Glitches aside, this sequel to Beneath a Steel Sky is another absorbing journey into Union City
Inspired by a 1950s sci-fi horror movie, Carrion turns you into a malign marauding blob, swallowing scientists whole
There’s nothing so gauche or straightforward as a Miss Marple denouement reveal, where you discover whether or not your conclusions were correct. In Paradise Killer the truth is more complicated and, counterintuitively, all the more satisfying for it.
This simple girl-meets-boy story plays out in a series of abstract dioramas, each one bigger than the next
Part town-planning exercise, part board game, this thoughtful debut gives plenty of scope for strategy and idealism
There's sublime fun in jet-cleaning a town, and a dodgeball-themed knockout contest has one eye on the Olympics
As a single-celled animal, your options are limited – and yet this gem of a game is a masterclass in minimalism.
This expansion of last year's hit offers a wider range of missions and side quests to its samurai warfare
You play a young guitarist exploring your prog-rock ambitions to the full in this richly enjoyable psychedelic journey
You play a girl on the cusp of adulthood, trying out different vocations, in this exquisitely rendered 'open world' journey
Soar across alien vistas powered only by kinetic energy in this interplanetary search for the mysterious, life-giving monolith
An Olympic swimmer explores the roots of her compulsion to succeed in this dreamlike 'interactive poem'
Presenting a series of impossible choices, this darkly comedic game stretches the player's moral scaffolding to its limits
Your job is to manage a digital influencing agency with commercial and political clients – and ethical challenges
Plants can cure or kill in this atmospheric puzzle game.
This music-centred adventure pits a teenage boy against robotic assassins in a colourful title for gamers of all talents.
You solve puzzles, then create the songs, in this tactile puzzle game spanning genres and instruments, from Ethiopian jazz to krautrock
Bethesda's long-awaited space epic is a vast interstellar canvas full of glorious sights to see and intriguing threads to pull – if you can keep patience with its fussy systems
There's something worthwhile here, even if it's the unusual power fantasy of being able to haunt an aristocratic family from the safety of the rafters.
There is gold in these old genres, and Shovel Knight is a successful dig.