12 Minutes is a point-and-click adventure in a clockwork world that's as expertly crafted as a Swiss watch.
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles tells one slow, cohesive story that builds to a stellar payoff.
It almost feels like the ending gets further away the closer you get to it. Maybe that's fitting for a game about time travel. Scarlet Nexus' strange structure has somehow bent the laws governing time to its will.
The Famicom Detective Club games show their age, but The Missing Heir still packs a twisty, Agatha Christie punch.
Before Your Eyes is a smart and moving first-person looker where your eyes are in control.
It Takes Two is a fantastically creative co-op game that nails every new concept it introduces.
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods Part 2 is a notable step up from the game's previous DLC.
Mundaun is a great horror adventure game in a gorgeous hand-drawn world.
Little Nightmares II is a delightful follow-up to developer Tarsier's 2017 horror platformer, but it's sometimes weighed down by gameplay frustrations and inaccessibility.
Twin Mirror's solid character work and strong environments are shortchanged by pacing problems that undermine much of what it does well.
The Falconeer boasts an intriguing story and a hauntingly beautiful setting, but is hampered by repetitive missions in an empty open world.
In The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope, Supermassive Games refines its tech and aesthetic but stumbles on storytelling.
With Doom Eternal's The Ancient Gods Part 1 Part 1 DLC, the best and worst of id Software's latest are on full display.
The Solitaire Conspiracy deals out excellent solitaire with a weak layer of FMV window dressing.
Technical issues and tired tropes aside, Serious Sam 4 is a largely successful synthesis of the series' disparate identities.
Spelunky 2 is a successful evolution of what made the original Spelunky work.
Windbound drops you in a world of wilderness and open water but fails to make exploration compelling.
Wasteland 3 doesn't bring much new to the table, both as a CRPG and as a piece of post-apocalyptic fiction. But, it's a terrifically executed role-playing game that rewards player investment from beginning to end.
Risk of Rain 2 is an exciting roguelike with an adrenaline-pumping pace, fantastically varied perks, and intriguing secrets to spare.
Though Maid of Sker has an intriguing premise, it is very often a frustrating chore to play.