Nintendo Switch

Frogsong is a wholesome adventure game where you play as a little frog called Chorus, who wants to protect the world from any sort of baddies that might be around. You’ve recently decided to go to Boreala, a small village, to join its…

Combinations of light and heavy attacks unleash different combos that can hit multiple enemies or drive foes away from you, but really you can get through the game without doing anything fancy. On hard mode you actually do need to be a bit…

In the 90s, I use to really love collecting electronics with transparent casing. There is just something nostalgic about seeing into devices, and seeing how they work. The Pikmin 3: Pikmin Clover Patch Wireless Nintendo Switch Controller…

There have been a few Hidden Cat games that have made their way to Xbox lately, with the most recent being Hidden Cats in London. You see, these types of games have you looking at a screen, trying to find hidden objects in the picture. In…

As regular readers will know, I’m always the first to put my hand up to review strategy games that make their way onto my console. The latest of these is Rising Lords — a game that feels every bit as though it is still only halfway through…

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…

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,…

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…

Truer Than You is a visual novel, where you play as a 27 year old, non-binary actor called Rin who is currently working at a company that rents out actors for improv, real life situations. You need to try your best to uphold your company's…

Axis Football 2024 is a groundbreaking American football game, looking to take Madden's crown. When it comes to American Football games we aren't exactly spoiled for choice, much like football/soccer major franchises and yearly releases…

The beautiful, neon, colorful world of Ultros looks like one out of a strange, psychedelic dream. This metroidvania has you stuck in a “cosmic uterus holding an ancient, demonic being”. There are tons of other monsters in this world, which…

My Time at Sandrock is a sandbox story-oriented RPG freshly released by Pathea Games, whose name you might recognise from their previous titles; Ever Forward, Planet Explorers and sister game My Time at Portia.  Within My Time at Sandrock,…

When it comes to producing humourous platformers, The Behemoth never misses. Their distinctive art style is instantly recognisable, however, many forget where it started. Alien Hominid HD is a timely reminder. While some could argue that…

Brightly coloured, chaotic and cooperative, Pizza Possum is great at what it does, even if it doesn't do much of it. Pizza Possum is a game built entirely around that exact moment in stealth games where things go wrong — however, unlike…

Mechanically, this is even simpler than Mario Kart, which likely is due to its mobile game roots. There’s no accelerating here, with your steed hurtling off right from the start and automatically jumping over small obstacles. Amusingly, the…

Most of your time in the game is spent walking around an environment to find a character or object so the story progresses, playing the occasional mini-game as you go. It’s nice enough, and means it’s very accessible to younger kids who…

First is the unique (for the subgenre anyway) Slime mechanic. This works a lot like a meter in many fighting games, most notably recent Mortal Kombat releases, with you building it up by hitting and being hit. Depending on how much Slime…

Larger confrontations are more interesting, with you having options like clapping and bowing in the correct combination to banish your foe, or perhaps using an ally to distract them. I appreciated these more as they put a thrilling…

Tales from Candleforth is a horror-filled 2D point and click adventure game where fairy tales were written in a forbidden book. Now, years later, the text is mixing with the pages of the story itself, twisting them around, and creating a…