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Music Drive: Chase the Beat – Chasing my Nostalgia
Action, Rhythm and Arcade Racing: Music Drive has it all. Arcade racers are almost a thing of the past nowadays, left behind as we continue in our mission for more realistic simulators. Forza, Gran Turismo and the Formula 1 games are among…
Reiner Knizia’s The Hobbit: There and Back Again is an epic in smaller scale
There and Back Again, designed by Reiner Knizia and published by Office Dog, is a charming and refreshingly straightforward roll-and-write adventure that invites players to journey through Middle-earth one quest at a time. With eight unique…
Earthborne Rangers is a thought-provoking eco journey that leaves a lasting impression
There’s a quiet confidence about Earthborne Rangers — an inherent sense that it has a lot to say, but it’s not shouting about it. Designed by Andrew Fischer, Brooks Flugaur-Leavitt, Andrew Navaro and both Adam and Brady Sadler, and…
The Best Life Adventure Games brings together the best of a genre
The Best Life Adventure Games is a book recently released by Jupiter Hadley, featuring her outlook on just under fifty of some of the best slice of life and life adventure games. If you have a game where you can step into another reality…
Cable Guys T-51 Nuka-Cola Power Armour Holdems puts your goods in the brotherhood’s hands
When adventuring out in the wastes of Fallout there’s one faction who you can depend on to guard and horde technology and that’s the Brotherhood of Steel. Who better, then, to watch your technology than this Nuka-Cola Branded T-51 Power…
Whirly Derby – Marble madness
The concept of Whirly Derby is pretty simple. You each have a set of marbles of a single colour, you select a number of marbles to enter into a race and put them into a provided cardboard cup, then roll them into the circular tray. The…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown offers turn-based cartoon combat in small slices
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is a visually and mechanically striking reinterpretation of the TMNT formula. Rather than the arcade brawler that we’ve become used to, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is much…
Shuten Order – The power of god!
Playing as the founder of the titular Shuten Order, disaster strikes from the moment the game opens. You’ve been murdered, seemingly by one of the five leaders of the different ministries of your order. Lucky for you, you’ve been revived by…
Magnate: The First City will monopolise your time, but watch out for the crash!
As much a satire about house prices, economic boom and bust and even the world's most famous capitalist board game, Magnate seeks to build up and then destroy all you know about city-building. Designed by James Naylor and published by…
Ready or Not isn’t hard to find, but it might just be a hidden gem
Ready or Not on Xbox Series X feels like a deliberate throwback to a more considered era of tactical gameplay. It tasks you to slow down, think, and act with precision — and while it doesn’t always hit the mark, it’s certainly aiming at a…
Back to the Dawn asks all the big moral questions, but is it an enjoyable experience?
Back to the Dawn is a game that sneaks up on you. At first glance, it looks like one of a thousand pixel art throwbacks — the kind of game you might expect to find buried in a Steam sale bundle. The longer I played it, though, the more I…
Cyber Clutch – Neon sprint
Car designs are fabulous, and the tracks feel like bonkers cityscapes in a technology-gone-mad future and I really like how the art style comes together as something really fitting for the type of game the devs are going for.
Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar – Another lovely escape
It is an incredible year. A new Rune Factory and a new Story of Seasons? Wonderful. The gist is that while there are some caveats, Story of Seasons Grand Bazaar is another lovely farming slash life simulator from the original creators of…
Cable Guys Masked Worker Holdem’ Review
The Squid Game masked workers have become an icon in modern day television, with the simple yet memorable costume that's incredibly recognisable. Now, thanks to Cable Guys, they can be in your very own home, helping you by handling your…
Wyrmspan – Dragons everywhere!
Wyrmspan is the latest game in the ever expanding Wingspan flock. It challenges you to take on the role of a debuting dracologist seeking to entice dragons to take up residence in your freshly excavated cosy caves as you compete for the…
Don’t Fall For It is a trivia game with a tumbling tower twist
Trivia games come in all shapes and sizes these days. There's absolutely no denying that it's the easiest way to get into a living room board game collection, or under the tree at Christmas. Don't Fall For It combines trivia with a fun,…
My Friendly Neighborhood – The Not-So-Friendly Survival Horror
My Friendly Neighborhood is a mascot horror survival game featuring a wide cast from a fictional, beloved children's show — not too dissimilar to Sesame street or even Five Nights at Freddie’s — with you playing as Gordon O’Brian, the…
Worship – Occult Hockey Brawling
It turns out, I’m actually quite good at running a cult. Not exactly a calling I’d have imagined, but a calling nonetheless. Thanks to Worship, I’ve finally realised my potential at leading followers to their demise as I fling otherworldly…
Parking World – Not a space game
Once you have an idea on how to get everything working, this can be quite fun to mess around with. You start by laying out a ground floor using foundations on which you can put parking spaces. That’s not enough though, as cars need to be…
Whimside is a creature catching, and breeding game with a lot going on
Capture, nurture and breed cute creatures as you explore the whimsical world of Whimside. The idle desktop game movement is now in full swing, a year on from Rusty's Retirement we're at a point where there are some serious choices to be…