Lewis Packwood
Eerie and uplifting, the first Moomins video game for over a decade sends anti-authoritarian Snufkin on a mission to restore the nature of Moominvalley
The story of Atma and his reality-warping girlfriend Raya demonstrates a flair for the dramatic and will keep you guessing right up to the end
An evocative recreation of 16th-century Bavaria examines how the tide of history crashes against the lives of everyday people, all framed by an intriguing crime story
If you love to arrange things, this puzzle game is made for you – and if you don't, it might persuade you how gratifying neatness can be
Running a struggling potion shop, sourcing ingredients, haggling with customers and fending off the bank is all charming and stressful work in equal measure
The debut puzzler from Spiral Circus delves into the mysteries and fears that lurk in the deep
A decaying cyborg with a human mind struggles to survive aboard a space station in a superbly written, if not exactly original, slice of scuzzy sci-fi
It's a jokey concept, but this dating game/dungeon crawler deals with everything from stalking to polyamory
In the terrifying aftermath of an invasion from space, a motley band of superheroes must keep the peace in City 31
At The Gates has an impressively complicated set of interlocking systems, but the amount of time and patience it takes to actually get anywhere is ridiculous.
The various factions really give a different feel to each playthrough, so there's huge scope for replayability here.