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King of Crabs — Become a crab wielding a meat fork
Every crab is out for themselves, with no care about the others who are also trying to survive. Instead of helping each other in King of Crabs, your goal is to simply eat enough to outlive the others, unless you want to start fighting! King…
Tales from Windy Meadow — A community-centered visual novel
The world-building in the story is flawless thanks to the game’s keen interest in community and attention to detail.
X-Morph Defense — Dark side of the moon
Nintendo Switch owners are already spoiled for choice when it comes to high quality twin stick shooters, not to mention games with a strategic focus. It’s rare for a game to merge strategy and action as seamlessly as X-Morph: Defense does,…
Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra — Will your works stand the test of time
A reflective review of Michael Kiesling's game: Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra.
Airheart: A Tale of Broken Wings challenges you to crest above the clouds
Rise, fish, fight, feint, dive, and repeat. You are a fledgling pilot, inching ever closer to a mythical sky whale to fulfil a dream your father always had for you. In Airheart: A Tale of Broken Wings, each flight is a battle to survive so…
Resident Evil 2: The Board Game — Dark matters
Resident Evil 2 takes some of the most-loved aspects of the digital original and translates them onto the tabletop.
Riddled Corpses EX — Surprisingly few riddles
Riddled Corpses EX expects you to fight and die over and over until you’ve collected enough gold to power up your character to the point that they are able to overcome the challenge.
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…
When Ski Lifts Go Wrong is a physics puzzler about ski resorts
Apparently, ski lifts can go very wrong very easily...
Spell Smashers — Say the magic word
Consonant please, Gandalf... I mean Carol... What on Earth is happening here? For the uninitiated, Spell Smashers could easily be seen as just another throwaway fantasy deck-building game. Look closer, however, and you'll discover that…
11:59 — Nuclear dice!
11:59 is a real time, dice rolling microgame that pitches two players against each other as nuclear powers in an arms race that could end the civilised world. All is not lost however, because despite the presence of physical components…
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.
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…
The Oregon Trail Game: Journey To Willamette Valley
A board game attempt at a classic video game, The Oregon Trail Game: Journey to Willamette Valley is an adaption of a giant, but how well does it all come together?
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…
Veracruz 1631 — Sink or swim?
With a straightforward and enjoyable theme, Veracruz 1631 is fairly endearing — a feeling that is only enhanced by the speed of play.
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…
Build your own cyberpunk cult in Re-Legion
Re-Legion allows you to recruit a cult to take over the city. We have been playing it.
Monster Prom — Bed and behead
High School was hell for some people. Monster Prom works on that premise as a multiplayer dating sim, except everyone is a monster. Both literally and figuratively.
Werewords — Monster mash
If you take Werewolf and give it a modern twist, with new components and fun visuals then you would get Werewords.