Both While Waiting and The Swimmer seem deeply interested in life - what it's made of, how it unfolds, and how easy it is to miss important details. Both are larks, in a way, but difficult, complex, ponderous larks. You know, if such a thing is possible.
Come for the clowns and cavemen, stay for the zombie capitalism.
Aspyr's renovation project tackles the three lesser Crofts, with intriguing results.
An action RPG with magical powers that feel genuinely dangerous, married to level design that offers scale and prettiness.
Naiad offers real pleasures and real frustrations - but always with a purpose in mind.
Densely imagined and as complex as you fancy, this roguelike RPG is brilliant.
A true puzzle classic is explored in this gorgeous documentary compilation.
A relatively minor instalment, but in a series this magical, that's still good news.
An ingenious puzzle-platformer that takes players from a children's book and out into the wider world around it.
Build a world of pretty dereliction in this game of forests, lakes and forgotten towers.
A collection of new-old sports games, RPGs, platformers and puzzlers: what is all this sweet work worth?
Fire up the van and take a dreamy, post-apocalyptic ramble around this gorgeous sci-fi take on Provence.
PC; Strange Scaffold Deep in the woods, hardbitten spec ops soldiers are having a proper falling out in this gleeful piece of pulp brilliance
Sony's glossy mascot gets an outing filled with imagination and loving craft.
A compact and ingenious turn-based battler with an evocative world.
This is a lovely mixture of puzzling and exploration, with a delirious wraparound twist.
Combat and RPG progression get an ingenious social twist in this disarming slice of fantasy.
Creature collecting has never been quite so ruminative and beautiful.
Explore a bright vision of subterranean nature in this astonishingly rich Metroidvania.
Supergiant's first ever sequel may feel very comfortable and familiar, but Hades' best weapon remains the power of surprise.