny or Fate preview — Embracing the challenge
If you enjoy roguelike titles then one combined with the fun of deck-building might peak your interest. Developer Blaster’s Steam Early Access title, Destiny or Fate, is the combination of these two genres. Set within a fantasy world this…
Elli — Practicing Magic
Elli, by BandanaKid, is a puzzle platformer starring a girl named Elli who needs to recover the Crystals of Time before the end of her birthday.
Disobedient Sheep is a survival sheep-herding simulator filled with anvils and bombs
Counting sheep might be a perfect way to get to sleep, but keeping disobedient sheep in line when there are anvils and more falling from the sky is anything but relaxing. Disobedient Sheep, from SicklyDove Games, is a frantic game about…
Snowtopia — Management… on ice!
Okay maybe it's on snow, not ice. That but doesn't stop it being any less fun!
The Battle of Polytopia is 4X excellence condensed into 30 minutes
Cross oceans, irrigate lands and conquer the world, all in about thirty minutes. The Battle of Polytopia is a 4X game designed in a clean, accessible manner, working as a perfect introduction to genre beginners and a bitesize challenge for…
Farm Together — A slow paced farming game
Get away from it all with Farm Together, a farming game with real-time countdowns, allowing you to dip in-and-out of your farmstead efforts. Farm Together, by Milkstone Studios, looks like a cuter version of Farmville, as though somebody…
Recompile sees players as a semi-malicious code in a sprawling, 3D, computer landscape
Within The Mainframe one can have unlimited power and explore how they wish, if they can master the ability to recompile the code around them. In Recompile, from Phigames, players take on the role of an anomaly avatar in the machine. Its a…
Make The Burger — What are we doing?
Who put me in charge? Why must I Make the Burger?
Free Games of the Fortnight — Sad days, slot machines, & Sokoban
A big variety, all for free.
Frost — Surviving the storm
Everything is ice. You just want to get to the refuge, but the land is tough and the Frost is coming. In Frost, you are looking to make it through 40 days on foot — hoping to make it with your fellow survivors to the refuge ahead. To make…
Castaway Paradise — Cleaning up after a storm
Build a new dream home in a paradise location with a twist: Castaway Paradise’s paradise is recovering from a devastating storm, and you and the villagers must rebuild. Castaway Paradise, by Stolen Couch Games and inspired by Animal…
Beacon — Frankenstein’s Requiem
Beacon takes the roguelite formula and slaps it onto a top-down shooter. In order to find your ship’s missing beacon and find your way home, you must fight your way through an alien, futuristic landscape where death defines your genetics.
Illios challenges you to enter a fallen city to stop the sun from turning to stone
The sun is turning to stone, darkness filling the land. In Illios, Apollo’s oracle must head into a collapsing city to reverse the catastrophe.