At heart it's a checklist of chores. But it's such a wonderfully warm, endlessly charming checklist of chores that when they're all done, I'm not going to want to leave.
Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break won't always rock your world, but eventually the good times will roll.
Desperados 3 is an elegant stealth tactics game that encourages experimentation.
Cloudpunk is a neon-doused celebration of cyberpunk style that occasionally obscures the story it wants to tell.
XCOM: Chimera Squad refines the series' core tactical strengths to show that sometimes less is more.
In Other Waters tells a tense, absorbing mystery through exquisitely minimalist means.
Corruption 2029 is a mechanically proficient but disappointingly hollow take on the XCOM genre.
Mindseize is a solid metroidvania that lacks spark and memorable characters.
Through the Darkest of Times is a harrowing, narrative-driven strategy game with a history lesson for today.
Lenna's Inception is an enjoyable, procedurally generated ode to The Legend of Zelda.