Video Game Reviews

If you like taut, intense narrative horror games that feel like a AAA horror movie, then you can probably just go ahead and download Still Wakes the Deep right now. This deeply authentic exploration of a 1970’s oil rig looks, feels and…

Moving to a small town to start a new life, you might think you’ll end up farming. However, in Pekoe, you will find yourself opening up a small tea shop and learning about the local cats who might visit your house for a cup of tea! Pekoe is…

But for those who like a cosy game, Blockbuster Inc. fits the bill quite nicely. I quite enjoyed the routine of setting up movies to film, managing training of staff, and putting money into advertising campaigns. The difficulty isn’t too…

Let’s School is a game where you can restore a school to its former glory. You have to manage it well so that your students can pass their exams and achieve their dreams in later life! Everyone has a different experience at school. In Let’s…

I am not sure why I didn’t expect Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland to not feel like a challenging, retro platform and instead to be some sort of newer age game featuring the loveable babies from my childhood, but here we are! This game feels…

When Frostpunk launched back in 2018 it became an instant classic by fusing together base-building, society management and an almost-hopeless post-apocalyptic setting. Frostpunk 2 manages to build on every element of that as it challenges…

Digital Eclipse’s Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord delivers a new but rustic coat of paint to the 43-year old granddaddy that inspired some of the biggest RPG franchises out there. When I was gifted a review copy of the game, I…

You’ll enter the dungeon with a small backpack and a handful of basic equipment, normally a weapon, shield and a consumable item. You’ll move around a node-based map, finding treasure and events as well as enemies to confront. Combat is…

Turn-based, squad based fantasy games seem to be a dime-a-dozen these days, but the danger of assuming that they're all similar means that you'll risk missing promising titles like Zodiac Legions. There's a chance that, due to its visual…

The best offense is a good defence if Dig or Die's core gameplay loop is anything to go by. More than a few years back, before Battle Royale's became the hot new thing, sandbox games were having quite a big moment. It was then that Epic…