Guardian's Reviews
The cult 3DS game has been refreshed for smartphones and the combination of card game and horse racing is as weird and addictive as ever
A girl is trying to record her world at the end of an era, but what promises to be an emotional experience can often feel artificial
A bonkers collection of epic adventures and side-quests sprinkled with puzzles that fans of the Japanese pop-cultural behemoth have been crying out for
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
The long-awaited follow-up to Golf Story is rough but characterful, with plenty of retro warmth
Oppressive lo-fi visuals and brutalist architecture somehow create a game of laidback curiosity and exploration
Drag voters to the polls as your physics-defying goat runs for president in the silliest game of the year which can now be savoured in multiplayer madness
This first-person shooter from Rick and Morty's co-creator pairs a barrage of nihilistic jokes with flimsy gameplay
Three musicians pick up the emotional and practical pieces after their singer dies in this comforting and warm game of fiendish headscratchers with a phenomenal soundtrack
A graphical overhaul offers a gentler way of playing this vast, strange strategy game of staggering intricacy
This intense, gory horror game is steadfastly old-fashioned and lacking in internal logic – but it's fun anyway
Plants can cure or kill in this atmospheric puzzle game.
Making good use of the comics, this turn-based strategy games gives players satisfyingly fiendish challenges – and room to chillax afterwards
One man and his dog traverse the English countryside after an alien invasion in this haunting, wordless game: a masterclass in foreboding sound design and minimal storytelling
Technical problems and an evident lack of development time take the shine off this ambitious new outing for the world-conquering critters
The open-world adventure is brilliant in terms of input and response at the expense of any discernible logic
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
A treasure inspires murder, and your job as detective is to piece together the crime in this addictive 18th-century whodunnit
Your favourite childhood heroes step up to help you conquer territory in this beautifully designed, strategic deck-builder for smartphones
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