Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones will not reveal all of its secrets, but it's an amazing ride all the way through.
Hunt down Huntdown as fast as you can, because this game is just concentrated action movie goodness delivered straight into your veins.
Some jank does not stop Encased from being one of the most ambitious and greatest CRPGs in years.
Tails of Iron could go deeper on the story and lighter on the backtracking, but if it ever gets a sequel I hope it maintains obvious love seen in the art direction and design.
Jackbox Party Pack 9 delivers the most powerful single entry since... I don't even know when! With one updated classic and four new games, it's a blast through and through.
Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm is the best Cold War game of 2022. Beautiful and detailed, it deserves your attention.
Iron Harvest captures most of the charm of Scythe and Company of Heroes while lacking some of the stuff that matter the latter so much fun.
Second Front is not literally a PC adaptation of ASL, but it is as much we could hope for under these socioeconomical conditions.
Nauticrawl is a short -- very possibly too short -- and memorable adventure.
AI War II builds on the legacy of the first game while also showing that the developers learned the right lessons about gameplay.
Monster Train is a very unique take on the Slay the Spire formula, with great writing and art direction and gameplay that invites you back for many more rides.
Partisans 1941 provides a fun way to stab Nazis even if the depiction of guerilla warfare on the Eastern Front is kinda sus.
Legend of Keepers is a fairly engrossing game with a simple yet fun gameplay loop and glorious gory pixelart.
Aside from some doubts about the balance and the AI, and some Warhammer-specific quibbles, Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is a great Blood Angels experience.
HighFleet is hard, but here's a good reason for it. Once you really get into the atmosphere, you'll stop caring about that.
Hardspace: Shipbreaker is a fun romp as long as the ships you're gutting are new and fresh, but it can lose some charm when the plot thins and boats repeat.
Regiments puts some interesting spins on the Cold War RTS formula, but its sustainability and longevity are hampered by the lack of MP and multiplayer.
Isonzo changes the formula of the WW1 game series -- and it's all for the better.
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord comes back with improvements to everything we liked about the previous games and some new systems as well. However, it's not a perfectly polished game, so you'll have to navigate a few edges on your path to restore/destroy the Empire.
Unity of Command II: Desert Fox DLC gives the glory and the grime of Western Desert campaign as well as plenty of what-if scenarios.